Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Gondwana (1980) is a defining musical composition of spectral music for large orchestra composed by Tristan Murail using simulated synthesis to create a harmonic interpolation between an orchestrally synthesized chord derived from a simulated bell sound (inharmonic) and a chord derived from a trombone sound (harmonic). This process is meant to evoke the shifting of continents and thus the piece is named after the former supercontinent Gondwana.The piece uses interpolation to make a smooth transformation on all musical parameters including spectral profile, envelope, and instrumental attacks. The bell sounds were created through a Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis with a single modulator affecting five carriers to create five different harmonies, these being connected by interpolated chords. The components of the trombone's frequency spectrum was derived through a Fourier transform.The piece's long quiet or silent moments are shaped in \"long, seamlessly evolving paragraphs\" evoking the geological processes which created the continent. The first opening slowly transforms a chord before turning to trills. The opening chord is compared to Messiaen. The piece, \"incorporates a substantial passage directly modelled upon,\" Sibelius's Lemminkäinen in Tuonela from the Four Lemminkäinen Legends op.22 (1896)."@en }
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- Gondwana_(Murail) abstract "Gondwana (1980) is a defining musical composition of spectral music for large orchestra composed by Tristan Murail using simulated synthesis to create a harmonic interpolation between an orchestrally synthesized chord derived from a simulated bell sound (inharmonic) and a chord derived from a trombone sound (harmonic). This process is meant to evoke the shifting of continents and thus the piece is named after the former supercontinent Gondwana.The piece uses interpolation to make a smooth transformation on all musical parameters including spectral profile, envelope, and instrumental attacks. The bell sounds were created through a Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis with a single modulator affecting five carriers to create five different harmonies, these being connected by interpolated chords. The components of the trombone's frequency spectrum was derived through a Fourier transform.The piece's long quiet or silent moments are shaped in \"long, seamlessly evolving paragraphs\" evoking the geological processes which created the continent. The first opening slowly transforms a chord before turning to trills. The opening chord is compared to Messiaen. The piece, \"incorporates a substantial passage directly modelled upon,\" Sibelius's Lemminkäinen in Tuonela from the Four Lemminkäinen Legends op.22 (1896).".