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Alice Shields - Coyote, for tape (1981)





Alice Shields (born in 1943) is a respected American composer, pupil of masters of the electronic music as Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky. She composed this piece as part of her opera Shaman. The composer writes about this piece:
"The piece Coyote is the prelude to Shaman, which is about American Indian shamanism. Coyote represents a shaman turning himself into a Coyote and back to human form again. It is made from transformations of the composer's voice, coyote calls, male chorus and electronic sounds, and was made at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York".


Alice Shields (nacida en 1943 en Nueva York) es una respetada compositora estadounidense, alumna de grandes maestros de la música electrónica académica como Vladimir Ussachevsky y Otto Luening. Compuso esta pieza como parte de su ópera Shaman. Sobre la misma, shields escribe: "La pieza Coyote es un preludio de Shaman, que se trata del chamanismo de los indígenas americanos. Coyote representa a un chamán transformándose en coyote y retornando luego a la forma humana. Está hecha de transformaciones de la voz de la compositora, llamadas emitidas por coyotes, un coro masculino y sonidos electrónicos. Fue realizada en el Centro de Música Electrónica Columbia-Princeton en Nueva York".


Alice Shields (prononcata "Alis Ŝilds", kiu naskiĝis en Nov-Jorko en la jaro 1943) estas grava usona komponisto, kaj estis lernantino de famaj komponistoj de akademia elektronika muziko kiel Otto Luening kaj Vladimir Ussaĉevski. Ŝi komponis tiun ĉi pecon kiel parto de sia opero Shaman. La komponistino skribas prie: "Coyote (kojoto) estas preludo de Shaman, kaj temas pri la ŝamanismo de la nativaj popoloj amerikanaj. Coyote reprezentas ŝamanon iĝantan kojoto kaj poste reiĝantan homo. Ĝi estas farita el sonoj elektronike modifiitaj de la voĉo de la komponistino, vokoj de kojotoj, vira ĥoro kaj elektronikaj sonoj. Mi faris ĝin ĉe la Centro de Elektronika Muziko Columbia-Princeton en Nov-Jorko."

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