Ritual & Memory sampler - A Tour of the Music of Stephen T. Pope
This web page contains the images found in the video tour of Ritual
and Memory.
Excerpt: Kombination XI, 1978-1990. End of 1st stanza, "it's me"
15 excerpts from 9 compositions with a visual sampler of their scores and the software tools used in their composition and realization
Bat out of Hell, 1983. End of 1st movement
Graphical notations and musical models
Tree view of the score of "4" (1980)
WAKE cell structure
WAKE tangent score
Bat out of Hell machines
Score example from Requiem
Kombination XI, 1978-1990, closing, "...and the thoughts are the birds that fly away and do not return"
This music was composed and notated with the help of several generations of composition languages and graphical editing tools
The Smalltalk-language music systems have gone by the names HyperScore ToolKit (1986-90), the Musical Object Development Environment (MODE, 1990-95), and Siren (1996-2006)
MODE/Siren classes
Wake: Ten Tangents, 1979-80, 9th movement, "AW," climax
WAKE is a graphical score that was realized 1979-80 on the state-of-the art PDP-11-controlled SSSP synthesizer in Toronto
Two versions of the score for the "AW" movement from WAKE (1979)
Kombination XI, 1978-1990, 3rd movement, magic sentences
Simple notation editors in the HyperScore ToolKit (1986-90)
Editors from the HyperScore Toolit (1986-90)
"4" Ballet Music, 1980-82. 1st part, rhythmic study
Tools from the Musical Object Development Environment (MODE, 1990-95)
MODE editors, scores, and LPC voice processing tools (1990-95)
Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, 1984/5. Variation on "Lux Aeterna"
Screen, snd browser, TRTree browser from MODE (late 1990s)
Late 1990s Siren applications in the Squeak version of Smalltalk
Squeak score browser, mixed screen shots (1996-2000)
Day, 1986. Noon-time dance
Recent (2005) Siren tools in VisualWorks Smalltalk
Siren 7.X screens (2003-present)
CSL C++ interfaces for analysis/synthesis 2003-2006
CSL and FMAK Screens: Qt GUI on FM, FMAK testing GUIs
AllGatesAreOpen, 1992-3. New language for prepositional phrases
Early (1980-83) graphical tools in the music shell
Mshell mock-up, screen shots (1980-83)
Expert Mastering Assistant post-production tools, 2003
EMA GUI
CSL client/server framework, 2004
CSL overview
Eternal Dream, 2002-4. Transition between dimensions
Composing with the "ARA" LISP expert system (1982-85, Bat out of Hell) consisted of building a language and rule base for a musical piece
ARA Screen shot
All Gates Are Open, 1992-3. Alternative active/passive voice
In the DoubleTalk system (1984-87, Requiem) music was described using data flow of objects in logic-marked Petri networks
DoubleTalk tools (1984-87)
SuperCollider interactive installation control panel (2001, Sensing/ Speaking Space)
SuperCollider GUI for SeSpSp
Video Excerpts
Eternal Dream, 2002-4. 4th movement finale, video remix by STP of sources by Erik Pauser and Johan Söderberg
Leur Songe de la Paix, 2001-2. Opening of part 2, video by R. Lane Clark
Leur Songe de la Paix, 2001-2. Middle of part 3, video by R. Lane Clark
"4" Ballet Music, 1980-82. Postlude pas de deux
Diskography
Many, many thanks to:
New York (1972-77): Richard Factor, Anthony Agnello, Jon Paul, Jeff Sasmor, Bob Moog, Bernie Hutchins
Vienna (1977-80): Dieter Kaufmann, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Peter Mechtler, German Pizzinini, Günter Kahowez
Paris (1978-80): Gerald Bennett, Ben Bernfeld, Dimitri Iatropoulos, Andy Moorer, Maeve and Jean-François Guesdon, Didier Roncin, Neil Rolnick
Toronto (1979-80): Bill Buxton, Sanand Patel, Guy Fedorkow
Salzburg (1980-86): Klaus Ager, Cesar Bresgen, Irmfried Radauer, Peter Zinterhof, Michael Meyer, Drago Druskoviç, Hajo Adamer, Ingeborg Eva de Fontana-Müller
San Diego (1983): F. Richard Moore, D. Gareth Loy
Munich (1983-86): Jan Witt, Michael Uhlenberg, Richard Cole, Iris Wagner, Dennis Bzowy, Georg Heeg, Stephan Kaske
Palo Alto (1986-92): Adele Goldberg, David Leibs, Duane Bay, Russ Pencin, L. Peter Deutsch, John Chowning, Tovar, Jay Kadis, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, Patte Wood, John Strawn
Amsterdam (1990-91): Michel Waisvisz, Frank Balde, Tom de Meyer, Zbigniew Karkowski, Russell Haswell
Stockholm (1992-93): Lennart Fahlén, Yngve Sundblad, Lars-Gunnar Bodin, C. M. von Hausswolff, Leif Elggren, Erik Pauser, Johan Söderberg, Olof Thiel, Peter Lundén
Berkeley (1993-96): David Wessel, Adrian Freed, Craig Harris, Thom Blum, Doug Keislar, Guy Garnett
Santa Barbara (1996-2006): JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Curtis Roads, Shelly Vizzolini, Alberto de Campo, Xavier Amatriain, Alex Kouznetsov, Frode Holm, Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan, James McCartney
Berlin (2000): Folkmar Hein, Axel Roebel, Martin Supper, Florian Hecker, DAAD
Thank you Angels for Barbara Fields
As to why I do this, I can only paraphrase Joseph Campbell,
“Those who have heard the rhythms and hymns of the angels,
who have understood any of the words of the angels,
will try to recite these hymns in such a way that the angels will be attracted.”
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