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Michael Smetanin: Sharp (1992)

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dc.contributor.authorComposer: Michael Smetanin
dc.contributor.editorGrafton-Greene, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-19T04:25:30Z
dc.date.available2024-08-19T04:25:30Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstract"Sharp is one of my pieces that was composed using a cellular automaton, which is a system something like a number game played out on a grid, to generate musical material. The fundamental automaton used for Sharp is the same as the one used to compose a slightly earlier piece, Strange Attractions, the first piece I composed with an automaton. The difference between the two pieces is that for Sharp I overlaid two other automatons to increase the musical possibilities that could be rendered at any point and/or the complexity of information. The title of the piece refers to the way the music becomes focused or sharpens onto various musical ideas throughout. The reverse process also occurs from time to time." -- Michael Smetanin
dc.format.mimetypeaudio/wav
dc.identifierCSM30T12
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733714975
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2024.
dc.publisherCanberra School of Music, Australian National University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAnthology of Australian Music ; Series 3
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAnthology of Australian Music on Disc (30)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCSM 30: PERIHELION - works by Davidson, Kay, Hair, Isaacs and Smetanin
dc.rights© 1996 Anthology of Australian Music on Disc
dc.subjectClassical Music
dc.titleMichael Smetanin: Sharp (1992)
dc.typeSound recording
local.description.notesProduced by: Patricia Pollett and Nigel Sabin ; Recorded by: Michael Grafton-Greene ; Remastered at: ABC Music Centre, Brisbane ; Recording date: 12-18 October 1995

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