DD094050

DD094050

DD094050 is a sheet of Delia's handwritten notes for The Cloud.

Transcript

     Cloud.
     ------                           |  like telephone wires
                                      |  Jan. 11th.
Act I   metallic  dissonant           |
        beating   sound -             |  in say 3-4 min. lengths.
        narrow    freq. band          |
        (like low leaf)               |  last out must [have?]
                                      |  treated 1½ min. fade.
Act II  nearer  (+ baritone[?]        |
        final.[?])                    |  + treated seagull
                                      | ------------
Chord[?]._very_loud and shattering    |  Muirhead 500
         (wider freq. range)          |      Wob. 2000, 2/sec.. 20 roswing[?]
---------------------                 | + 15 & 7½ Ph.f/b.
 solitude - in at Q1 wh.[?] leader                                   Cloud
           out at usual.

tilde[?] has turned mix Q1 + B bd.3 at yellow.
            X fade at horizon & land to medium cloud.

• wh. (white?) leader and yellow probably refer to Delia's habit of interting pieces of coloured leader tape to mark different sections of her makeup tapes.
• Q1 may mean "cue 1", referring to a cue in the score.
• 'bd.: band (i.e. one portion of a tape)