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Delia created music for a programme "Sound" in the BBC Schools TV series [[Science All Around]], commissioned by producer [[Robin Gwyn]] for BBC1.
 
Delia created music for a programme "Sound" in the BBC Schools TV series [[Science All Around]], commissioned by producer [[Robin Gwyn]] for BBC1.
  
The piece's creation starts with a phone call from [[Robin Gwyn]] to the workshop, which is taken down in pencilled notes for Desmond Briscoe, who then forwards the work to Delia.
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The piece's creation starts with a phone call from [[Robin Gwyn]] to the workshop, which is taken down in pencilled notes for Desmond Briscoe, who then forwards the work to Delia, who realises something inspired by teh resonance patterns that form on Chladni plates in response to different musical frequencies.
  
 
The tape's catalogue entry is dated June 1971 but the tape is not to be found.<ref name=TLL/>
 
The tape's catalogue entry is dated June 1971 but the tape is not to be found.<ref name=TLL/>
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=Papers=
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<gallery>
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Image:DD165602.jpg|[[DD165602]]: Copy of master tape labels
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Image:DD164817.jpg|[[DD164817]]: Typewritten draft credits
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Image:DD081626.jpg|[[DD081626]]: Scrap of Delia's notes: "Science all around / Michael Toyle [...] Filming here Monday all day"
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Image:DD081643.jpg|[[DD081643]]: Delia's plan for the piece: "Sound, 9-11 [...] Sig. for science prog. [...] Rec. June 23rd"
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Image:DD081659.jpg|[[DD081659]]: Pencilled letter from [[Robin Gwyn]] to [[Desmond Briscoe]] for a programme about Shnadlies [Chladni's!] plate, forwarded to Delia.
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Image:DD081729.jpg|[[DD081729]]: Delia's notes: "Master final to Athos"
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Image:DD081743.jpg|[[DD081743]]: Delia's plan for a day's work when someone visits by taxi.
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Image:DD081756.jpg|[[DD081756]]: Diagrammatic score
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Image:DD081808.jpg|[[DD081808]]: Diagrammatic chord sequences
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Image:DD081825.jpg|[[DD081825]]: Drawings of resonating Chladni's plates "A+ C+ F- E+ D C Bb-B"
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Image:DD081841.jpg|[[DD081841]]: Drawings of resonating Chladni's plates "B- F#+ D+ F#+ G#- E+ G#-"
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Image:DD081913.jpg|[[DD081913]]: Delia's manuscript including "Impromptu: It came light whilst I was doing my arithmetic"
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Image:DD081955.jpg|[[DD081955]]: Delia's manuscript "K/bd tuned to F# 710"
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</gallery>
  
 
=Score=
 
=Score=
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==[[DD081913]]==
 
[[Image:DD081913.pdf|thumb|right|[[DD081913]] score for [[Science All Around - Sound]]]]
 
[[Image:DD081913.pdf|thumb|right|[[DD081913]] score for [[Science All Around - Sound]]]]
[[Image:DD081955.pdf|thumb|right|[[DD081955]] score for [[Science All Around - Sound]]]]
 
 
These are reconstructions from Delia's manuscripts.
 
 
==[[DD081913]]==
 
 
* [[media:DD081913.txt|The input file for the Lilypond music typesetting program]]
 
* [[media:DD081913.txt|The input file for the Lilypond music typesetting program]]
* [[media:DD081913.pdf|Lilypond's output of the score as a PDF]]
 
 
* [[media:DD081913.midi|Lilypond's output as a MIDI file that you can play on your computer]]
 
* [[media:DD081913.midi|Lilypond's output as a MIDI file that you can play on your computer]]
 
* An audio file of the MIDI performed on a cheesy electric piano
 
* An audio file of the MIDI performed on a cheesy electric piano
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==[[DD081955]]==
 
==[[DD081955]]==
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[[Image:DD081955.pdf|thumb|right|[[DD081955]] score for [[Science All Around - Sound]]]]
 
* [[media:DD081955.txt|The input file for the Lilypond music typesetting program]]
 
* [[media:DD081955.txt|The input file for the Lilypond music typesetting program]]
* [[media:DD081955.pdf|Lilypond's output of the score as a PDF]]
 
 
* [[media:DD081955.midi|Lilypond's output as a MIDI file that you can play on your computer]]
 
* [[media:DD081955.midi|Lilypond's output as a MIDI file that you can play on your computer]]
 
* An audio file of the MIDI performed on a cheesy electric piano
 
* An audio file of the MIDI performed on a cheesy electric piano
 
{{Play|DD081955}}
 
{{Play|DD081955}}
 
=Papers=
 
* [[DD081626]]: Scrap of Delia's notes: "Science all around / Michael Toyle [...] Filming here Monday all day"
 
* [[DD081643]]: Delia's plan for the piece: "Sound, 9-11 [...] Sig. for science prog. [...] Rec. June 23rd"
 
* [[DD081659]]: Pencilled letter from [[Robin Gwyn]] to [[Desmond Briscoe]] for a programme about Shnadlies [Chladni's!] plate, forwarded to Delia.
 
* [[DD081729]]: Delia's notes: "Master final to Athos"
 
* [[DD081743]]: Delia's plan for a day's work when someone visits by taxi.
 
* [[DD081756]]: Diagrammatic score
 
* [[DD081808]]: Diagrammatic chord sequences
 
* [[DD081825]]: Drawings of resonating Chladni's plates "A+ C+ F- E+ D C Bb-B"
 
* [[DD081841]]: Drawings of resonating Chladni's plates "B- F#+ D+ F#+ G#- E+ G#-"
 
* [[DD081913]]: Delia's manuscript including "Impromptu: It came light whilst I was doing my arithmetic"
 
* [[DD081955]]: Delia's manuscript "K/bd tuned to F# 710"
 
  
 
=Availability=
 
=Availability=
 
* The BBC Sound Archive's tape [[TRW 7420]] is not to be found.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 7420]].</ref>
 
* The BBC Sound Archive's tape [[TRW 7420]] is not to be found.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 7420]].</ref>
* There is a reconstruction from Delia's manuscript at [[Science All Around - Sound (score)]]
 
  
 
=References=
 
=References=

Revision as of 03:30, 20 March 2017

Science All Around title

Delia created music for a programme "Sound" in the BBC Schools TV series Science All Around, commissioned by producer Robin Gwyn for BBC1.

The piece's creation starts with a phone call from Robin Gwyn to the workshop, which is taken down in pencilled notes for Desmond Briscoe, who then forwards the work to Delia, who realises something inspired by teh resonance patterns that form on Chladni plates in response to different musical frequencies.

The tape's catalogue entry is dated June 1971 but the tape is not to be found.[1]

Papers

Score

DD081913

DD081955

Availability

  • The BBC Sound Archive's tape TRW 7420 is not to be found.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 7420.