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With [[Kaleidophon]], Delia created sound for [[Ewan Hooper]]'s production of Macbeth at the Greenwich Theatre, opening on the 18th February 1971.
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With [[Kaleidophon]], Delia created sound for [[Ewan Hooper]]'s production of [[Macbeth]] at the [[Greenwich Theatre]], opening on the 18th February 1971.
  
 
For other versions, see [[Macbeth]].
 
For other versions, see [[Macbeth]].
  
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Apart from the sound effects, the most interesting track must surely be the Witches Dance.<ref>[[DD135820]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "1. Cue missed?"</ref>
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Apart from the sound effects, the most interesting track must surely be the Witches' Dance<ref name=DD135820/> in which “They sing their cauldron recipe to a waltz song like the doctors in Wozzeck.”<ref name=DD140920/>
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Delia seems to have reused sound from [[Aztecs]], thunder from [[King Lear]] and something from her music for Yoko Ono's [[Wrapping Event]].<ref name=DD140336/> On the [[VCS3]] she created the "Sweet martlets", "crow" and "purry pussy" effects<ref name=DD140402/> as well as the "twangy crochets"<ref name=DD140505/> for one of the pieces of music.<ref name=DD140425/> She also used "Annette's voice on tape, v.treated".<ref name=DD140448/> This may be [[Annette Battam]], who worked with Delia on the music of the 1970 [[Medea]], also at the Greenwich Theatre (and took all the credit!).
  
 
=Reviews=
 
=Reviews=
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of sound and vision for the supernatural and a semi-musical setting of the witch chants in contemporary idioms.”<ref name=DD140726/>
 
of sound and vision for the supernatural and a semi-musical setting of the witch chants in contemporary idioms.”<ref name=DD140726/>
  
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“The [characters] are of no period or place and the sounds around them are electronic and anonymous.”<ref>B. A. Young in ''The Financial Times'', quoted in [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>
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“The [characters] are of no period or place and the sounds around them are electronic and anonymous.”<ref name=DD140920/>
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“They sing their cauldron recipe to a waltz song like the doctors in Wozzeck.”<ref name=DD140920/>
 
  
 
“A great night for the noises off... a night of whistling and whinnying and the calls of whippoorwills, of electronic music for the witches' chants, of echo chambers and metallic vibrations from the back projected ghosts.”<ref name=DD140834/>
 
“A great night for the noises off... a night of whistling and whinnying and the calls of whippoorwills, of electronic music for the witches' chants, of echo chambers and metallic vibrations from the back projected ghosts.”<ref name=DD140834/>
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The following list of tracks is composited from various sheets in Delia's papers.
 
The following list of tracks is composited from various sheets in Delia's papers.
  
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The '''Cue''' column is from a typewritten sheet given to Delia by the production team,
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The '''Cue''' column comes from Ewan Cooper's cue sheets<ref name=DD140239/><ref name=DD140302/>
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typed up from Ewan Coopers handwritten notes.<ref>[[DD140239]]: Typewritten sheet of cues 1 to 29.</ref>
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while the '''Tape''' columns come from Delia's handwritten notes.<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/><ref name=DD140025/><ref name=DD140011/><ref name=DD135928/>
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The rest comes from Delia's handwritten notes.
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{| class=wikitable border=1 cellspacing=0
 
{| class=wikitable border=1 cellspacing=0
 
! No !! Cue !! Tape 1 !! Tape 2
 
! No !! Cue !! Tape 1 !! Tape 2
 
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|1||Thunder in the distance, followed by the Witches' Noise - sea with a heartbeat behind it. 1/frac12; mins should be enough.
 
|1||Thunder in the distance, followed by the Witches' Noise - sea with a heartbeat behind it. 1/frac12; mins should be enough.
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||Thunder &amp; witch background<ref name=DD135914>[[DD135914]]: Listing of tracks 1-15.</ref><ref name=DD140051>[[DD140051]]: Listing of tracks 1-39.</ref>||
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||Thunder &amp; witch background (2'25")||
 
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|2||One warning shriek from a cat.
 
|2||One warning shriek from a cat.
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|| ||Cat<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>
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|3||One warning noise from a frog.
 
|3||One warning noise from a frog.
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|| ||Frog<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>
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|4||One warning moise from a dog.
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|4||One warning noise from a dog.
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|| ||Dog<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>
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|5||A short vicious noise of battle. 5 secs.
 
|5||A short vicious noise of battle. 5 secs.
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|| ||Battle<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>
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|6||Thunder followed by the Witches' Noise (until "Peace"). 3 mins.
 
|6||Thunder followed by the Witches' Noise (until "Peace"). 3 mins.
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||Witches<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Witches (3'30")||
 
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|7||Macbeth's drum. Short. 3 secs.
 
|7||Macbeth's drum. Short. 3 secs.
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|8||rowspan=2|Witches' Noise again, after "Forres" until "I charge you". 3 mins.
 
|8||rowspan=2|Witches' Noise again, after "Forres" until "I charge you". 3 mins.
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||Witches<ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Witches (4')||
 
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|8a|| ||Witches disappear<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>
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|8a|| ||Witches disappear
 
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|9||Scene link. Witches cat. Not warning, though. 5 secs.
 
|9||Scene link. Witches cat. Not warning, though. 5 secs.
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|10||Scene link - frog, then martlets? We could use the vicious ones here. 20 secs.
 
|10||Scene link - frog, then martlets? We could use the vicious ones here. 20 secs.
 
(I couldn't read Ewan's writing here - the word may not be "vicious"!!)
 
(I couldn't read Ewan's writing here - the word may not be "vicious"!!)
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|| ||Frog then Martlets<ref name=DD140051/>
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|11||Witches' Noise. About 1 min.
 
|11||Witches' Noise. About 1 min.
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||Witches<ref name=DD135914/><ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Witches (1'15")||
 
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|12||Martlets again. About 3 mins. Sweet.
 
|12||Martlets again. About 3 mins. Sweet.
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|13||Banquet noise, 10 secs.[deleted]
 
|13||Banquet noise, 10 secs.[deleted]
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|| ||Rec coming[?] thunder<ref name=DD135914/>
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|14||Banquet noise, 10 secs.[deleted]
 
|14||Banquet noise, 10 secs.[deleted]
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|15||Storm. 7 secs.
 
|15||Storm. 7 secs.
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|16||Thunder going away. 5 secs.
 
|16||Thunder going away. 5 secs.
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||Storm<ref name=DD140051/>||Receding thunder<ref name=DD140051/>
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|17||Witches' Noise. 30 secs.
 
|17||Witches' Noise. 30 secs.
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||Witches/Dagger speech<ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Witches/Dagger speech (35s)||
 
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|18||Crickets. 5 secs.
 
|18||Crickets. 5 secs.
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|19||Owl. One cry.
 
|19||Owl. One cry.
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|20||Dawn chorus of sinister martins. 1 min.
 
|20||Dawn chorus of sinister martins. 1 min.
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||Martlets<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|21||Storm link. 20 secs.
 
|21||Storm link. 20 secs.
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|22||Act end - link - frog. 5 secs.
 
|22||Act end - link - frog. 5 secs.
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||Frog<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|colspan=4 align=center|-- Interval --<ref name=DD140051/>
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|colspan=4 align=center|-- Interval --
 
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|colspan=4|ACT II
 
|colspan=4|ACT II
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|23||Opening noise - cat. One howl, not warning.||Cat<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|23||Opening noise - cat. One howl, not warning.||Cat (louder)||
 
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|24||Trumpet. One call.
 
|24||Trumpet. One call.
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|25||Witches' noise. 30 secs.
 
|25||Witches' noise. 30 secs.
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||Witches<ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Witches (50s)||
 
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|26||Horses arriving. 5 secs.
 
|26||Horses arriving. 5 secs.
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||Horses on right arrive and mill about<ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Horses on right arrive and mill about||
 
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|27||Horses stopping and being led away. 5 secs.
 
|27||Horses stopping and being led away. 5 secs.
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|28||rowspan=2|Scene link - frog. 5 secs.
 
|28||rowspan=2|Scene link - frog. 5 secs.
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||Frog link [deleted]<ref name=DD140051/>||
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||Frog link [deleted]||
 
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|28a|| ||Trumpet<ref name=DD140051/>
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|28a|| ||Trumpet
 
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|29||Banquo arriving noise, and Witches' Noise until "Maws of kites". 2 mins.
 
|29||Banquo arriving noise, and Witches' Noise until "Maws of kites". 2 mins.
 
||Banquo [Alan[?] notices apparition]||
 
||Banquo [Alan[?] notices apparition]||
 
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|30|| || ||Banquo 45'<ref name=DD140051/>
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|30||Banquo arriving noise, until "Unreal mockery hence".
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|31|| ||Frog/M&amp;LM leave/what purpose?/sleep-dawn<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|31||Link. Frog. 5 secs.
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||Frog/M&amp;LM leave/what purpose?/sleep-dawn||
 
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|32|| || ||Witches music<ref name=DD140051/>
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|32||Witches music sequence.
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|33|| ||Witches noise<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|33||Witches Noise. 45 secs.
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||Witches noise||
 
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|34|| || ||1st appartition<ref name=DD140051/>
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|34||1st apparition arriving. Thunder etc.? 5 secs.
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|35|| ||1st apparition words<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|35||1st apparition's words.
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||1st apparition words||
 
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|36|| || ||2nd apparition<ref name=DD140051/>
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|36||2nd apparition arriving. 5 secs.
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|37|| ||2nd apparition words<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|37||2nd apparition's words.
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||2nd apparition words||
 
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|38|| || ||3rd apparition<ref name=DD140051/>
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|38||3rd apparition arriving. 5 secs.
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|39|| ||3rd apparition words<ref name=DD140051/>||
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|39||3rd apparition's words.
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||3rd apparition words||
 
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|39a|| || ||4th apparition approach<ref name=DD140025>[[DD140025]]: Listing of tracks 39-53.</ref>
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|39a||apparition app.|| ||4th apparition approach
 
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|40|| ||4th apparition sounds<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|40||4th apparition noise. (about 1&frac14; mins, until macbeth collapses.
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||4th apparition sounds||
 
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|41|| || ||Horses arrive<ref name=DD140025/>
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|41||Horses arriving (2 or 3) 5 secs.
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|42|| ||Cat + Thunder<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|42||Link - a witches noise. Cat. 5 secs.
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||Cat + Thunder||
 
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|43|| || ||Birdsong England<ref name=DD140025/>
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|43||Birdsong. England. 2 mins. (might also be brought in once or twoce during the scene.)|| ||Birdsong England
 
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|44|| || ||
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|44||Link into Dunsinane. Owl. 5 secs.|| ||
 
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|45|| ||Soft drum roll<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|45||Link into Menteith. Soft drum roll. 5 secs.
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||Soft drum roll||
 
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|46|| ||Heart beat drum<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|46||Link into "Bring me no more reports". 5 secs.
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||Heart beat drum||
 
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|47|| ||Heart beat drum<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|47||Link into chambers. Heartbeat drum. 5 secs.
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||Heart beat drum||
 
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|48|| ||Heart beat drum<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|48||Link into "Hang out our banners". Heartbeat drum? 5 secs.
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||Heart beat drum||
 
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|49|| || ||Birnam Wood<ref name=DD140025/>
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|49||Sound of Birnam Wood approaching. 20 secs.
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|50|| || ||Trumpets into battle<ref name=DD140025/>
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|50||War trumpets sounding the call to battle, followed by battle noises. 1&frac12; mins.
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|51|| ||Battle stage left<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|51||Battle noises coming from stage-left ("That way the noise is") 1&frac12; mins.
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||Battle stage left||
 
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|51a|| || ||Trumpet<ref name=DD140025/>
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|51a||Trumpet|| ||Trumpet
 
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|51b|| || ||Apparition/proc.type<ref name=DD140025/>
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|51b||Appn. 30s.|| ||Apparition/proc.type
 
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|52|| ||Drum link/knives<ref name=DD140025/>||
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|52||Drum link, 5 secs.
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||Drum link/knives||
 
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|53|| || ||Three familiars/Thunder<ref name=DD140025/>
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|53||Witches' familiars together (cat, frog, dog) 5 secs.
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* [[DD135700]]: Theatre programme: cast and article by Ewan Hooper
 
* [[DD135700]]: Theatre programme: cast and article by Ewan Hooper
 
* [[DD135745]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "1st sound - Change? (thicken thunder + echo)"
 
* [[DD135745]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "1st sound - Change? (thicken thunder + echo)"
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* [[DD135820]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "1. Cue missed?"
 
 
* [[DD135830]]: Zoom on top half of [[DD135820]]
 
* [[DD135830]]: Zoom on top half of [[DD135820]]
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* [[DD135854]]: Zoom on bottom half of [[DD135820]]: "horses earlier please"
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* [[DD135854]]: Zoom on bottom half of [[DD135820]]
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* [[DD135914]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "1 - Thunder & witches"
 
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* [[DD135928]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "CUT DRUMS where trumpet [in] battle / (23) Cat"
 
 
* [[DD135943]]: Delia's handwritten diagram of stage
 
* [[DD135943]]: Delia's handwritten diagram of stage
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* [[DD140011]]: Delia's handwritten timing diagram "1 - 2.25" "Annette &pound;50 Effects"
 
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* [[DD140025]]: Delia's handwritten notes listing tracks 39 to 53 on Tape 1 and Tape 2.
 
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* [[DD140051]]: Delia's handwritten notes forTape 1 - Tape 2" "1. Thunder + Witch B.G."
 
 
* [[DD140104]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "35 .. 53" "Desk witches" (back of [[DD140051]])
 
* [[DD140104]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "35 .. 53" "Desk witches" (back of [[DD140051]])
 
* [[DD140140]]: Typewritten cue sheet: "MACBETH / Sound / I.1. Sea breaking against cliffs"
 
* [[DD140140]]: Typewritten cue sheet: "MACBETH / Sound / I.1. Sea breaking against cliffs"
 
* [[DD140152]]: Typewritten list of theatre personnel
 
* [[DD140152]]: Typewritten list of theatre personnel
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* [[DD140239]]: Typewritten cue sheet, page 1: "MACBETH / ACT I / 1. Thunder in the distance - 22. / ACT II / 23. - 29. Banquo arriving noise"
 
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* [[DD140302]]: Typewritten cue sheet, page 2: "30. Banquo arriving noise - 53. Witches' familiars together"
 
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* [[DD140336]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "Sea alone" ...
 
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* [[DD140402]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "P.3 Sea breaking & washing" ...
 
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* [[DD140425]]: Delia's Handwritten notes: "4 time / [A] Primitive vocal - mysterious, smokey"
 
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* [[DD140448]]: Delia's Handwritten notes: "4 time / [A] Organ - low reed - waw waw"
 
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* [[DD140505]]: VCS3 dope sheet: "Macbeth - twangy crochets"
 
 
* [[DD140554]]: Newspaper clipping: "Lady Macbeth - or just Miss World?" by Herbert Kretzmer: a short and scathing review
 
* [[DD140554]]: Newspaper clipping: "Lady Macbeth - or just Miss World?" by Herbert Kretzmer: a short and scathing review
 
* [[DD140622]]: Newspaper clipping: "London gets a new Lady Macbeth", published one week before the opening night
 
* [[DD140622]]: Newspaper clipping: "London gets a new Lady Macbeth", published one week before the opening night
 
* [[DD140754]]: Newspaper clipping: the image of Hildegard Neil above the Fiddick review
 
* [[DD140754]]: Newspaper clipping: the image of Hildegard Neil above the Fiddick review
 
* [[DD140901]]: Newspaper clipping: "MILTON SHULMAN at the new Macbeth" from the Evening Standard: a mostly negative review.
 
* [[DD140901]]: Newspaper clipping: "MILTON SHULMAN at the new Macbeth" from the Evening Standard: a mostly negative review.
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=Tapes=
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* [[DD211]]: "Macbeth, Greenwich?"
  
 
=References=
 
=References=
 
<references>
 
<references>
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<ref name=DD140239>[[DD140239]]: Ewan Hooper's typewritten sheet of cues 1 to 29.</ref>
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<ref name=DD140302>[[DD140302]]: Ewan Hooper's typewritten sheet of cues 30 to 53.</ref>
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<ref name=DD135914>[[DD135914]]: Delia's handwritten list of cues 1-15.</ref>
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<ref name=DD140051>[[DD140051]]: Delia's handwritten list of cues 1-39.</ref>
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<ref name=DD140025>[[DD140025]]: Delia's handwritten list of cues 39-53.</ref>
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<ref name=DD135820>[[DD135820]]: Delia's handwritten list of corrections to her sounds.</ref>
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<ref name=DD135928>[[DD135928]]: Delia's handwritten list of corrections to cues 23 to 43.</ref>
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<ref name=DD140011>[[DD140011]]: Delia's handwritten timings for cues 1-53</ref>
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<ref name=DD140336>[[DD140336]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "Sea alone" P.81 ...</ref>
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<ref name=DD140402>[[DD140402]]: Delia's handwritten notes: "P.3 Sea breaking & washing" ...</ref>
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<ref name=DD140425>[[DD140425]]: Delia's handwritten plan for a piece of music: "4 time / [A] Primitive vocal - mysterious, smokey"</ref>
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<ref name=DD140448>[[DD140448]]: Delia's handwritten plan for a piece of music: "4 time / [A] Organ - low reed - waw waw"</ref>
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<ref name=DD140505>[[DD140505]]: VCS3 dope sheet: "Macbeth - twangy crochets"</ref>
 
<ref name=DD140642>[[DD140642]]: Review "Macbeth" by Michael Billington in ''The Times'' newspaper.</ref>
 
<ref name=DD140642>[[DD140642]]: Review "Macbeth" by Michael Billington in ''The Times'' newspaper.</ref>
 
<ref name=DD140726>[[DD140726]]: Review "Macbeth" by Peter Fiddick.</ref>
 
<ref name=DD140726>[[DD140726]]: Review "Macbeth" by Peter Fiddick.</ref>
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<ref name=DD140834>[[DD140834]]: Review "Enter Corporal Macbeth" by Peter Lewis of the Daily Mail on 18th February.</ref>
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<ref name=DD140834>[[DD140834]]: Review "Enter Corporal Macbeth" by Peter Lewis of the ''Daily Mail'' on 18th February.</ref>
 
<ref name=DD140920>[[DD140920]]: Review "Macbeth" by B. A. Young</ref>
 
<ref name=DD140920>[[DD140920]]: Review "Macbeth" by B. A. Young</ref>
 
</references>
 
</references>
  
 
[[Category:Piece]]
 
[[Category:Piece]]

Latest revision as of 11:06, 6 June 2016

Theatre programme cover

With Kaleidophon, Delia created sound for Ewan Hooper's production of Macbeth at the Greenwich Theatre, opening on the 18th February 1971.

For other versions, see Macbeth.

Apart from the sound effects, the most interesting track must surely be the Witches' Dance[1] in which “They sing their cauldron recipe to a waltz song like the doctors in Wozzeck.”[2]

Delia seems to have reused sound from Aztecs, thunder from King Lear and something from her music for Yoko Ono's Wrapping Event.[3] On the VCS3 she created the "Sweet martlets", "crow" and "purry pussy" effects[4] as well as the "twangy crochets"[5] for one of the pieces of music.[6] She also used "Annette's voice on tape, v.treated".[7] This may be Annette Battam, who worked with Delia on the music of the 1970 Medea, also at the Greenwich Theatre (and took all the credit!).

Reviews

“a production with some interesting effects of sound and vision for the supernatural and a semi-musical setting of the witch chants in contemporary idioms.”[8]

“The [characters] are of no period or place and the sounds around them are electronic and anonymous.”[2]

“A great night for the noises off... a night of whistling and whinnying and the calls of whippoorwills, of electronic music for the witches' chants, of echo chambers and metallic vibrations from the back projected ghosts.”[9]

“[The] production gets nearer the centre of the play than more ambitious rivals. Liberally employing what Henry Reed once dubbed “reinforced concrete music” and setting the action on a tilted promontory suspended above two jagged edge rostra, it evokes the right atmosphere of eerie ambivalence in which nothing is but what is not.”[10]

Track listing

The following list of tracks is composited from various sheets in Delia's papers.

The Cue column comes from Ewan Cooper's cue sheets[11][12] while the Tape columns come from Delia's handwritten notes.[13][14][15][16][17]

No Cue Tape 1 Tape 2
1 Thunder in the distance, followed by the Witches' Noise - sea with a heartbeat behind it. 1/frac12; mins should be enough. Thunder & witch background (2'25")
2 One warning shriek from a cat. Cat
3 One warning noise from a frog. Frog
4 One warning noise from a dog. Dog
5 A short vicious noise of battle. 5 secs. Battle
6 Thunder followed by the Witches' Noise (until "Peace"). 3 mins. Witches (3'30")
7 Macbeth's drum. Short. 3 secs. Drum
8 Witches' Noise again, after "Forres" until "I charge you". 3 mins. Witches (4')
8a Witches disappear
9 Scene link. Witches cat. Not warning, though. 5 secs. Cat
10 Scene link - frog, then martlets? We could use the vicious ones here. 20 secs.

(I couldn't read Ewan's writing here - the word may not be "vicious"!!)

Frog then Martlets
11 Witches' Noise. About 1 min. Witches (1'15")
12 Martlets again. About 3 mins. Sweet. Martlets
13 Banquet noise, 10 secs.[deleted] Rec coming[?] thunder
14 Banquet noise, 10 secs.[deleted]
15 Storm. 7 secs. Storm
16 Thunder going away. 5 secs. Storm Receding thunder
17 Witches' Noise. 30 secs. Witches/Dagger speech (35s)
18 Crickets. 5 secs. Cricket
19 Owl. One cry. Owl
20 Dawn chorus of sinister martins. 1 min. Martlets
21 Storm link. 20 secs. Storm
22 Act end - link - frog. 5 secs. Frog
-- Interval --
ACT II
23 Opening noise - cat. One howl, not warning. Cat (louder)
24 Trumpet. One call. Trumpet
25 Witches' noise. 30 secs. Witches (50s)
26 Horses arriving. 5 secs. Horses on right arrive and mill about
27 Horses stopping and being led away. 5 secs. Horses led away stage left
28 Scene link - frog. 5 secs. Frog link [deleted]
28a Trumpet
29 Banquo arriving noise, and Witches' Noise until "Maws of kites". 2 mins. Banquo [Alan[?] notices apparition]
30 Banquo arriving noise, until "Unreal mockery hence". Banquo 45'
31 Link. Frog. 5 secs. Frog/M&LM leave/what purpose?/sleep-dawn
32 Witches music sequence. Witches music
33 Witches Noise. 45 secs. Witches noise
34 1st apparition arriving. Thunder etc.? 5 secs. 1st appartition
35 1st apparition's words. 1st apparition words
36 2nd apparition arriving. 5 secs. 2nd apparition
37 2nd apparition's words. 2nd apparition words
38 3rd apparition arriving. 5 secs. 3rd apparition
39 3rd apparition's words. 3rd apparition words
39a apparition app. 4th apparition approach
40 4th apparition noise. (about 1¼ mins, until macbeth collapses. 4th apparition sounds
41 Horses arriving (2 or 3) 5 secs. Horses arrive
42 Link - a witches noise. Cat. 5 secs. Cat + Thunder
43 Birdsong. England. 2 mins. (might also be brought in once or twoce during the scene.) Birdsong England
44 Link into Dunsinane. Owl. 5 secs.
45 Link into Menteith. Soft drum roll. 5 secs. Soft drum roll
46 Link into "Bring me no more reports". 5 secs. Heart beat drum
47 Link into chambers. Heartbeat drum. 5 secs. Heart beat drum
48 Link into "Hang out our banners". Heartbeat drum? 5 secs. Heart beat drum
49 Sound of Birnam Wood approaching. 20 secs. Birnam Wood
50 War trumpets sounding the call to battle, followed by battle noises. 1½ mins. Trumpets into battle
51 Battle noises coming from stage-left ("That way the noise is") 1½ mins. Battle stage left
51a Trumpet Trumpet
51b Appn. 30s. Apparition/proc.type
52 Drum link, 5 secs. Drum link/knives
53 Witches' familiars together (cat, frog, dog) 5 secs. Three familiars/Thunder

Papers

  • DD135529: Letter dated 23 March 1971 from Ewan Hooper thanking Delia and Brian for their work on Macbeth sound.
  • DD135629: Theatre programme: cover "First performance Feb. 18, 1971"
  • DD135700: Theatre programme: cast and article by Ewan Hooper
  • DD135745: Delia's handwritten notes: "1st sound - Change? (thicken thunder + echo)"
  • DD135830: Zoom on top half of DD135820
  • DD135854: Zoom on bottom half of DD135820
  • DD135943: Delia's handwritten diagram of stage
  • DD140104: Delia's handwritten notes: "35 .. 53" "Desk witches" (back of DD140051)
  • DD140140: Typewritten cue sheet: "MACBETH / Sound / I.1. Sea breaking against cliffs"
  • DD140152: Typewritten list of theatre personnel
  • DD140554: Newspaper clipping: "Lady Macbeth - or just Miss World?" by Herbert Kretzmer: a short and scathing review
  • DD140622: Newspaper clipping: "London gets a new Lady Macbeth", published one week before the opening night
  • DD140754: Newspaper clipping: the image of Hildegard Neil above the Fiddick review
  • DD140901: Newspaper clipping: "MILTON SHULMAN at the new Macbeth" from the Evening Standard: a mostly negative review.

Tapes

  • DD211: "Macbeth, Greenwich?"

References

  1. ↑ DD135820: Delia's handwritten list of corrections to her sounds.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 DD140920: Review "Macbeth" by B. A. Young
  3. ↑ DD140336: Delia's handwritten notes: "Sea alone" P.81 ...
  4. ↑ DD140402: Delia's handwritten notes: "P.3 Sea breaking & washing" ...
  5. ↑ DD140505: VCS3 dope sheet: "Macbeth - twangy crochets"
  6. ↑ DD140425: Delia's handwritten plan for a piece of music: "4 time / [A] Primitive vocal - mysterious, smokey"
  7. ↑ DD140448: Delia's handwritten plan for a piece of music: "4 time / [A] Organ - low reed - waw waw"
  8. ↑ DD140726: Review "Macbeth" by Peter Fiddick.
  9. ↑ DD140834: Review "Enter Corporal Macbeth" by Peter Lewis of the Daily Mail on 18th February.
  10. ↑ DD140642: Review "Macbeth" by Michael Billington in The Times newspaper.
  11. ↑ DD140239: Ewan Hooper's typewritten sheet of cues 1 to 29.
  12. ↑ DD140302: Ewan Hooper's typewritten sheet of cues 30 to 53.
  13. ↑ DD135914: Delia's handwritten list of cues 1-15.
  14. ↑ DD140051: Delia's handwritten list of cues 1-39.
  15. ↑ DD140025: Delia's handwritten list of cues 39-53.
  16. ↑ DD140011: Delia's handwritten timings for cues 1-53
  17. ↑ DD135928: Delia's handwritten list of corrections to cues 23 to 43.
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