Mattachin
Mattachin is a piece by Delia lasting 1:06 in the style of a medieval Pavane, realized with musique concrète and electronic sounds, "a fine reworking / extension of the structure of her Talk Out".[1]
John Cavanagh: It's some time since you heard that track, I guess.
Delia: Yes, since 1968, I think. I'm tickled pink by it. It's charming, isn't it?[2]
A Matachín is a sword dancer in ritual costume.[3]
Talk Out, which has the same rhythm track, is from 1964,[4] but the tape for Movement, Mime and Music II, which includes Mattachin, was checked out from BBC stores in 1962[5] and a note in Delia's papers reads: "By Aug.26 [1963] - send TRW 5016 to R P Current Library (M M & M II)".[6].
From all this, we conclude that she created it in 1962 or early 1963.
Copyright
The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has:
Title: Mattachin Writer(s): Derbyshire, Delia Ann Publisher: BBC Worldwide Music Creation date: 1 January 1984
but under UK law, all audio recordings made before 1963 are in the public domain.
Spectrogram
Availability
- In the BBC Sound Achive on tape TRW 5016.[5]
- On Attic Tape DD204.
- Released on vinyl on Movement, Mime and Music in 1969.
- Released on vinyl and CD on BBC Radiophonic Music in 1971 and 2002/3.
- Released on 10" vinyl on Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 2003.
References
- ↑ Robin Carmody in Wee also have sound-houses.
- ↑ The Radio Scotland interview in 1997.
- ↑ Matachines on wikipedia.
- ↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6148.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 5016.
- ↑ DD074230
