Karlheinz Essl

erat Verbum

multilingual fixed-media composition
2020-2022

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Fixed-media composition based on John 1, 1-5:

In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum.
Hoc erat in principio apud Deum.
Omnia per ipsum facta sunt: et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est.
In ipso vita erat, et vita erat lux hominum:
et lux in tenebris lucet, et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt.

using (mostly) computer-generated voices in 24 different languages with 12 male and 12 female speakers, processed by a computer program written in MaxMSP.

Languages

male:

greek

latin

arab

turkish

russian

english

german

dutch

swedish

danish

islandic

spanish

female:

french

polish

czech

hungarian

finish

hebrew

hindi

indonesian

thai

chinese

japanese

korean

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Karlheinz Essl: erat Verbum (2020-2022)
multilingual electronic composition

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Updated: 22 Apr 2022