Kaffeemühlekantate
Aug 15, 2022, 03:37 PM
Composition by Domina Acusmatica.
"Kaffeemühlekantate is a 2022 composition written by the artistic collective Domina Acusmatica. The piece features the sample of Krups Type 222 Coffee Grinder and has been written for the Obsolete Sounds project.
"The composition reimagines an obsolete world in both the form and the content: it is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach, in particular to his Kaffeekantate, and is formally a cantata divided into 3 subsections: recitativo, aria and coro, shaped upon a baroque cliché but filled with contemporary though obsolete sounds deriving from the aforementioned sample.
"The recitativo is a free section in which the elements of the whole cantata are introduced. The aria is similar to a baroque aria con da capo, it includes “instruments” and “basso continuo” (all deriving from the Krups coffee grinder sample), and a brief final cadenza of the “soloist”. The coro is a polyphonic SATB choir where a dialogue between high and low voices is established. The whole piece ends with a 4-part chord ideally sung by the ideal choir."
This is part of the Obsolete Sounds project, the world’s biggest collection of disappearing sounds and sounds that have become extinct – remixed and reimagined to create a brand new form of listening. Explore the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds
"Kaffeemühlekantate is a 2022 composition written by the artistic collective Domina Acusmatica. The piece features the sample of Krups Type 222 Coffee Grinder and has been written for the Obsolete Sounds project.
"The composition reimagines an obsolete world in both the form and the content: it is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach, in particular to his Kaffeekantate, and is formally a cantata divided into 3 subsections: recitativo, aria and coro, shaped upon a baroque cliché but filled with contemporary though obsolete sounds deriving from the aforementioned sample.
"The recitativo is a free section in which the elements of the whole cantata are introduced. The aria is similar to a baroque aria con da capo, it includes “instruments” and “basso continuo” (all deriving from the Krups coffee grinder sample), and a brief final cadenza of the “soloist”. The coro is a polyphonic SATB choir where a dialogue between high and low voices is established. The whole piece ends with a 4-part chord ideally sung by the ideal choir."
This is part of the Obsolete Sounds project, the world’s biggest collection of disappearing sounds and sounds that have become extinct – remixed and reimagined to create a brand new form of listening. Explore the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds