Mawson and Mertz, pieces for the 1911-1914 Mawson Antar[c]tic Expedition

• Main Author: Shah, Uttamlal T.
• Other Authors: Scott, Cleve L.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Composition (Music); Twelve-tone system; Computer music; Clarinet and horn music; Horn The; antartic*
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/182852; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14291/182852; http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/223510

Mawson is a piece for computer realized quadraphonic tape, and Mertz is a duo for clarinet and horn. The pieces were written in celebration of the accomplishments of the 1911-1914 Mawson Antartic Expedition. The compositions are totally serialized, with a hexachord derived from Cartesian coordinates...