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May 27, 2010

Here follows a listing of my published compositions, other compositions and audio visual installations. As for some recordings I have been denied permission to post online, if you don’t find the recording of a piece here, I can send you one  if I have it.   LIST OF WORKS ORCHESTRA Áous, 1986 * Trema, 1989 Fließend, 11 strings, 1992 ** Il ghiaccio, il calore, l’autunno, il...

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crackling
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crackling

Feb 3, 2021

Looking for electric guitar players and electric bass players willing to have some fun with this one-page score I wrote years ago for Ron Samworth in a short 3 minutes interlude of a larger piece for the great Hard Rubber Orchestra. If I get a few versions it would be fun to create a remix of all the various takes. I hope someone out...

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il tempo dei baleni (4F)
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Ten years ago I wrote this short piece as a little homage to a great man, musician and friend, Franco Donatoni. Today, almost 10 years later, I’m thinking about Franco again in the 20th anniversary of his passing. The piece was written for the mdi ensemble which performed at the Venice Biennale in September 2010 in a program dedicated to Franco who passed away twenty...

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descrittore
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descrittore

Jun 19, 2020

A max msp patch tracking pitch/noise. I used it in various ways to create midi files that then are being fed into other instruments and so on… a feedback loop of recursive processes to forget traces and to find new paths, looking for musicality hidden everywhere.   ambient 1 https://giorgiomagnanensi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/descrittore-14.mp4   Glenn Gould’s voice https://giorgiomagnanensi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/descrittore-13.mp4   James Joyce’s voice https://giorgiomagnanensi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/descrittore-12.mp4   voice in mellotron...

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il suono indaco
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il suono indaco

Aug 23, 2019

il suono indaco (2011) dedicated to Walter Zanetti, Steve Wright and Chris Rolfe with a big thank you and love to Veda Hille and all of you wonderful and inspiring people. Still hoping to fully remount this with the 2 guitars.   il suono indaco [Download]   panel III  ...

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oscillo-graphic score
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oscillo-graphic score

Oct 9, 2017

  deep purple an oscillo-graphic score and an excersise in media transference     I will soon transcribe and orchestrate the 11 pages of this graphic score made of different frames extracted from the oscillographic video. Hopefully I will be able to perform both versions sometime soon : )       Here’s a reading by Alice Caradente, Harp...

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tamas III
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tamas III

Jul 25, 2016

  for shamisen and Japanese percussion ensemble tamas III – score tamas III [Download] Pro Musica Nipponia 40th Anniversary Composer Competition, 2ndPrize– Tokyo, Japan 2005 Pro Musica Nipponia 40th Program   tamas III was premiered by Pro Musica Nipponia on January 25, 2005 in occasion of their 40th anniversary celebration Shamisen, Shika Kikai   This piece is the result of a meeting in which I...

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TDU/HRO • le feu et l’artifice
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for 4 sax, 4 trumpet, 4 trombones, violin, electric guitar, piano, bass, drums and percussion dedicated to the Hard Rubber Orchestra and John Korsrud TDU/HRO • le feu et l’artifice   While writing for or conducting the Hard Rubber Orchestra I have always had a lot of fun and deeply enjoyed the energy and sounds of all the great musicians of this band. Therefore I have...

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tamas II
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tamas II

Dec 23, 2010

for double bass and percussion Call the world if you Please “The vale of Soul-making.” John Keats to George and Georgina Keats, Feb. 14 – May 3, 1819 tamas...

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sound thinking
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sound thinking

Nov 28, 2010

scoring is an endless process… …of imaginific translation; soundthinking through ears and eyes: personum Here are a few scattered drafts and notes that represent visual crumbles of that process                ...

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helmax
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helmax

Nov 27, 2010

  for electric guitar and sampler dedicated to Elena Casoli   helmax    ...

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ethuiá V
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ethuiá V

Jul 4, 2010

    for French horn and live electronics dedicated to Darnell Linwood ethuiá V          ...

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aura
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aura

Jul 4, 2010

    for bass recorder and electric guitar dedicated to Elena Casoli and Antonio Politano aura   Seguo il segno che la mano imprime sul foglio, tutto ciò che si muove e non ha nome. Scrivo per quella parte di me che in qualsiasi altro luogo dovrei cancellare: nel silenzio della parola che accoglie il canto, in cerca di un orizzonte dove il riflesso...

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aon
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aon

Jul 4, 2010

    for voice, drums and electronics dedicated to Kate Hammett-Vaugham aon        ...

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yombé
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yombé

Jun 27, 2010

for Japanese percussions and electronics dedicated to the percussion ensemble Miska yombé   Listen HERE      ...

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biauté parfaite
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biauté parfaite

Jun 27, 2010

    for bass recorder, double bass recorder and live electronics dedicated to Kees Boeke and Antonio Politano biauté parfaite        ...

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Ohio & Deep Forbidden Lake (Neil Remix no.1 & 4)
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from Neil Remix for voice, piano and chamber orchestra Ohio Deep forbidden lake   1. Ohio 2. A Man Needs a Maid 3. Transformer Man 4. Deep Forbidden Lake 5. Cortez the Killer 6. After the Gold Rush Music and Lyrics by Neil Young arranged by Giorgio Magnanensi The duration of the full cycle  is about 20 minutes. SCORE IN C ORCHESTRATION 2 Flutes,...

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Cod’ine & Little Wheel (Buffy Remix no.2 & 6a)
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    from Buffy Remix for voice, piano and chamber orchestra Cod’ine   Little Wheel • Part 1   1. Summer Boy 2. Cod’ine 3. Now That the Buffalo’s Gone 4. Cripple Creek 5. Winter Boy 6. Little Wheel Music and Lyrics by Buffy Sainte-Marie arranged by Giorgio Magnanensi The duration of the piece is about 20 minutes. SCORE IN C ORCHESTRATION 2 Flutes,...

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