DD161802

DD161802

DD161802 is a sheet of Delia's notes and a fragment of diagrammatic score for her piece Francis Younghusband in Tibet.

It is on the back of a flyer from the BBC CLUB - TENNIS SECTION mentioning "Sunday next, August 19th", which corresponds in 1962 (F. Y. in T. was recorded in 1963).

Transcript

                                                 |
                                                 |  F.Y. in T.
                                                 |
                                                  -----------------
put f/b. on drums/bells backwards.                     TRW. 5053
& apply instant rhythm.                            David Lyttler. 216
                                                                  IPP
wind from band of white noise + osc. 5th                         3313
rec.d straight & handspooled adding f/b.

becomes static majestic chord for end.

going up:  drum rhythm + pre-f/b (pushing) uneven. (perspective - + low ch[?])
                                                                  + echo     )
           wind going generally upwards [spiral up]

           + osc. phrase . rising . whole tone. "bushes" faded in or cut in
                                                    or clicked in [ ]
speech pause

going down: regular drum rhythm + post[?] f/b.

            wind going generally down.

            + osc. phrase falling

speech pause

end:       steady majestic chord out of wind (wide range base 5ths.)
                                             ( sans[?] wh.n.       )
          + bells in rhythm. (perspective - + low bells with echo.

          + regular drums                                   ADSEC.[?]
                                            |-- --   --    --     ---   --  --|
                                       with | (6) 2(4)2(5)2(3)2(4) 2 (3) (5)  |
                                      holds:
                                               /   ^\ /     ^\    / ^\ <--------
3 tracks, roughly timed, mixed (panel)       /       V     /  V       \
                                            |  7   5    6   4   5   3 |
final scene cross faded -- end f. to t.         12        10       8
                                             --  --  30"   --   - - -     10"
drums first up & down. Cut tog.
                       check timing

osc. phrase within this timeframe.

wind: by hand listening to last two tracks.

• f/b: feedback?
• f. to t.: ???
• rec.d: recorded
• tog.: together
• wh.n.: white noise
• [ ]: a square