DD094050

DD094050

DD094050 is a sheet of Delia's handwritten notes for The Cloud.

Transcript

     Cloud.
     ------                         |  like telephone wires
                                    |  Jan. 11th.
Act I   metallic  dissonant         |
        beating   sound -           |  in say 3-4 min. lengths.
        narrow    freq. band        |
        (like low leaf)             |  last out must [have?]
                                    |  treated 1½ min. fade.
Act II  nearer  (+ baritone[?]      |
        final.[?])                  |  + treated seagull
                                    | ------------
Chord[?]._very_loud and shattering  |  Muirhead 500
         (wider freq. range)        |      Wob. 2000, 2/sec.. 20 swing[?]
---------------------               | + 15 & 7½ Ph.f/b.
 solitude - in at Q1 wh.[?] leader                                Cloud
           out at usual.

tilde[?] has turned mix Q1 + B bd.3 at yellow.
            X fade at horizon & land to medium cloud.

• bd.: band (i.e. one of several sequences recorded on the same tape).
• Q1 may mean "cue 1", referring to a musical or effects cue in the score.
• wh. (white?) leader and yellow probably refer to Delia's habit of inserting pieces of coloured leader tape to mark different portions in her makeup tapes.