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Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
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Ensoniq EPS
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Electronic Music
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Synthesized/MIDI
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Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
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Ensoniq EPS
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Electronic Music
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General Information
Work Title
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Trapse
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Drehmer, Earl Richard
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IED 107
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1987 ca.
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First Performance.
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2011/06/29
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First Publication.
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2011
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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4.9 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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Piece Style
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Modern
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Instrumentation
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mouth samples, electronic music
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This is the first piece in the series composed using mouth sounds. I know I spelled Traipse wrong. All the pieces in this series have odd titles spelled all kinds of ways. I first performed Trapse at my students' semi-annual recital. In it is quoted the G. F. Handel tune "Christmas" (more commonly known by the words "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night").
On my Ensoniq EPS I sampled 8 sounds made by my mouth (whistle, hum, wind, etc.). Then I altered them through various electronic techniques (filters, LFOs, loops, envelopes, etc.) and created a set of 8 instruments with multiple patches and mod wheel available to alter them live and intuitively. I then created these works with the fanciful titles, mostly in 8 tracks, with 1 or more of these sounds per composition. I explored what could be done to use the EPS as an instrument and not just a sequencer. One friend calls these samples "extended vocal techniques".