Trapse (Drehmer, Earl Richard)

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Publisher Info. Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
Performers Ensoniq EPS
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Publisher Info. Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
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Work Title Trapse
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Composer Drehmer, Earl Richard
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IED 107
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1987 ca.
First Performance. 2011/06/29
First Publication. 2011
Average DurationAvg. Duration 4.9 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation 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".