Music
Sound recording of a student playing an excerpt from the Mozart 3 Concerto in Eb on the French horn. The excerpt is taken from measures 28 through 32 of the Concerto. The song is being played on a Conn 8D East Lake with a Laskey 275G mouthpiece. The recording was made on a Zoom H1 recorder.
Ricardo Alvarez-Estarellas, Duke University student, reciting the poem “El bambuco” by Rafael Pombo / Ricardo Alvarez-Estarellas, estudiante de Duke, recitando el poema "El bambuco" por Rafael Pombo
Esta canción tiene un lugar especial en mi corazón. Es la canción que fue usado para el funeral de mi abuelo hace como dos años. El vivía en Guatemala con el resto de mi familia y yo lo admiraba. Siempre cuando iba a Guatemala, el era el que me recogía del aeropuerto. Y siempre estaba con el. Cuando el se puso grave y enfermo lo fui a visitar por una ultima vez. Y cuando regrese a los EEUU, el falleció. Y esta es la canción que canto el mariachi en su funeral pero no pude adquirir la grabación original porque no fue grabado muy bien. This song has a special place in my heart. It's the song that was used for my grandfather's funeral about two years ago. He lived in Guatemala with the rest of my family and I admired him. When I would go to Guatemala, he would always be the one to pick me up. And I was always with him. When he got ill and sick I went to visit him for one last time. And when I return to the US, he passed away. And this is the song that was sung by the mariachi at his funeral which I could not get the original recording of because it was not recorded very well.
Una grabación de Miriam Levitin tocando su piano electrónico mientras usando auriculares. Solo el ritmo sincopado de la canción es audible al oyente. | A recording of Miriam Levitin playing her keyboard while wearing headphones. Only the syncopated rhythm of the song is audible to the listener.
Grabación de una canción por Carlos Vives, un artista contemporáneo colombiana de música que mezcla el género de vallenato con pop y rock. Por ejemplo, Vives contribuya instrumentos como la guitarra y maracas a los instrumentos tradicionales de vallenato-- el acordeón, la caja, y la guacharaca. La canción, “La Tierra de Olvido,” está una canción de amor que está considerada ser muy representativo de la obra da Vives. | Recording of a song by Carlos Vives, a contemporary Columbian artist of music that mixes the genre of vallenato with pop and rock. For example, Vivies contributes insturments like the guitar and maracas to the tradional instruments of vallenato—the acrodeon, a drum, and the guacharaca. The song, “La Tierra de Olvido,” is a love song that is considered to be very representative of Vives’ work.
Esta es una grabación de sonido de una canción tradicional vallenato, "Los caminos de la vida". La música vallenata, música folklórica nativa de Colombia, es una celebración de varias culturas en Colombia. El estilo de la música se originó a partir de una mezcla de tradiciones españolas de trovadores y tradiciones de África Occidental. Como vallenato ha evolucionado, diferentes instrumentos se han utilizado para realizar la música. Sin embargo, el instrumento más distintivo en Vallenato es el acordeón. This is a sound recording of a traditional vallenato song, “Los caminos de la vida”. Vallenato music, folk music native to Colombia, has is a celebration of various cultures in Colombia. The music style originated from a mixture of Spanish minstrel traditions and West-African traditions. As vallenato has evolved, different instruments have been used to perform the music. However, the most distinctive instrument in vallenato is the accordion.
Sound recording of a broken speaker system emitting a whistling sound when it is turned on, without music playing. Recorded on an Zoom H4N.
A sound recording of a portable LP player without a record loaded and with a dead battery
The sound recording was taken on the sidewalk beside Ninth Street. Cars driving by can be heard and towards the beginning one is driving by while playing music. Pedestrians can be heard moving around the street as well. The recording was taken by a Zoom H4N