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Contralto
Title
Contralto [videorecording] / Sarah Hennies.
Publication
[United States] : Weighter Recordings, [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Composed, filmed, & edited by Sarah Hennies ; sound mixing & design by Alan F. Jones.
Summary
"'Contralto' is a one-hour work for video, strings, and percussion that exists in between the spaces of experimental music and documentary. The piece features a cast of transgender women speaking, singing, and performing vocal exercises accompanied by a dense and varied musical score that includes a variety of conventional and "non-musical" approaches to sound-making. ... 'Contralto' -- defined in musical terms as 'the lowest female singing voice' -- uses the sound of trans women's voices to explore transfeminine identity from the inside and examines the intimate and peculiar relationship between gender and sound."--Http://www.sarah-hennies.com.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2019
Credits
Composed, filmed, & edited by Sarah Hennies ; sound mixing & design by Alan F. Jones.
Performers
Music performed by: Erik Carlson (violin) ; Wendy Richman (viola) ; T.J. Borden (cello) ; James Ilgenfritz (contrabass) ; Tim Feeney, Greg Stuart, and Ashley Tini (percussion).
Voiceover by Annie Lewandowski.
Cast
Julie Ashkin, Alexandra Brandon, Alyssa Green, Anna McCormick, Dreia Spies, Sarang Umarji, Josie Zanfordino.
System details note
DVD (region-free).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
Weighter Recordings, distributor.
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