The Spirit - Music
from Ethymonics
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The Spirit is a musical reflection on ancient texts. The vocal melodies and musical
accompaniments were created in performances that use natural instrumentation, including voice,
analogue synthesizer, violin and flute. The language in which they are sung is the same as
that in which the texts were originally spoken between two and three thousand years ago.
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Credits
These pieces were recorded between November 2002 and February 2003. Several English translations of the
original texts were referred to when making the selections that inspired the music. A number of
the texts are from
Ecclesiastes, assumed to be the work of
King Solomon. English translations of the texts can be found
here.
Gideon Wagner - Vocals
Tony Hardie-Bick - Instruments
Recorded at 290 Portobello Road.
Special thanks to Sam Harley.
Mastered by Patrick Bird at Sound Discs.
Music: Copyright (C) 2003 Tony Hardie-Bick & Gideon Wagner. The music in these recordings may
be copied, distributed, broadcast or performed in accordance with
the Ethymonics Free Music License, see
http://www.ethymonics.co.uk/fml.html
CD Artwork & design: Copyright (C) 2003 Ethymonics Limited, based on a painting by Pati
Cáceres. Reproduced by kind permission of the artist. All rights reserved.
A track list with playing times can be found
here.
You can order The Spirit CD from Ethymonics
here.
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