Leonardo Music Journal, volume 29, pages 50-54

The Loom Machines of Boott Mill (Lowell): A Composition from the New England Soundscape Project

Daniel A. Walzer ¹

Daniel A. Walzer (educator, composer), University of Massachusetts Lowell, Music Department, 35 Wilder Street #225, Lowell, MA 01854, U.S.A.. |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2019-09-20

MIT Press

Journal: Leonardo Music Journal

scimago Q3

SJR: 0.124

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Impact factor: —

ISSN: 09611215, 15314812

DOI: 10.1162/lmj_a_01063

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Computer Science Applications

Engineering (miscellaneous)

Music

Abstract

The author reports on the development of an original piece, Boott Mill (Lowell), in which he takes field recordings of loom machines from the Boott Mill Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, and uses the recordings as the foundation for a fully realized composition featuring percussion, strings, keyboards and assorted musical textures.