An Analysis of Jonathan Harvey’s “Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco”

Dirks, Patricia Lynn

2006

eContact! 9(2).

Language: English

In this article, the author presents a descriptive, audio analysis of Jonathan Harvey’s Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980) - a tape piece based on two natural sound sources; the great tenor bell at Winchester Cathedral and the voice of Harvey’s young son. She focuses primarily on the harmonic spectra of the bell and the voice.