Farewell

Farewell is a 17-minute reduced acousmatic composition built from only a few sound sources: three layers of The Legend HZ, the fragile sound of a plastic bag, and the metallic fall of spoons. The piece was created in a very strange and quiet moment. While I was composing, a man collapsed outside in the street. I did not realize at first what had happened. I was inside, shaping the sounds, listening to the slow recurring pulse of the synthesizer layers and the falling spoons, which began to sound almost like a pendulum — like time measuring itself, quietly, without mercy. Only later, when I went to the window, I saw the emergency situation outside. They tried to revive him, but it was too late. Afterwards, the piece felt different. Some of the sounds seemed to carry something I had not consciously placed there. In certain moments, while I was playing or shaping the material, it almost felt as if he had somehow become part of the music — not in a dramatic or literal way, but as a presence at the edge of perception. Farewell is not meant as a representation of death. It is a quiet reflection on the thinning of time. There are moments in life when nothing announces itself. No signal, no preparation, no final sentence. And then, suddenly, a threshold is crossed. Time runs out. What remains is a vibration, a trace, a room in which something has just disappeared. This piece is dedicated to that fragile moment of transition — and to the unknown man whose final moment touched the music without my knowing it. Farewell Composition: Julia Urbani-Schmerlaib / Tonaturo Duration: approx. 17 minutes Sound sources: The Legend HZ, plastic bag, falling spoons Genre: acousmatic / ambient / experimental sound art #Farewell, #acousmaticmusic, #ambientmusic, #soundart, #experimental music, #electroacousticmusic, #TheLegendHZ, #soundscape, #darkambient, #minimalambient, #contemporarysoundart, #time, #farewell, #memory, #transition, #Tonaturo