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C, by Tom McCarthy

Label
C, by Tom McCarthy
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Main title
C
Medium
sound recording
Music parts
not applicable
Responsibility statement
by Tom McCarthy
Summary
"C" follows the short, intense life of Serge Carrefax. Born to the sound of one of the very earliest experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions, whose very air seems filled with cryptic and poetic signals of all kinds. When personal loss strikes him in his adolescence, this world takes on a darker and more morbid aspect. What follows is a stunning tour de force in which the eerily idyllic settings of pre-war Europe give way to the exhilarating flight-paths of the frontline aeroplane radio operator, then the prison camps of Germany, the drug-fuelled London of the roaring twenties and, finally, the ancient tombs of Egypt. 2010
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
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