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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/metal_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Resounding Earth: Creating Music from Metal' data-article-id='397'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6896'>Sometimes you can feel the ring of a bell from your head to your feet. </span> <span data-start-time='6896' data-end-time='18688'>Take that idea and expand it and you may have an idea of what American composer Augusta Read Thomas has done. </span> <span data-start-time='18688' data-end-time='34063'>It is called “Resounding Earth” where different metals and over 100 bells from a wide mix of cultures and historic periods are used to create music.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='39083' data-end-time='45125'>Award-winning American composer Thomas says this is the sound of the Earth.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='45125' data-end-time='53313'>I have been always attracted to bell-like sounds.</span> <span data-start-time='53313' data-end-time='55375'>The title “Resounding Earth”. </span> <span data-start-time='55375' data-end-time='58250'>Resounding Earth on the one hand, we are talking about resounding earth.</span> <span data-start-time='58250' data-end-time='64188'>The earth is full of metals that all of mankind has turned into instruments.</span> <span data-start-time='64188' data-end-time='68021'>We are going to play them from all around the world together on one stage.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='68021' data-end-time='76042'>Augusta Reed Thomas says her composition is like a United Nations of resonances.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='76042' data-end-time='81229'>These are Indian Noah bells or Khadki.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='81229' data-end-time='90917'>On a recent Sunday, the members of Third Coast Percussion were setting up the instruments to practice “Resounding Earth.” </span> <span data-start-time='90917' data-end-time='100688'>The Chicago-based group was invited to perform the piece at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='100688' data-end-time='104917'>Peter Martin is one of the four musicians.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='104917' data-end-time='110583'>“We have bells that come from India, we have gongs that come from Thailand. </span> <span data-start-time='110583' data-end-time='116833'>We have other bells that come from all over the European continent. </span> <span data-start-time='116833' data-end-time='121542'>Literally every continent, I believe, is represented in the instrumentation."</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='121542' data-end-time='125250'>Some are locally found objects.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='125250' data-end-time='132938'>It is a spring coil from heavy machinery; makes beautiful sound.</span> <span data-start-time='132938' data-end-time='137396'>It is not built to be a musical instrument but makes beautiful sound.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='137396' data-end-time='150021'>All together, “Resounding Earth” includes over 350 metal objects, ranging from tiny cluster bells to huge Chinese gongs.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='150021' data-end-time='157313'>Augusta Reed Thomas developed the piece while working with the Third Coast percussionists.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='157313' data-end-time='167771'>It was very challenging just being able to figure out the distinctive sound qualities of each one of the instruments and to be able to play them in a way to balance them across each other. </span> <span data-start-time='167771' data-end-time='174583'>That was both difficult for ourselves as performers but also for the composer herself who was trying to craft the piece.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='174583' data-end-time='188021'>Peter Martin says the 35-minute opus - piece of music was many years in the making, and every move of the players was carefully planned.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='188021' data-end-time='192396'>The work has four movements. </span> <span data-start-time='192396' data-end-time='205396'>One is scored, or musically written, just for the 26 Japanese rins or singing bowls, creating a restful, thoughtful sound.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='205396' data-end-time='215313'>Eighteen Burmese spinning bells, traditionally played by monks, are a central part of another movement.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='215313' data-end-time='221833'>It's also re-sounding earth to take what is in the earth and re-sound it.</span> <span data-start-time='221833' data-end-time='227333'>And in that sense, it is really giving it back to the earth, giving it back to the people.</span> <span data-start-time='227333' data-end-time='230688'>It has been a very beautiful journey.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='230688' data-end-time='244188'>The composer and the players say they would love to take the music to all the places where the bells were made and share their sound with people around the world.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='244188' data-end-time='247042'>I’m Marsha James.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/metal_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2341 data-hint-location='174583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/what_does_opus_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>opus</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a piece of music written by a major composer'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_violent_storm.m4a'><span>a violent storm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_piece_of_music_written_by_a_major_composer.m4a'><span>a piece of music written by a major composer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/to_put_together.m4a'><span>to put together</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_loud_sound.m4a'><span>a loud sound</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2342 data-hint-location='68021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/what_does_composition_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>composition</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the way in which something is put together'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_violent_storm.m4a'><span>a violent storm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_piece_of_music.m4a'><span>a piece of music</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/the_way_in_which_something_is_put_together.m4a'><span>the way in which something is put together</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_loud_sound.m4a'><span>a loud sound</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2343 data-hint-location='18688' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/what_does_resounding_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>resounding</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='producing a loud sound that lasts for a long time'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_violent_storm.m4a'><span>a violent storm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/a_piece_of_music.m4a'><span>a piece of music</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/to_put_together.m4a'><span>to put together</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/producing_a_loud_sound_that_lasts_for_a_long_time.m4a'><span>producing a loud sound that lasts for a long time</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2344 data-hint-location='58250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/what_is_getting_turned_into_instruments.m4a'>What is getting turned into instruments?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='metals'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/jars.m4a'><span>jars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/trees.m4a'><span>trees</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/metals.m4a'><span>metals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/trash.m4a'><span>trash</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2345 data-hint-location='39083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/what_does_augusta_read_thomas_say_the_bells_sound_like.m4a'>What does Augusta Read Thomas say the bells sound like?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the Earth'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/the_city.m4a'><span>the city</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/the_earth.m4a'><span>the Earth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/instruments.m4a'><span>instruments</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/trashcans.m4a'><span>trash cans</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2346 data-hint-location='215313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/the_group_says_they_take_what_is_in_the__blank__and_resound_it.m4a'>The group says they take what is in the <span class='blank'>earth</span> and re-sound it.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='earth'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/earth.m4a'><span>earth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/trash.m4a'><span>trash</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/kitchen.m4a'><span>kitchen</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/store.m4a'><span>store</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2347 data-hint-location='45125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/composer_thomas_said_she_has_always_been_attracted_to__blank__like_sounds.m4a'>Composer Thomas said she has always been attracted to <span class='blank'>bell</span> like sounds.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='bell'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/string.m4a'><span>string</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/nature.m4a'><span>nature</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/car.m4a'><span>car</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/168/bell.m4a'><span>bell</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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