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's Ninth Symphony. There is a version of 9 Beet Stretch for every

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existing of the full Ninth Symphony, which then is to be

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digitally to a duration of 24 hours with no pitch distortions. The work is presented as a 24-hour-long electroacoustic concert. As it has become the standard, and legal, version, of 9 Beet Stretch, the source recording is

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with the Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia and Chorus (Naxos 8.553478).

History

The initial realization of 9 Beet Stretch was done in 2002 at NOTAM (Norwegian centre for technology, art and music) by Anders Vinjar, Kjetil Matheussen, Leif Inge, and Bjarne Kvinnesland. In preparation for concerts, and for legal purposes, it was redone at NOTAM in 2004 by Leif Inge and Anders Vinjar, and the concert premiere took place from April 16 to 17, 2004, at Kupfer Ironworks,

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, under the production of Jeff Hunt of

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. 9 Beet Stretch have had about 40 full length 24-hours performances since then, at venues including 964 Natoma (

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, 2004); Diapason Gallery (

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, 2004);

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, 2006); BizArt Art Center (

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, 2007); Bonner Kunstverein (

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, 2019). Symposium of Spatial Sound Arts Seoul was dedicated to 9 Beet Stretch, at Platform-L Contemporary Art Center (

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(used for the 2004 execution) and Snd (used in 2002). An online

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References

*Rehding, Alexander (2017). ''Beethoven's Symphony No. 9''. Oxford University Press. *Dittrich, Joshua (2024). ''Geosonics''. Bloomsbury Publishing.
''Radiolab'' (Aaron Ximm, Bronwyn Ximm, Jeremiah Moore) Idea of Ninth
* ttps://www.villagevoice.com/norwegian-minimalist-raises-beethoven-molto-adagio-bar/ ''The Village Voice'' (Kyle Gann) Norwegian minimalist raises Beethoven molto adagio barbr>''Kunstkritikk'' (Erlend Hammer) Evigheten og en dag''SoundBlog'' (Harold Schellinx) 9 Beet Stretch''Journal of Aesthetics & Culture'' (Joshua Dittrich) Toward an aural aesthetics of 24/7 environments: Beethoven, audio stretching, and techno-indeterminacy

External links

www.9beetstretch.comLeif IngeNOTAM - Norwegian centre for technology, art and musicAnders VinjarTable of the ElementsCommon Lisp MusicSnd
{{Authority control Electronic compositions Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) Arrangements of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven