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Daniel Teruggi, Êchoi, 6’49″ / 1997, Bach, 5’24″ / 2000 live diffusion at the ACOUSMONIUM festival, , New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theatre, , Russia. 00:00 intro 02:09 Êchoi 09:30 Bach Êchoi, 6’49″ / 1997, 8 tracks The êchoi belong to the Byzantine liturgical tradition; unlike the “modes” which were an abstract organization of scales, they were melodic formulas including the most salient characteristics (beginning, end, progressions) of a melody. Often called Octoechos, they were organized in groups of two. In an octophonic environment, the idea of eight echoes corresponding to melodic formulas that I interpret as objects, could not but seduce me. I added to this the definition of the characteristics of the nymph Echo, given by P. Commelin in his Greek and Roman Mythology where he tells us that “Everywhere she listens, nowhere is she visible, and always, if she hears a few sentences, she only repe
