Vytautas Montvila

Black Pantomime

Year of composition: -
Duration: 03′
Instrumentation: tape

This is the earliest survived example of Lithuanian tape music, which was discovered in 2016 only. The exact year of its creation is as yet unknown, but some of the material used (quotations of his own music from 1970), along with other circumstances, allow attributing it to the first half of 1970s. Despite the rather theatrical (or cinematographic, for that matter) sound and the eloquent title, it is not known if this little piece/sketch was meant for some drama or cinema productions ever. Rather, he would just explore the possibilities of the then limited sound equipment at his disposal here.

Linas Paulauskis