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composition1971

Echoes

Disciplines:
rock music
rock music/progressive rock

Summary

A 23-minute composition by Pink Floyd from the 1971 album 'Meddle', notable for ending with a Shepard tone implying endless ascent.

Core Contribution

One of the earliest musical uses of the Shepard tone — the conclusion implies perpetual ascent without resolution.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • The Shepard tone ending (the 23-minute piece builds to a conclusion that implies perpetual ascent — the musical equivalent of a story that refuses to resolve into silence)

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

Progressive rock Experimental rock

Allied Works

MeddleDunkirk score

Contemporaries & Peers

A Day in the LifeClose to the Edge

Minds Influenced

Hans Zimmer's Shepard tone use in Nolan scores

Intellectual Posterity

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