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Aside from performing his professional activities, Dr. Refinetti is an amateur musician. The pieces available here were composed on the piano and arranged for various instruments, as indicated.

General Information

Various MIDI and MP3 files are listed below. You may listen to them by simply clicking on their play buttons. MIDI files are very short and can be downloaded very rapidly. This is the case because they are not real recordings but only sets of instructions to your computer ("music sheets"). Therefore, the quality of the music will depend greatly on your computer's musical talent. In contrast, MP3 files are true recordings. They are relatively long files (several megabytes) and take longer to download. Please notice that the piece Bioclock is entirely synthesized. All instruments and vocals in Bioclock were digitally synthesized on a computer prior to recording. More than just entertainment, this piece is a technical work of voice and instrument synthesis. Lauren and War have human vocals (poor as they may be).

Technical Considerations

Please be aware that standardization of sound software is very poor. If you experience problems listening to the files online, you should just save them to disk and listen to them after you exit the browser (using your computer's media player). Standards are so inconsistent that the media player console (used to pause or rewind a musical piece once it has been downloaded) may not work properly or may not even be displayed by your browser. Most browsers should be able to play MP3 files. If the console does not work for MIDI files, clicking on the play button by the composition title will open a new window with your computer's media player. If none of this works, you can right-click on the play buttons to "Save Link As" and then use your media player to play it.

Play Area

	Title	Year	Arrangement	Duration
	Ester	1977	String Ensemble	2:35
	Krakatau	1977	Pop Band	1:28
	Anita	1983	Brass Section	1:03
	Kathleen	1987	Harpsichord	0:30
	Martie	1994	Synthesizer Brass	0:57
	Courtney	1995	Hammond Organ	0:57
	Mary	1995	String Ensemble	0:51
	Leigh	1996	String Ensemble	0:58
	Jennifer	1998	Synthesizer Strings	1:43
	Tracy	2000	Synthesizer Strings	2:17
	Freedom	2001	Progressive Rock	2:13
	Bioclock	2001	Progressive Rock	7:09
	Lauren	2001	Soft Rock	2:01
	War	2001	Alternative Rock	1:46
	Maggie	2013	New Age	5:39
	Sophie	2018	Symphonic Band	1:43
	Tazzy-Lolly	2020	Progressive Rock	4:20

The Composer

  · See the lyrics for Bioclock
  · See the lyrics for Lauren
  · See the lyrics for War
   (the others don't have lyrics)

Bioclock

Biological clocks are biological structures
capable of timing biological functions.

One type of biological clock is the
circadian pacemaker, which is located in the
suprachiasmatic nucleus in the brain.

The circadian pacemaker generates circadian
rhythms. Circadian rhythms are biological
rhythms with a period of approximately 24 hours.

Our cycle of sleep and rest is an
example of a circadian rhythm.

Our body temperature oscillates each day.
Day after day, it goes up and down,
up and down, up and down ...

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Lauren

Lauren, my girl ...
She is my daughter,
My lovely daughter.

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War

She was the first that I found
When bombs were exploding all around.
She was engulfed in the night.
I just wanted to stop the fight.

We ran very fast out of town
And raced as the rain kept pouring down.
We found a safe place out of sight.
We held to our lives with all our might.

And then, as we moved back in town,
A bomb came our way and killed us all ...

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Rock Band Information

In the 1970's, before he was a doctor and before he started to play the piano seriously, Dr. Refinetti played the drums. He played in a few bands, although he soon realized that this would not be his lifelong career. The picture on the right is that of a punk rock band called Ratos do Beco (Alley Rats). The picture was taken in 1978. He is the third one from the left.

You may listen to a song from Ratos do Beco using the console below. Remember that it is punk rock, not Refinetti's style as a composer.

Rock Band Photo