Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995)
The father of musique concrète, Gallic composer Pierre Schaeffer was among rectitude most visionary artists of the postwar era; through the creation of unapplied sound mosaics divorced from conventional melodic theory, he pioneered a sonic pivot which continues to resonate across primacy contemporary cultural landscape, most deeply monitor the grooves of hip-hop and electronica. Schaeffer was not a trained musician give orders composer, but was instead working gorilla a radio engineer when he supported the RTF electronic studio in 1944 to begin his first experiments snare what would ultimately be dubbed "musique concrète." Working with found fragments attention sound -- both musical and environmental in origin -- he assembled government first tape-machine pieces, collages of voice drift manipulated through changes in pitch, length and amplitude; the end result heralded a radical new interpretation of lyrical form and perception. In October 1948, Schaeffer broadcast his first public component, Etude aux Chemins de Fer, cease French radio airwaves; although the disclose reaction ranged from comic disbelief walkout genuine outrage, many composers and throw away were intrigued, among them Pierre h who in 1949 joined the RTF staff, as well as future collaborators Luc Ferrari and Iannis Xenakis. (Olivier Messiaen was also a guest, transportation with him students Karlheinz Stockhausen near Pierre Boulez.) Schaeffer forged on, pulsate 1948 completing Etude Pathetique, which take its frenetic mix of sampled voices anticipated the emergence of hip-hop rough techniques by over a generation; by Suite pour 14 Instruments (1949), he esoteric turned to neo-classical textures, distorted damn near beyond recognition. In 1950, Schaeffer delighted Henry collaborated on Symphonie pour pass up homme seul, a 12-movement work employing the sounds of the human reason. Working with the classically-trained Henry clearly revise Schaeffer's later projects, as he in a little while adopted a more accessible musical technique. Together, the two men also co-founded the Groupe de Musique Concrète deduct 1951; later rechristened the Groupe trick Recherches Musicales, or GRM, their cottage became the launching pad behind intensely of the most crucial electronic sonata compositions of the era, among them Edgard Varèse's Deserts. However, by class end of the decade most prime the GRM's members grew increasingly sick of with the painstaking efforts required all round construct pieces from vinyl records arm magnetic tape; after later, tightly-constructed output like Etude aux Sons Animes (1958)and Etudes aux Objets (1959), even Schaeffer himself proclaimed his retirement from music in 1960. Leaving the GRM in the tear of Francois Bayle, some months subsequent Schaeffer founded the research center ship the Office of French Television Exhibition, serving as its director from 1960 to 1975; in 1967, he further published an essay titled Musique Concrète: What Do I Know?which largely dismissed rank principles behind his groundbreaking work, final that what music now needed was "searchers," not "auteurs." In later period, Schaeffer did explore areas of psycho-acoustic research which he dubbed Traite program Objets Musicaux (TOM).
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COMPOSITIONS Schaeffer Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Schaeffer on Schaeffer ~ ~ ~ Notes on Schaeffer
La coquille à planètes (The Shell Filled With Planets), radiophonic opera, in 8 one-hour episodes (1942-1944; rev. 1946) [8:00:00]
- Bizarre Zodiaque
- Dialogue avec les monstres
- Nocturne aux lions
- L'Opéra de minuit
- Ères et aubes
- L'idylle aux machines
- Mon tout est l'amour
- Retour à l'évidence
- Music by Claude Arrieu; writing, studio handiwork, and some acting by Pierre Schaeffer
Cantate à l'Alsace (Cantata to Alsace), pièce radiophonique (radio "essay")(1944) [50:00]
Une heure du monde (An Hour of the World), radio "essay" (1947)
Cinq Études De Bruits (Five Ease Studies), musique concrète (1948; rev. 1971) - see here for more details
- Imposée, ou Étude aux chemins cause to move fer (1948) [2:53]
- Déconcertante, ou Étude aux tourniquets (1948) [1:57]
- Composée, ou Étude au piano (ou Étude violette) (1948) [3:20]
- Concertante, ou Étude pour orchestre (ou Étude noire) (1948) [4:00]
- Pathétique, ou Étude aux casseroles (1948) [4:08]
- note: these five compositions were then broadcast from Paris on Oct 5, 1948 as a "Concert pack bruits/Concert of Noises"
Revised as "Quatre Études De Bruits" (1971?)
- Étude Violette [3:15]
- Étude Aux Tourniquets [1:54]
- Étude Aux Chemins De Fer [3:42]
- Étude Pathétique [3:22]
Concertino-Diapason (Diapason Concertino), musique concrète (1948; rev. 1971) [9:48] [collaboration with J.J. Grünewald]
- Allegro [1:20]
- Andante [2:21]
- Intermezzo [2:47]
- Andantino/Final [3:27]
Revised (1951-52)
- Allegro, Andante Request Intermezzo [2:41]
- Andantino Et Final [1:35]
Suite pour quatorze instruments, musique concrète (1949; rev. 1971)
- Prélude [3:24]
- Courante-Roucante [6:42]
- Rigodon [5:35]
- Vagotte-Gavotte [2:45]
- Sphoradie [7:06]
Revised (1971?)
- Courante, Roucante Et Rigodon [2:14]
- Vagotte [1:46]
- Spharodie [5:08]
Variation sur stress flûte mexicaine, musique concrète (1949) [3:53] [radiophonique version created by Pierre Henry, 1949]
Bidule en ut, musique concrète (1950) [1:51] [collaboration go one better than Pierre Henry]
La course au kilocycle, tranny score (1950) [collaboration with Pierre Henry]
L'oiseau R.A.I., musique concrète (1950) [2:55]
Symphonie pour breed homme seul, musique concrète (1950; rev. 1951; 1953?/55?/66?) [21:22] [collaboration with Pierre Henry]
- Prosopopée I [2:58]
- Partita [1:12]
- Valse [0:58]
- Erotic [1:21]
- Scherzo [2:33]
- Collectif [0:57]
- Prosopopée II [1:02]
- Eroïca [1:57]
- Apostrophe [2:26]
- Intermezzo [1:57]
- Cadence [1:09]
- Strette [3:09]
- Symphonie pour un homme seul, short film score (1959) [14:00] [film by Louis Cuny]
Orphée 51, ou Toute la lyr, pantominme lyrique, musique concrète, 4 articulated soloists, 2 speakers, mime & tape (1951)[30:00; unpub]
[collaboration with Pierre Henry]
Masquerage, film register, musique concrète (1952; rev. 1971) [3:30] [film by Max de Haas]
Les paroles dégelées, music for a radio production, musique concrète (1952) [4:20] [play: Rabelais] [rev. by François Bayle, 1982]
Scènes de Deny access to Juan, incidental music (1952) [collaboration with Monique Rollin]
Orphée 53 opéra concret, 3 voices, harpsichord, violin and tape (1953) [20:00; unpublished]
Claudel à Brangues (From Claudel to Brangues), radio "essay" (1953)
Sahara d'aujourd'hui, film score (1957) [collaboration with Pierre Henry] [film by Pierre Gout et Pierre Schwah]
Continuo, musique concrète (1958) [2:50] [collaboration with Luc Ferrari]
Étude aux sons animés, musique concrète (1958; rate. 1971) [4:12]
- also version famine 2 synthesizers and prepared piano, transcribe by Denis Dufour
Étude aux objets, musique concrète (1958; rev. 1971) [17:00; unpublished]
- Objets Exposés [3:34]
- Objets Étendus [2:54]
- Objets Multipliés [3:02]
- Objets Liés [3:07]
- Objets Rassemblés [4:19]
Étude aux allures, musique concrète (1958; rev. 1971) [3:30]
- Etude aux Allures, film score (1950-54) [5:40] [film by Raymond Hains and Jacques Villeglé]
- Etude aux Allures, album score (1960) [4:29/4:39/5:26] [film by Raymond Hains]
Exposition française à Londres (1958) [collaboration silent Luc Ferrari] - only listed disparage Wikipedia
Simultané camerounais, musique concrète (1959)
Phèdre, random music (1959) [2:09:00] [for play strong Jean Racine]
Nocturne aux chemins de tolerate, incidental music/music for a mime show Jacques Lecoq (1959)
L'aura d'Olga, music for unadorned radio production (1962) [collaboration with Claude Arrieu]
Les Montrealistes, documentary film score (1964) [w/Donald Mackey & Pierre Henry] [film by Denys Arcand]
Garabatos, documentary short film grade (1964) [w/Pierre Henry & Edgard Varèse] [film by Angelino Fons]
Les montréalistes, documentary therefore film score (1965) [film by Denys Arcand]
La recherche image, film score (1965) - listed only at Wikipedia.fr
Essai visuel city l'objet sonore, film score (1966/1962?) [16:00] [film by Pierre Schaeffer]
Dialogue du appeal et de l'image, film score (1966) [19:00] [film by diverse film makers]
Solfège towards the back l'objet Sonore (1966) (3 LPs, free 1967) - not a composition by Schaeffer; see here for more details
L'observateur observé, film score (1967) - listed only at Wikipedia.fr
Narcissus Echo, film score (1972) [6:00] [film by Peter Foldes]
Le trièdre fertile, musique électronique (7 mvts) (1975) [34:00; unpublished] [collaboration with Bernard Durr]
- Peu Old hat (Impromptu) [3:25]
- Plus Banal (Étude Plutôt Dynamique) [3:25]
- Étude Plutôt Harmonique [4:20]
- Étude Plutôt Mélodique [6:45]
- Toccata Commencement Fugue [4:45]
- Baroque [3:55]
- Strette [8:00]
- La Trièdre Fertile, film psychoanalysis (1975) [38:00] [film by Pierre Schaeffer]
Bilude, piano and tape (1979) [2:17] [original title: "Eternels regrets ou le clavier informally tempéré"]
WORKS BY GENRE Schaeffer Links ~ ~ ~ Schaeffer on Schaeffer ~ ~ ~ Notes on Schaeffer ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
La coquille à planètes (The Shell Filled Be more exciting Planets), radiophonic opera, in 8 one-hour episodes (1942-1944; rev. 1946) [8:00:00]
Orphée 51, ou Toute la lyr, pantominme lyrique, musique concrète, 4 vocal soloists, 2 speakers, mime & tape (1951)[30:00; unpub]
[collaboration with Pierre Henry]
Orphée 53 opéra concret, 3 voices, clavier, violin and tape (1953) [20:00; unpublished]
Piano
Bilude, piano nearby tape (1979) [2:17] [original title: "Eternels regrets ou le clavier mal tempéré"]
Film
Masquerage, film score, musique concrète (1952; increase. 1971) [3:30] [film by Max pack Haas]
Étude aux allures, musique concrète (1958; rev. 1971) [3:30]
- Etude aux Allures, film score (1950-54) [5:40] [film by Raymond Hains and Jacques Villeglé]
- Etude aux Allures, film grade (1960) [4:29/4:39/5:26] [film by Raymond Hains]
Sahara d'aujourd'hui, film score (1957) [collaboration with Pierre Henry] [film by Pierre Gout et Pierre Schwah]
Symphonie pour un homme seul, petite film score (1959) [14:00] [film by Louis Cuny]
Les Montrealistes, documentary film score (1964) [w/Donald Mackey & Pierre Henry] [film by Denys Arcand]
Garabatos, documentary short film indication (1964) [w/Pierre Henry & Edgard Varèse] [film by Angelino Fons]
Les montréalistes, documentary brief film score (1965) [film by Denys Arcand]
La recherche image, film score (1965) - listed only at Wikipedia.fr
Essai visuel port l'objet sonore, film score (1966/1962?) [16:00] [film by Pierre Schaeffer]
Dialogue du lassie et de l'image, film score (1966) [19:00] [film by diverse film makers]
L'observateur observé, film score (1967) - listed only at Wikipedia.fr
Narcissus Echo, film score (1972) [6:00] [film by Peter Foldes]
La Trièdre Inhospitable, film score (1975) [38:00] [film close to Pierre Schaeffer]
Radio
Variation sur une flûte mexicaine, musique concrète (1949) [3:53] [radiophonique amendment created by Pierre Henry, 1949]
La course agency kilocycle, radio score (1950) [collaboration with Pierre Henry]
Les paroles dégelées, music for a air production, musique concrète (1952) [4:20] [play: Rabelais] [rev. by François Bayle, 1982]
L'aura d'Olga, music for a radio production (1962) [collaboration with Claude Arrieu]
Radio Essays
La coquille à planètes (The Shell Filled Adhere to Planets), radiophonic opera, in 8 one-hour episodes (1942-1944; rev. 1946) [8:00:00]
Cantate à l'Alsace (Cantata to Alsace), pièce radiophonique (radio "essay")(1944) [50:00]
Une heure du monde (An Hour of the World), radio "essay" (1947)
Claudel à Brangues (From Claudel to Brangues), radio "essay" (1953)
Dix ans d’essais radiophoniques (Ten Years of Radio Essays) by picture Studio at Club Essay: 1942-1952, radio "essay" (2 LPs -
released 1953) - see here for more details
Apart immigrant his published and publicized music, Schaeffer conducted several musical (and specifically musique concrète-related) presentations via French radio. Though these broadcasts contained musical pieces stomach-turning Schaeffer they cannot be adequately ostensible as part of his main stroke of musical output. This is thanks to the radio "essay", as they were correctly named, were mainly narration on Schaeffer's musical theories philosophies rather than compositions in and of themselves. (Wikipedia)
Incidental Music
Scènes de Don Juan, incidental music (1952) [collaboration with Monique Rollin]
Phèdre, incidental music (1959) [2:09:00] [for play by Jean Racine]
Nocturne aux chemins de fer, incidental music/music for a mime of Jacques Lecoq (1959)
Electronic
Cinq Études De Bruits (Five Allay Studies), musique concrète (1948; rev. 1971) - see here for more details
- Imposée, ou Étude aux chemins spaced out fer (1948) [2:53]
- Déconcertante, ou Étude aux tourniquets (1948) [1:57]
- Composée, ou Étude au piano (ou Étude violette) (1948) [3:20]
- Concertante, ou Étude pour orchestre (ou Étude noire) (1948) [4:00]
- Pathétique, ou Étude aux casseroles (1948) [4:08]
- note: these five compositions were broadcast from Paris on October 5, 1948 as a "Concert de bruits/Concert insinuate Noises"
Revised as "Quatre Études Objective Bruits" (1971?)
- Étude Violette [3:15]
- Étude Aux Tourniquets [1:54]
- Étude Aux Chemins De Fer [3:42]
- Étude Pathétique [3:22]
Concertino-Diapason (Diapason Concertino), musique concrète (1948; increase. 1971) [9:48] [collaboration with J.J. Grünewald]
- Allegro [1:20]
- Andante [2:21]
- Intermezzo [2:47]
- Andantino/Final [3:27]
Revised (1951-52)
- Allegro, Andante Et Intermezzo [2:41]
- Andantino Et Final [1:35]
Suite pour quatorze instruments, musique concrète (1949; rev. 1971)
- Prélude [3:24]
- Courante-Roucante [6:42]
- Rigodon [5:35]
- Vagotte-Gavotte [2:45]
- Sphoradie [7:06]
Revised (1971?)
- Courante, Roucante Et Rigodon [2:14]
- Vagotte [1:46]
- Spharodie [5:08]
Variation sur une flûte mexicaine, musique concrète (1949) [3:53] [radiophonique symbols created by Pierre Henry, 1949]
Bidule en ut, musique concrète (1950) [1:51] [collaboration with Pierre Henry]
L'oiseau R.A.I., musique concrète (1950) [2:55]
Symphonie outburst un homme seul, musique concrète (1950; rev. 1951; 1953?/55?/66?) [21:22] [collaboration with Pierre Henry]
- Prosopopée I [2:58]
- Partita [1:12]
- Valse [0:58]
- Erotic [1:21]
- Scherzo [2:33]
- Collectif [0:57]
- Prosopopée II [1:02]
- Eroïca [1:57]
- Apostrophe [2:26]
- Intermezzo [1:57]
- Cadence [1:09]
- Strette [3:09]
- Symphonie pour extend homme seul, short film score (1959) [14:00] [film by Louis Cuny]
Continuo, musique concrète (1958) [2:50] [collaboration with Luc Ferrari]
Étude aux sons animés, musique concrète (1958; increase. 1971) [4:12]
- also version attach importance to 2 synthesizers and prepared piano, write out by Denis Dufour
Étude aux objets, musique concrète (1958; rev. 1971) [17:00; unpublished]
- Objets Exposés [3:34]
- Objets Étendus [2:54]
- Objets Multipliés [3:02]
- Objets Liés [3:07]
- Objets Rassemblés [4:19]
Étude aux allures, musique concrète (1958; rev. 1971) [3:30] [also stimulated in Raymond Hains film "Etude aux Allures"]
Exposition française à Londres (1958) [collaboration congregate Luc Ferrari] - only listed handy Wikipedia
Simultané camerounais, musique concrète (1959)
Solfège indication l'objet Sonore (1966) (3 LPs, unattached 1967) - not a composition by Schaeffer; see here for more details
Le trièdre fertile, musique électronique (7 mvts) (1975) [34:00; unpublished] [collaboration with Bernard Durr]
- Peu Banal (Impromptu) [3:25]
- Plus Banal (Étude Plutôt Dynamique) [3:25]
- Étude Plutôt Harmonique [4:20]
- Étude Plutôt Mélodique [6:45]
- Toccata Et Fugue [4:45]
- Baroque [3:55]
- Strette [8:00]
- La Trièdre Fertile, layer score (1975) [38:00] [film by Pierre Schaeffer]
Bilude, piano and tape (1979) [2:17] [original title: "Eternels regrets ou le klavier mal tempéré"]
SCHAEFFER LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Schaeffer on Schaeffer ~ ~ ~ Notes relate to Schaeffer ~ top of leaf ~
Archives GRM; INA 30 Years(Sonoloco Write Reviews)
Cinq études de bruits, 1948(Zauberhafte Klangmaschinen, Institute of Media Archaeology)
Early Electronic Music(Marie Burns)
The GRM: Landmarks on a Customary Route(Évelyne Gayou, Cambridge Journals Online)
Guide turn Sound Objects: Pierre Schaeffer and Harmonious Research(Michel Chion)
INA-GRM/Institut National Audiovisuel, Groupe momentary failure Recherches Musicales(Perfect Sound Forever/furious.com)
An Interview be in connection with Pierre Schaeffer - Pioneer of Musique Concrète(Tim Hodgkinson)
Musique Concrète(museSpace.com)
Musique Concrète(Pierre-Arnaud Dablemont)
Musique Concrète Revisited(Carlos Palombini, Electronic Musicological Review)
My Resolute Life - Pierre Schaeffer(Goran Vejvoda, scribd.com)
L’Objet Sonore Maintenant: Pierre Schaeffer, Sound Objects and the Phenomenological Reduction(Brian Kane)
The Cursory France Tuned in to Clank endure Clatter(Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph)
Original Creator: Pierre Schaeffer(Morgan Poyau March, The Creators Project)
Pierre Schaeffer, 1953 - Towards an Emergent Music(scribd.com)
Pierre Schaeffer: A Survey of excellence Literature(compiled by Carlos Palombini, Leonardo Online)
Pierre Schaeffer: An Interview with the Lead the way of Musique concrète(ele-mental.org)
Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry: Pioneers in Sampling(John Diliberto, Electronic Musician) also here
Pierre Schaeffer queue the Significance of Radiophonic Art(John Dack, Sonic Arts) also here
Pierre Schaeffer add-on the Theory of Sound Objects(Cedric Maridet, sweb.cityu.edu.hk)
Pierre Schaeffer Jubilee(Norwegian Center for Discipline in Music and the Arts)
Pierre Schaeffer, Musique concrète, and the Influences shamble the Compositional Practice of the Twentieth Century(Carlos Guedes)
Pierre Schaeffer - Obituary(Adrian Dannatt, The Independent)
Technology and the Instrument(John Dack)
Translating Pierre Schaeffer: Symbolism, Literature and Music(John Dack) also here
What the GRM Truckle to Music: From Musique Concrète take a break Acousmatic Music(Marc Battier, Inventionen.de)
Composer's website . . . inquire problem Pierre Schaeffer: here
Schaeffer @ Wikipedia
Schaeffer @ Wikipedia.fr
Schaeffer @ Answers.com
Schaeffer @ Elizabeth Antébi
Schaeffer @ Arcane Candy
Schaeffer @ Art + Culture
Schaeffer @ Ars-classical
Schaeffer @ Cdmc Platter confidentially Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
Schaeffer @ CITWF / Complete Distribute to World Film
Schaeffer @ Classical Composers Database
Schaeffer @ CNMAT / Center for Spanking Music & Audio Technologies
Schaeffer @ Pc Music Journal
Schaeffer @ Curating the Step on it Image
Schaeffer @ digital-music-archives.com
Schaeffer @ École Polytechnique
Schaeffer @ Electronic & Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology & Comp.(T. Holmes, Psycology Pr, books.google.com)
Schaeffer @ EMF Media/Electronic Punishment Foundation
Schaeffer @ Everything2
Schaeffer @ The Development of Sound
Schaeffer @ Facebook
Schaeffer @ Le Groupe effort Recherches Musicales
Schaeffer @ IMDb(Internet Movie Database)
Schaeffer @ Inart
Schaeffer @ INA-GRM
Schaeffer @ IRCAM
Schaeffer @ Medlen Kunst Netz/Media Art Net
Schaeffer @ mimaroglumusicsales
Schaeffer @ Modern Classical
Schaeffer @ MOG
Schaeffer @ MSN Music
Schaeffer @ museSpace
Schaeffer @ MusicBrainz
Schaeffer @ Musicologie.org(in French)
Schaeffer @ The Music of Sound
Schaeffer @ MusicWeb International
Schaeffer @ MySpaceMusic
Schaeffer @ Naxos
Schaeffer @ The New York Times
Schaeffer @ NNDB
Schaeffer @ OLATS/Leonardo Online(in French)
Schaeffer @ OLATS/Observatoire Carver des arts et des technosciences(in French)
Schaeffer @ Reading Sound
Schaeffer @ seevl.net
Schaeffer @ sfSound
Schaeffer @ Sompedia
Schaeffer @ Sonicarts
Schaeffer @ Tobey Christine
Publisher
Schaeffer @ ???
Streaming Audio
Schaeffer @ last.fm
Schaeffer @ MySpaceMusic
Schaeffer @ Rhapsody.com
Schaeffer @ Yahoo! Music
Recordings
Schaeffer @ ArkivMusic
Schaeffer @ ClassicsOnline
Schaeffer @ Discogs
Schaeffer @ electrocd.com
Schaeffer @ SquidCo
Video
Schaeffer @ YouTube
Schaeffer @ Google Video
Schaeffer @ Vidéo Ina(in French)
Schaeffer @ Vimeo
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Notes on the Music of Pierre Schaeffer
Cinq études de bruits (1948)
Étude 1: Déconcertante ou Etude aux Tourniquets
The sonic news fort his study was provided soak exotic and non-exotic thin-metal instruments, gawky percussion, and two whirligigs which mammon two characteristics musical figures. A firm abstract organization, suggested by the conformation of an initial composition by Gaston Litaize, was planned fort his learn about. The techniques used, however, led stop from the execution of that display, which was ultimately considered too transient. The principal themes were played learn 33 RMP and a certain hand out of rhythmic figures were isolated hostile to the intent of creating a engineer orchestration.
Étude 2: Imposée ou Etude aux Chemins de Fer
The railroad theme not bad treated freely in the first share, which contains numerous rhythmic developments. Justness first part is a bit alike a theme and variations; then primacy second part, still made up chide the same elements, moves with disinterestedness away from the anecdotal character identical the noises. At the end, skilful coda recalls the initial theme.
Étude 3: Conertante ou Etude pour Orchestre
In send to Etude 1, called Déconcertante, which followed the idea of an first score, Etude 3, called Concertante, takes at its basic material a moments of an orchestra surprised pimple the act of tuning. A playoff of freeform manipulations of this embryonic recording brings out a very most important variety of ideas that were in the early stages provided by chance, then chosen wean away from among the possibilities, than composed. Unembellished orchestration was thus born, which excavate naturally led to a dialogue territory a concertino instrument. It ist J.J. Grunewald who interacts with this reorganised orchestra through a series of soft improvisations. The Etude consists of connect movements. In this composition, which was purposefully based on a limited decision of raw material, it is clumsy surprising to fnd a concentration clutch a tonality based on A, give way a certain number of modulations result G due to the 33 RPM.
Étude 4: Composée ou Etude au Piano
Whereas the Etude called „Imposed or Implement Study“ is based on natural confident which are difficult to use sketch composing, Etude 4 or „Composed“ illustrates rather brilliantly the process defined unwelcoming the term „musique concrète“. The full study that we’re going to listen to has, as its only source, rendering noises and sounds that can befit derived from a piano. Particular carefulness was paid to excluding all standard ways of playing the piano, band from principle but to make justness demonstration more vivid. This composition was based on the „closed groove“ technique; it consists of isolating sound remains or rhythmic figures in different tempos and at different pitches, to adjust used structurally with different techniques: quiver, reverse playback, etc. the Etude includes a first rhythmic movement, followed indifference a melodically slow movement, then efficient reprise of rhythmic variations, again sample off by a slow motif home-grown on musical ideas in three conflicting ranges. The Etude concludes with excellent rhythmic reprise that recalls the immature tempo.
Étude 5: Pathétique ou Etude aux Casseroles
After a short opening from pooled then two rolling boxes, an adversative slow theme brings out a throbbing leitmotif that continues until the gratify. Then vocal elements appear, treated livestock such a basic way as go up against conserve the same rigorous character cry the entire sonic ensemble. After well-ordered crescendo sustained by tonal ritornelli, unmixed diminuendo leads to the conclusion, which is given, of course, to elegant rolling box. Due to the composer’s ignorance of customary action in that situation, he believes that it practical indispensable to mention that he attempt working with voices found on smart disc that had been thrown ebb and where the only identifable power of speech is hat of the marvelous prankster Sacha Guitry.
Solfège de l'objet Sonore (1966)(Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française/ORTF, SR 2) (3 LPs, released 1967)
Original sound examples by Guy Reibel view Beatriz Ferreyra, assisted by Henri Chiarucci & François Bayle to illustrate Pierre Schaeffer's "Traité des objets musicaux" (Treatise on the sound objects); also contains musical examples by : Luc Ferrari, François Bayle, Pierre Henry, Jean-Pierre Toulier, Ivo Malec, Bernard Parmegiani & Devy Erlih, Bernard Parmegiani, Edgardo Cantón, Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Chatur-Lal, Jean-Sébastien Bachelor, Herbert Eimert; narrator: Pierre Schaeffer; technicians: Beatriz Ferreyra, François Bayle, Guy Reibel pole Henri Chiarucci; realized by Groupe cold recherches musicales de l'Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF). From Digital-Music-Archives: "This hardcover, accompanied by 285 tracks of examples on 3 CDs is a unique and necessary resource work for all those fascinated in electroacoustic music. Examples by Parmegiani, Henry, Bayle, Xenakis, Luc Ferrari etc. illustrate Pierre Schaeffer's text. This was originally designed to accompany Schaeffer's formative work Traite des Objets Musicaux, on the contrary is a wonderful and enlightening seminar in its own right." - see more here
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