Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
University of Durham
Chapter title
La Musique Concrète et ses Appareils
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
CNRS Editions
Book title
Pierre Schaeffer: Les constructions impatientes
ISBN of book
9782271070715
Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This chapter considers the early development of musique concrète, from the formative years of Schaeffer’s initial investigations in the early 1940s to the publication of À la recherche d’une musique concrète in 1952. Access to the archives of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) resulting from this commission for the book, a joint venture between the GRM and CNRS, has facilitated the writing of a perspective that throws new light on this key period in the evolution of electroacoustic music, especially in the context of the technologies involved and the innovative ways in which they were used by Schaeffer.
