A revolution in music : the history of the Groupe de recherches musicales /

"Established in the 1950s by musician and engineer Pierre Schaeffer, the Groupe de Recherches Musicales would become the nerve center for avant-garde artists experimenting with sound and acoustics, as well as the birthplace of a genre of music-making enabled by new recording technologies and so...

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Main Author:	Gayou, Évelyne (Author)
Other Authors:	Vaughn, David (Translator) (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Radiodiffusion-Télévision française. > Groupe de recherches musicales > History. Groupe de recherches musicales de l'O.R.T.F. > History. Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France). > Groupe de recherches musicales > History. Music > France > 20th century > History and criticism. Electronic music > France > History and criticism. Musique concrète > History and criticism. Musique > France > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Musique concrète > Histoire et critique. MUSIC / History & Criticism Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Before 1948 : prehistory
A name-a school-a style of music
Concepts-pedagogy-tools
Space-concert-audience
In search of music writing
1948-1958 : the avant-garde of musique concrète
1958-1968 : birth of the GRM
1968-1978 : end of the Schaeffer era
1978-1988 : real and non-realtime
: 1988-1998 : innovation
1998 and Beyond
Postscript.