Episode 153

Chapter 14, Musique Concrète in France. Works Recommended from my book, Electronic and Experimental Music 

Welcome to the Archive of Electronic Music. This is Thom Holmes.

This podcast is produced as a companion to my book, Electronic and Experimental Music, published by Routledge. Each of these episodes corresponds to a chapter in the text and an associated list of recommended works, also called Listen in the text. They provide listening examples of vintage electronic works featured in the text.

The works themselves can be enjoyed without the book and I hope that they stand as a chronological survey of important works in the history of electronic music. Be sure to tune-in to other episodes of the podcast where we explore a wide range of electronic music in many styles and genres, all drawn from my archive of vintage recordings.

There is a complete playlist for this episode on the website for the podcast.

Playlist: MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE IN FRANCE

Time

Track Time

Start

Introduction –Thom Holmes

01:30

00:00

1.     Pierre Schaeffer, “Étude Aux Chemins De Fer ” (1948). Early musique concrète using turntables not magnetic tape. GRM studio (Paris).

02:53

01:36

2.     Pierre Schaeffer, “Étude Violette” (1948). Early musique concrète using turntables not magnetic tape. GRM studio (Paris).

03:25

04:28

3.     Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, “Prosopopée I” from Symphonie pour un homme seul (1949– 50). Early use of magnetic tape for musique concrète GRM studio (Paris).

02:57

07:48

4.     Iannis Xenakis, “Diamorphoses” (1957). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

06:57

10:42

5.     Luc Ferrari, “Visage V” (1958-59). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

10:37

17:38

6.     Mireille Kyrou, “Etude I” (1960). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

05:09

28:12

7.     Philippe Carson, “Turmac” (1961). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

09:43

33:20

8.     Bernard Parmegiani, “Danse” (1961). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

04:08

43:04

9.     Henri Pousseur, “Trois Visages De Liège” (1961). Magnetic tape composition. Composed at the Centre de recherches et de formation musicales de Wallonie (CRFMW) (Belgium).

20:40

47:22

10.   Luc Ferrari, “Hétérozygote” (1963-64). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

26:20

01:08:00

11.   François Bayle, “Vapeur” (1964). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

04:44

01:34:16

12.   Beatriz Ferreyra, “Demeures aquatiques” (1967). Magnetic tape composition. GRM studio (Paris).

07:20

01:39:00

Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes.

My Books/eBooks: Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, Routledge 2020. Also, Sound Art: Concepts and Practices, first edition, Routledge 2022.

See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation.

For a transcript, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

Original music by Thom Holmes can be found on iTunes and Bandcamp.