In Search of a Concrete Music

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Translators' Note I. First Journal of Concrete Music (1948--1949)
Chapter 6 Chapter 7 II. Second Journal of Concrete Music (195--1951)
Chapter 12 Chapter 13 III. The Concrete Experiment in Music (1952)
Chapter 14 . The Concrete Approach
Chapter 15 . The Experimental Method
Chapter 16 . The Musical Object
Chapter 17 . From the Object to Language
Chapter 18 . From the Object to the Subject
Chapter 19 . Inventory
Chapter 2 . Farewells to Concrete Music IV. Outline of a Concrete Musical Training
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Pierre Schaeffer's "In Search of a Concrete Music" ("A la recherche d'une musique concrete") has long been considered a classic text in electroacoustic music and sound recording. Now Schaeffer's pioneering work - at once a journal of his experiments in sound composition and a treatise on the raison d'etre of "concrete music" - is available for the first time in English translation. Schaeffer's theories have had a profound influence on composers working with technology. However, they extend beyond the confines of the studio and are applicable to many areas of contemporary musical thought, such as defining an 'instrument' and classifying sounds. Schaeffer has also become increasingly relevant to DJs and hip-hop producers as well as sound-based media artists. This unique book is essential for anyone interested in contemporary musicology or media history.

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