MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Pierre Schaeffer, Electroacoustic Music, Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
20 Feb 2018
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Electroacoustic music originated in western art music in the years after world war ii, following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition are associated with the activities of composers based at research studios in europe and america. Groupe de recherches musicales at the ortf in paris, the home of musique concrete, the. Nordwestdeutscher rundfunk (nwdr) studio in cologne, where the focus was on the composition of elektronische musik, and the. New york, where tape music, electronic music, and computer music were all explored. With the invention of electricity this is something new in the 20th century. Schaeffer, etude aux chemins de fer (1948) Adopting an attitude similar to that of john cage, schaeffer saw any natural sound as a potential. Sound object," and therefore suitable as a basis for musical material. This is an attitude and approach that is extremely prevalent among composers of electroacoustic music.
