{"product_id":"in-search-of-a-concrete-music-volume-15-hardcover","title":"In Search of a Concrete Music: Volume 15 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Schaeffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Dack\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eChristine North\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Schaeffer's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of a Concrete Music (À la recherche d'une musique concrète)\u003c\/i\u003e 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'être 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew books have described with such precision the evolution of thoughts and concepts behind the invention of a new music as \u003ci\u003eA La Recherche d'une Musique Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e. In this book Schaeffer has unveiled the major philosophical problems of music of the second half of the twentieth century. An excellent translation by Dack and North. --Daniel Teruggi, Head of Institut National Audiovisuel, Groupe de Recherches Musicales, Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating glimpse into the mind of Pierre Schaeffer, the creator of the very first kind of electroacoustic music, the Concrete music, here in a stellar translation. In this diary combined with musical considerations, Schaeffer gives the necessary keys and invites the reader to follow, step by step, how Concrete music became a major trend of the twentieth century. --Marc Battier, Professor of Musicology, University Paris-Sorbonne \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pierre Schaeffer's writings are fundamental to our understanding of twentieth-century music in general and all the sound arts that use technology. This book reveals a truly experimental journey with its detours and frustrations--yet with determination, dazzling imagination and insight, Schaeffer pieces together a coherent and radical theory of music made through sound as perceived. Christine North and John Dack's translation brilliantly captures Schaeffer's painstaking reinvention of the vocabulary of music.\" --Simon Emmerson, Professor of Music, Technology, and Innovation, De Montfort University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew books have described with such precision the evolution of thoughts and concepts behind the invention of a new music as \u003ci\u003eA La Recherche d'une Musique Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e. In this book Schaeffer has unveiled the major philosophical problems of music of the second half of the twentieth century. An excellent translation by Dack and North. --Daniel Teruggi, Head of Institut National Audiovisuel, Groupe de Recherches Musicales, Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating glimpse into the mind of Pierre Schaeffer, the creator of the very first kind of electroacoustic music, the Concrete music, here in a stellar translation. In this diary combined with musical considerations, Schaeffer gives the necessary keys and invites the reader to follow, step by step, how Concrete music became a major trend of the twentieth century.\" --Marc Battier, Professor of Musicology, University Paris-Sorbonne \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pierre Schaeffer's writings are fundamental to our understanding of twentieth-century music in general and all the sound arts that use technology. This book reveals a truly experimental journey with its detours and frustrations--yet with determination, dazzling imagination and insight, Schaeffer pieces together a coherent and radical theory of music made through sound as perceived. Christine North and John Dack's translation brilliantly captures Schaeffer's painstaking reinvention of the vocabulary of music.\" --Simon Emmerson, Professor of Music, Technology, and Innovation, De Montfort University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposer \u003cb\u003ePierre Schaeffer\u003c\/b\u003e (1910-1995) was the inventor of musique concrète music created by combining and manipulating recorded sounds (rather than being played on conventional musical instruments). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Translators: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Dack\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Sonic Arts Department at Middlesex University. \u003cb\u003eChristine North\u003c\/b\u003e is retired as Lecturer in French at Middlesex University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42432183435344,"sku":"9780520265738","price":142.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/2Lm1gpyFq99780520265738.webp?v=1780390281","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/in-search-of-a-concrete-music-volume-15-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}