Cinq études de bruits

Cinq études de bruits (Five Studies of Noises) is a collection of musical compositions by Pierre Schaeffer. The five études were composed in 1948 and are the earliest pieces of musique concrète, a form of electroacoustic music that utilises recorded sounds as a compositional resource.

The five études were composed at the studio Schaeffer established at RTF (now ORTF), Studio d'Essai. They are:

1. Étude aux chemins de fer - trains
2. Étude aux tourniquets - toy tops and percussion instruments
3. Étude violette - piano sounds recorded for Schaeffer by Boulez
4. Étude noire - piano sounds recorded for Schaeffer by Boulez
5. Étude pathétique - sauce pans, canal boats, singing, speech, harmonica, piano

The works were premiered via a broadcast on 5 October 1948, titled Concert de bruits.

References

• Chadabe, Joel. 1997. Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music, p. 27. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-303231-4

External links

• Étude aux chemins de fer at archive.org

Pierre Schaeffer
Musical works	Cinq études de bruits Symphonie pour un homme seul
Foundations	GRM La Jeune France Ocora RTF Electronic Studio Studio d'Essai
Developments	Acousmatic music Acousmatic sound Experimental music French electronic music Musique concrète Schaefferian theory Sound object Spectromorphology
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