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| occupation = Composer, musician, writer, engineer, professor, broadcaster, acoustician, musicologist, record producer, inventor, entrepreneur, [[cultural critic]] |
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| label_name = [[Groupe de Recherches Musicales|GRMC/GRM]] |
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'''Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer''' (<small>English pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-en|audio=Pierre Schaeffer - Pronunciation.ogg|p|iː|ˈ|ɛər|_|ˈ|h|ɛ|n|r|iː|_|m|ə|ˈ|r|iː|_|ˈ|ʃ|eɪ|f|ər}}, {{IPA-fr|ʃɛfɛʁ}}; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995)<ref name="Schaeffer2"/> was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, [[musicologist]], [[acoustician]] and founder of '''Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète''' ('''GRMC'''). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly [[communications]] and [[acoustics]]—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his [[anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear activism]] and [[cultural criticism]] garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime. |
'''Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer''' (<small>English pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-en|audio=Pierre Schaeffer - Pronunciation.ogg|p|iː|ˈ|ɛər|_|ˈ|h|ɛ|n|r|iː|_|m|ə|ˈ|r|iː|_|ˈ|ʃ|eɪ|f|ər}}, {{IPA-fr|ʃɛfɛʁ}}; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995)<ref name="Schaeffer2"/> was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, [[musicologist]], [[acoustician]] and founder of '''Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète''' ('''GRMC'''). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly [[communications]] and [[acoustics]]—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his [[anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear activism]] and [[cultural criticism]] garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime. |
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Schaeffer is most widely and currently recognized for his accomplishments in [[electronic music|electronic]] and [[experimental music]],<ref name="Schaeffer7" /> at the core of which stands his role as the chief developer of a unique and early [[genre (music)|form]] of [[avant-garde music]] known as [[musique concrète]].<ref name="Schaeffer1">{{cite web|title=Pierre Schaeffer |work=Snyder, Jeff 2007: CsUNIX1/Lebanon Valley College: 1, 3 |url=http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/schaef.html |access-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515172405/http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/schaef.html |archive-date=15 May 2008 }}</ref> The genre emerged in Europe from the utilization of new [[music technology]] developed in the [[post-war]] era, following the advance of [[electroacoustic music|electroacoustic]] and [[acousmatic music]]. |
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Schaeffer's writings (which include written and radio-narrated essays, biographies, short novels, a number of musical [[treatises]] and several plays)<ref name="Schaeffer2">{{cite encyclopedia | title= Pierre Schaeffer | encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica: ¶2 | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/526992/Pierre-Schaeffer | access-date=4 December 2008}} "Schaeffer taught electronic composition at the Paris Conservatory from 1968 until 1980. His writings include novels, short stories, and essays, as well as theoretical works in music, such as À la recherche d'une musique concrète (1952; 'In Search of a Concrete Music"'), Traité des objets musicaux (1966; 'Treatise on Musical Objects'), and the two-volume Machines à communiquer (1970–72; 'Machines for Communicating')."</ref><ref name="Schaeffer1"/><ref name="Schaeffer6">{{cite web | title= Les écrits de Pierre Schaeffer | work= Couprie, Pierre & OLATS 2000 | url=http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/schaeffer/oeuvreSchaeffer.php | access-date= 12 May 2009|language=fr}}</ref> are often oriented towards his development of the genre, as well as the [[music theory|theoretics]] and [[philosophy of music]] in general.<ref name="Schaeffer3" /> |
Schaeffer's writings (which include written and radio-narrated essays, biographies, short novels, a number of musical [[treatises]] and several plays)<ref name="Schaeffer2">{{cite encyclopedia | title= Pierre Schaeffer | encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica: ¶2 | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/526992/Pierre-Schaeffer | access-date=4 December 2008}} "Schaeffer taught electronic composition at the Paris Conservatory from 1968 until 1980. His writings include novels, short stories, and essays, as well as theoretical works in music, such as À la recherche d'une musique concrète (1952; 'In Search of a Concrete Music"'), Traité des objets musicaux (1966; 'Treatise on Musical Objects'), and the two-volume Machines à communiquer (1970–72; 'Machines for Communicating')."</ref><ref name="Schaeffer1"/><ref name="Schaeffer6">{{cite web | title= Les écrits de Pierre Schaeffer | work= Couprie, Pierre & OLATS 2000 | url= http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/schaeffer/oeuvreSchaeffer.php | access-date= 12 May 2009 | language= fr | archive-date= 10 May 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200510012727/http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/schaeffer/oeuvreSchaeffer.php | url-status= dead }}</ref> are often oriented towards his development of the genre, as well as the [[music theory|theoretics]] and [[philosophy of music]] in general.<ref name="Schaeffer3" /> |
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Today, Schaeffer is considered one of the most influential experimental, electroacoustic and subsequently [[electronic musician]]s, having been the first composer to utilize a number of contemporary [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] and [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] techniques that are now used worldwide by nearly all record production companies.<ref name="Schaeffer7">{{cite web | title= Pierre Schaeffer & Pierre Henry: Pioneers in Sampling | work= Unknown author (reproduction via Diliberto, John 2005: Electronic Musician) 1986: Electronic Musician | url= http://emusician.com/em_spotlight/Pioneers_Sampling/ | access-date= 30 September 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091207081234/http://emusician.com/em_spotlight/Pioneers_Sampling/ | archive-date= 7 December 2009 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> His collaborative endeavors are considered milestones in the histories of [[Electronic music#History|electronic]] and [[Experimental music#History|experimental]] music. |
Today, Schaeffer is considered one of the most influential experimental, electroacoustic and subsequently [[electronic musician]]s, having been the first composer to utilize a number of contemporary [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] and [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] techniques that are now used worldwide by nearly all record production companies.<ref name="Schaeffer7">{{cite web | title= Pierre Schaeffer & Pierre Henry: Pioneers in Sampling | work= Unknown author (reproduction via Diliberto, John 2005: Electronic Musician) 1986: Electronic Musician | url= http://emusician.com/em_spotlight/Pioneers_Sampling/ | access-date= 30 September 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091207081234/http://emusician.com/em_spotlight/Pioneers_Sampling/ | archive-date= 7 December 2009 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> His collaborative endeavors are considered milestones in the histories of [[Electronic music#History|electronic]] and [[Experimental music#History|experimental]] music. |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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=== Early life and education === |
=== Early life and education === |
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Schaeffer was born in [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] in 1910.<ref name="Schaeffer1"/> His parents were both musicians (his father a violinist; his mother, a singer),<ref name="Schaeffer3">{{cite web|title=Musique Concrète Revisited |work=Palombini, Carlos 1999: The Electronic Musicological Review |url=http://www.rem.ufpr.br/REMv4/vol4/arti-palombini.htm |access-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023035425/http://www.rem.ufpr.br/REMv4/vol4/arti-palombini.htm |archive-date=23 October 2008 }}</ref> and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take on music as a career. However his parents discouraged his musical pursuits from childhood and had him educated in engineering.<ref name="Schaeffer7"/> He studied at several universities in this inclination, the first of which was [[Lycée Saint-Sigisbert]] located in his hometown of Nancy. Afterwards he moved westwards in 1929 to the [[École Polytechnique]] in Paris<ref name="Schaeffer1"/><ref name="Schaeffer4">{{cite web | title= Pierre Schaeffer: Profile on Discogs.com | work= Anonymous/Various, submitted 2003: Discogs.com | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pierre+Schaeffer | access-date=4 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="Schaeffer8"/> and finally completed his education in the capital at the [[École supérieure d'électricité]], in 1934.<ref name="Schaeffer8">{{cite web | title= Pierre Schaeffer Biographie | work= Couprie, Pierre & OLATS 2000 | url= http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/schaeffer/biographieSchaeffer.php | access-date= 6 December 2009|language=fr}}</ref> |
Schaeffer was born in [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] in 1910.<ref name="Schaeffer1"/> His parents were both musicians (his father was a violinist; his mother, a singer),<ref name="Schaeffer3">{{cite web|title=Musique Concrète Revisited |work=Palombini, Carlos 1999: The Electronic Musicological Review |url=http://www.rem.ufpr.br/REMv4/vol4/arti-palombini.htm |access-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023035425/http://www.rem.ufpr.br/REMv4/vol4/arti-palombini.htm |archive-date=23 October 2008 }}</ref> and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take on music as a career. However, his parents discouraged his musical pursuits from childhood and had him educated in engineering.<ref name="Schaeffer7"/> He studied at several universities in this inclination, the first of which was [[Lycée Saint-Sigisbert]], located in his hometown of Nancy. Afterwards he moved westwards in 1929 to the [[École Polytechnique]] in Paris<ref name="Schaeffer1"/><ref name="Schaeffer4">{{cite web | title= Pierre Schaeffer: Profile on Discogs.com | work= Anonymous/Various, submitted 2003: Discogs.com | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pierre+Schaeffer | access-date=4 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="Schaeffer8"/> and finally completed his education in the capital at the [[École supérieure d'électricité]], in 1934.<ref name="Schaeffer8">{{cite web | title= Pierre Schaeffer Biographie | work= Couprie, Pierre & OLATS 2000 | url= http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/schaeffer/biographieSchaeffer.php | access-date= 6 December 2009 | language= fr | archive-date= 10 May 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200510012820/http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/schaeffer/biographieSchaeffer.php | url-status= dead }}</ref> |
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Schaeffer received a diploma in radio broadcasting from the [[École Polytechnique]].<ref name="Schaeffer10"/> He may have also received a similar qualification from the [[École nationale supérieure des télécommunications]], although it is not verifiable as to whether or not he ever actually attended this university.<ref name="Schaeffer10">{{cite web | title= Excerpt from ''Electronic Music, 1948–1953'' | work= Cross, Lowell [unverifiable date]: Forum: Electronic Music and Computer Research | url= http://www.arts.rpi.edu/rolnick/classes/computermusic/Cross%20Article.pdf | access-date= 17 December 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717095536/https://www.arts.rpi.edu/rolnick/classes/computermusic/Cross%20Article.pdf | archive-date= 17 July 2011 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> |
Schaeffer received a diploma in radio broadcasting from the [[École Polytechnique]].<ref name="Schaeffer10"/> He may have also received a similar qualification from the [[École nationale supérieure des télécommunications]], although it is not verifiable as to whether or not he ever actually attended this university.<ref name="Schaeffer10">{{cite web | title= Excerpt from ''Electronic Music, 1948–1953'' | work= Cross, Lowell [unverifiable date]: Forum: Electronic Music and Computer Research | url= http://www.arts.rpi.edu/rolnick/classes/computermusic/Cross%20Article.pdf | access-date= 17 December 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717095536/https://www.arts.rpi.edu/rolnick/classes/computermusic/Cross%20Article.pdf | archive-date= 17 July 2011 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> |
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=== Early experimentation === |
=== Early experimentation === |
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Later in 1934 Schaeffer entered his first employment as an engineer, briefly working in [[telecommunications]] in [[Strasbourg]].<ref name="Schaeffer8"/><ref name="Schaeffer5">{{cite book | title= Excerpt from ''Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde'' | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-M_jhnOuboC&pg=PA432 | access-date=26 December 2008| isbn= 9780313296895 | last1= Sitsky | first1= Larry | year= 2002 }}</ref> In 1935 he began a relationship with a woman named Elisabeth Schmitt, and later in the year married her and with her had his first child, Marie-Claire Schaeffer.<ref name="Schaeffer8"/> He and his new family then officially relocated to Paris |
Later in 1934 Schaeffer entered his first employment as an engineer, briefly working in [[telecommunications]] for the Postes et Télécommunications in [[Strasbourg]].<ref name="Schaeffer8"/><ref name="Schaeffer5">{{cite book | title= Excerpt from ''Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde'' | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-M_jhnOuboC&pg=PA432 | access-date=26 December 2008| isbn= 9780313296895 | last1= Sitsky | first1= Larry | year= 2002 | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref> In 1935 he began a relationship with a woman named Elisabeth Schmitt, and later in the year married her and with her had his first child, Marie-Claire Schaeffer.<ref name="Schaeffer8"/> He and his new family then officially relocated to Paris in 1936 where began his work in radio broadcasting and presentation.<ref name="Schaeffer4"/> It was there that he began to move away from his initial interests in telecommunications and to pursue music instead, combining his abilities as an engineer with his passion for sound. In his work at the station, Schaeffer experimented with records and an assortment of other devices—the sounds they made and the applications of those sounds—after convincing the radio station's management to allow him to use their equipment. This period of experimentation was significant for Schaeffer's development, bringing forward many fundamental questions he had on the limits of modern [[musical expression]].<ref name="Schaeffer4"/> |
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[[Image:Psconcer.jpg|thumb|right|Pierre Schaeffer presenting the [[Acousmonium]] (1974) that consisted of 80 loudspeakers for tape playback at [[Groupe de Recherches Musicales|GRM]]]] |
[[Image:Psconcer.jpg|thumb|right|Pierre Schaeffer presenting the [[Acousmonium]] (1974) that consisted of 80 loudspeakers for tape playback at [[Groupe de Recherches Musicales|GRM]]]] |
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In these experiments, Pierre tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds,<ref name="Schaeffer9"/> all techniques which were virtually unknown at that time.<ref name="Schaeffer4"/> He had begun working with new contemporaries whom he had met through RTF, and as such his experimentation deepened. Schaeffer's work gradually became more [[avant-garde]], as he challenged traditional musical style with the use of various devices and practices. |
In these experiments, Pierre tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds,<ref name="Schaeffer9"/> all techniques which were virtually unknown at that time.<ref name="Schaeffer4"/> He had begun working with new contemporaries whom he had met through RTF, and as such his experimentation deepened. Schaeffer's work gradually became more [[avant-garde]], as he challenged traditional musical style with the use of various devices and practices. Eventually, a unique variety of electronic instruments—ones which Schaeffer and his colleagues created, using their own engineering skills—came into play in his work, like the [[chromatic phonogene|chromatic, sliding and universal phonogenes]], [[François Bayle]]'s [[Acousmonium]] and a host of other devices such as [[gramaphones]] and some of the earliest [[tape recorders]].<ref name="Schaeffer9">{{cite web |title=''A-Z of Instruments – Other'' |work=The Foundry Creative Media Company Ltd. 2005: sec. 2 |url=http://www.foundry.co.uk/musicfirebox/a-zofinstrumentb.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422021238/http://www.foundry.co.uk/musicfirebox/a-zofinstrumentb.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2003 |access-date=7 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }} "Musique concrète was an experimental technique that combined pre-recorded sounds natural as well as musical to make musical compositions. Using only the earliest tape recorders, sounds were edited, played backwards and speeded up and down to create fascinating 'sound-scapes'. Pierre Henry was a prolific composer of musique concrète and collaborated with Schaeffer on many compositions. Luciano Berio and Steve Reich are also key figures in musique concrète composition. Karlheinz Stockhausen combined electronic and concrète sounds to become a leader of avant-garde music making."</ref> |
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=== Beginnings of writing career === |
=== Beginnings of writing career === |
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In 1938 Schaeffer began his career as a writer, penning various articles and essays for the ''Revue Musicale'', a French journal of music. His first column, ''Basic Truths'', provided a critical examination of musical aspects of the time.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} |
In 1938 Schaeffer began his career as a writer, penning various articles and essays for the ''Revue Musicale'', a French journal of music. His first column, ''Basic Truths'', provided a critical examination of musical aspects of the time.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} |
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An ardent [[Catholic]], Schaeffer began to write religiously based pieces, and in the same year as his ''Basic Truths'' he published his first novel: ''Chlothar Nicole'' — a short [[Christian novel]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=de Reydellet|first=Jean|date=1996|title=Pierre Schaeffer, 1910–1995: The Founder of "Musique Concrète"|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3681324|journal=Computer Music Journal|volume=20|issue=2|pages=10–11|jstor=3681324|issn=0148-9267}}</ref> |
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=== Club d'essai and the origin of musique concrète === |
=== Club d'essai and the origin of musique concrète === |
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=== Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète === |
=== Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète === |
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In 1949, Schaeffer met the percussionist-composer [[Pierre Henry]], with whom he collaborated on many |
In 1949, Schaeffer met the percussionist-composer [[Pierre Henry]], with whom he collaborated on many compositions, and in 1951, he founded the ''Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète'' ('''GRMC''') in the French Radio Institution.<ref name="120years">{{cite web |url=https://120years.net/the-grm-group-and-rtf-electronic-music-studio-pierre-schaeffer-jacques-poullin-france-1951/ |title=The 'Groupe de Recherches Musicales' Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry & Jacques Poullin, France 1951 |date=26 December 2013 |access-date=2022-02-28}}</ref> This gave him a new studio, which included a [[tape recorder]]. This was a significant development for Schaeffer, who previously had to work with [[phonograph]]s and [[Turntablism|turntables]] to produce music.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Teruggi|first=Daniel|date=2007|title=Technology and musique concrète: the technical developments of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales and their implication in musical composition|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/organised-sound/article/abs/technology-and-musique-concrete-the-technical-developments-of-the-groupe-de-recherches-musicales-and-their-implication-in-musical-composition/8832D40838033A9B6743648DD373DC97|journal=Organised Sound|language=en|volume=12|issue=3|pages=213–231|doi=10.1017/S1355771807001914|s2cid=37881462|issn=1469-8153}}</ref> Schaeffer is generally acknowledged as being the first composer to make music using [[magnetic tape]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} His continued experimentation led him to publish ''[[À la Recherche d'une Musique Concrète]]'' (French for "''In Search of a Concrete Music''") in 1952, which was a summation of his working methods up to that point. His only opera, ''Orphée 53'' ("''Orpheus 53''"), premiered in 1953.<ref name="120years" /> |
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Schaeffer left the GRMC in 1953 and reformed the group in 1958 as the ''Groupe de Recherche Musicale[s]'' (GRM) (at first without "s", then with "s"). |
Schaeffer left the GRMC in 1953 and reformed the group in 1958 as the ''Groupe de Recherche Musicale[s]'' (GRM) (at first without "s", then with "s"). |
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In 1954 Schaeffer founded traditional music label [[Ocora]] ("Office de Coopération Radiophonique") alongside composer, pianist and musicologist [[Charles Duvelle]], with a worldwide coverage in order to preserve African rural soundscapes. Ocora also served as a facility to train technicians in African national broadcasting services |
In 1954 Schaeffer founded traditional music label [[Ocora]] ("Office de Coopération Radiophonique") alongside composer, pianist, and musicologist [[Charles Duvelle]], with a worldwide coverage in order to preserve African rural soundscapes. Ocora also served as a facility to train technicians in African national broadcasting services. |
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Over the years, Schaeffer mentored a number of students who went on to have successful careers |
Over the years, Schaeffer mentored a number of students who went on to have successful careers, including [[Éliane Radigue]] and the young [[Jean Michel Jarre]], who called his mentor the first [[disc jockey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Electronic Vibrations: Ein Sound erobert die Welt |language=de |trans-title=Electronic Vibrations: A sound conquers the world |date=2022-10-19 |work=WDR Klassik |publisher=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] |at=8:00-8:50 |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/wdr-klassik/electronic-vibrations/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLWE5ZmY3Y2M3LTRiMDgtNDkwYy04ZmE4LTczNWJiYjBhODQ3YQ |access-date=2022-10-18}}</ref> His last "''étude''" (''study'') came in 1959: the "''Study of Objects''" (''Études aux Objets''). |
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=== Later life and death === |
=== Later life and death === |
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Schaeffer became an [[associate professor]] at the [[Paris Conservatoire]] from 1968 to 1980 after creating a "class of fundamental music and application to the audiovisual."<ref name="Schaeffer2"/> |
Schaeffer became an [[associate professor]] at the [[Paris Conservatoire]] from 1968 to 1980 after creating a "class of fundamental music and application to the audiovisual."<ref name="Schaeffer2"/> |
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In the aftermath of the [[1988 Armenian earthquake]], the 78 |
In the aftermath of the [[1988 Armenian earthquake]], the 78-year-old Schaeffer led a 498-member French rescue team to look for survivors in Leninakan, and worked there until all foreign personnel were asked to leave.<ref name=nyt_Dec16>{{cite news|title=As Hope Dies, Quake Rescuers Pull Out|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/world/as-hope-dies-quake-rescuers-pull-out.html?pagewanted=all|first=Bill|last=Keller|author-link=Bill Keller|date=December 16, 1988|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 10, 2012}}</ref> |
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Schaeffer suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] later in his life, and died from the condition in [[Aix-en-Provence]] in 1995.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} He was 85 years old. He is buried in Delincourt in the |
Schaeffer suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] later in his life, and died from the condition in [[Aix-en-Provence]] in 1995.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} He was 85 years old. He is buried in Delincourt in the green Vexin region (55 minutes from Paris) where he used to have his countryside property.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} |
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Schaeffer was thereafter remembered by many of his colleagues with the title, "Musician of Sounds".{{Clarify|date=August 2015}}<!--What is this supposed to mean?--> |
Schaeffer was thereafter remembered by many of his colleagues with the title, "Musician of Sounds".{{Clarify|date=August 2015}}<!--What is this supposed to mean?--> |
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From the contemporary point of view, the importance of Schaeffer's musique concrète is threefold. He developed the concept of including any and all sounds into the vocabulary of music. At first he concentrated on working with sounds other than those produced by traditional musical instruments. Later on, he found it was possible to remove the familiarity of musical instrument sounds and abstract them further by techniques such as removing the attack of the recorded sound. He was among the first musicians to manipulate recorded sound for the purpose of using it in conjunction with other sounds in order to compose a musical piece. Techniques such as [[tape looping]] and tape splicing were used in his research, often comparing to [[sound collage]]. The advent of Schaeffer's manipulation of recorded sound became possible only with technologies that were developed after World War II had ended in Europe. His work is recognized today as an essential precursor to contemporary sampling practices. Schaeffer was among the first to use recording technology in a creative and specifically musical way, harnessing the power of [[electronic musical instrument|electronic]] and [[experimental musical instrument|experimental]] instruments in a manner similar to [[Luigi Russolo]], whom he admired and from whose work he drew inspiration. |
From the contemporary point of view, the importance of Schaeffer's musique concrète is threefold. He developed the concept of including any and all sounds into the vocabulary of music. At first he concentrated on working with sounds other than those produced by traditional musical instruments. Later on, he found it was possible to remove the familiarity of musical instrument sounds and abstract them further by techniques such as removing the attack of the recorded sound. He was among the first musicians to manipulate recorded sound for the purpose of using it in conjunction with other sounds in order to compose a musical piece. Techniques such as [[tape looping]] and tape splicing were used in his research, often comparing to [[sound collage]]. The advent of Schaeffer's manipulation of recorded sound became possible only with technologies that were developed after World War II had ended in Europe. His work is recognized today as an essential precursor to contemporary sampling practices. Schaeffer was among the first to use recording technology in a creative and specifically musical way, harnessing the power of [[electronic musical instrument|electronic]] and [[experimental musical instrument|experimental]] instruments in a manner similar to [[Luigi Russolo]], whom he admired and from whose work he drew inspiration. |
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Furthermore, he emphasized the importance of "playing" (in his |
Furthermore, he emphasized the importance of "playing" (in his term, ''jeu'') in the creation of music. Schaeffer's idea of ''jeu'' comes from the French verb ''jouer'', which carries the same double meaning as the English verb [[play (activity)|play]]: 'to enjoy oneself by interacting with one's surroundings', as well as 'to operate a musical instrument'. This notion is at the core of the concept of musique concrète, and reflects on [[free improvisation|freely improvised sound]], or perhaps more specifically [[electroacoustic improvisation]], from the standpoint of Schaeffer's work and research. |
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=== Influences on music === |
=== Influences on music === |
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In 1955, [[Éliane Radigue]], an apprentice of Pierre Schaeffer at [[Studio d'Essai]], learned to cut, splice and edit tape using his techniques. She then went on to work as an assistant to [[Pierre Henry]] in 1967. However, she became more interested in tape feedback and began working on her own pieces. She composed several works (''Jouet Electronique'' [1967], ''Elemental I'' [1968], ''Stress-Osaka'' [1969]'', Usral'' [1969]'', Ohmnht'' [1970] ''Vice Versa, etc'' [1970]) by processing the feedback between two tape recorders and a microphone.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rodgers|first=Tara|url=http://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2189/Pink-NoisesWomen-on-Electronic-Music-and-Sound|title=Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound|date=2010|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-4661-6|language=en|doi=10.1215/9780822394150}}</ref> |
In 1955, [[Éliane Radigue]], an apprentice of Pierre Schaeffer at [[Studio d'Essai]], learned to cut, splice and edit tape using his techniques. She then went on to work as an assistant to [[Pierre Henry]] in 1967. However, she became more interested in tape feedback and began working on her own pieces. She composed several works (''Jouet Electronique'' [1967], ''Elemental I'' [1968], ''Stress-Osaka'' [1969]'', Usral'' [1969]'', Ohmnht'' [1970] ''Vice Versa, etc'' [1970]) by processing the feedback between two tape recorders and a microphone.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rodgers|first=Tara|url=http://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2189/Pink-NoisesWomen-on-Electronic-Music-and-Sound|title=Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound|date=2010|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-4661-6|language=en|doi=10.1215/9780822394150}}</ref> |
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Pierre's GRM student [[Jean Michel Jarre]] went on to great international success. Jarre's 1997 album [[Oxygene 7-13]] is dedicated to Schaeffer. [[Pierre Henry]] also made a tribute to the man, composing his ''Écho d'Orphée, Pour P. Schaeffer'' alongside him for Schaeffer's last work and second compilation, ''L'Œuvre Musicale''. His other notable pupils include [[Joanna Bruzdowicz]], [[Jorge Antunes (composer)|Jorge Antunes]], [[Bernard Parmegiani]], [[Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux]], [[Armando Santiago]], [[Elzbieta Sikora]]. |
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In the early 1980s, Pierre Schaeffer distanced himself from the contemporary musical scene after criticizing the avant-garde of the 1950s, which intended to break with tradition. Schaeffer recognized the virtuoso [[Otavio Henrique Soares Brandão]] as his most faithful disciple, who under his guidance performed a reading of his work "Traité des Objets Musicaux". This reading aims to create an innovative piano and musical instrumental technique that does not break with tradition. Pierre Schaeffer wrote four texts on the topic:『Apropos de la Transcription pour Piano par Otavio Brandão de l'Étude aux Objets』(1988); "Réponse à Otávio", in text of the program of the Soares Brandão concert at Salle Pleyel in honor of Schaeffer's eightieth birthday (1990);『Declaration de Pierre Schaeffer sur Ibis et Otavio Soares Brandão』(1990); and『Déclaration de Pierre Schaeffer (Porte Parole)』(1993).<ref>[https://issuu.com/ibisfsb/docs/textes_de_pierre_schaeffer_sur_ohsb Textes de Pierre Schaeffer à propos d´Otavio Henrique Soares Brandão, by Ibis Soares Brandão – Issuu]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fandalism.com/ibisfsb/bBWf |title=Otavio Henrique Soares Brandao – Piano – Resposta a Schaeffer I, by Otavio Soares Brandão. |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624234818/https://fandalism.com/ibisfsb/bBWf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Apropos of the transcription pour piano by Otavio Brandão from Pierre Schaeffer's “Étude aux Objets”, In program of Soares Brandão's concert at Maison de l'Amérique Latine (Paris January 9, 1988). |
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“Réponse à Otávio”, In text of the program of the concert performed by Soares Brandão at Salle Pleyel in honor of the 80 years of Pierre Schaeffer (January 12, 1990). |
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DECLARATION DE PIERRE SCHAEFFER SUR IBIS ET OTAVIO SOARES BRANDÃO (Paris le 13/09/1990) |
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Declaration by Pierre Schaeffer (Porte Parole).<ref>[https://issuu.com/ibisfsb/docs/textes_de_pierre_schaeffer_sur_ohsb TEXTES DE PIERRE SCHAEFFER À PROPOS D´OTAVIO HENRIQUE SOARES BRANDÃO by ibis soares brandao – Issuu]</ref><ref>[https://fandalism.com/ibisfsb/bBWf Otavio Henrique Soares Brandao – Piano – Resposta a Schaeffer I, by Otavio Soares Brandão.]</ref> |
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Many [[rap]] albums, such as ''[[It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back]]'' by [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] and ''[[3 Feet High And Rising]]'' by [[De La Soul]] take ordinary sounds and use them to create a finished product.<ref>''The Effects of Musique Concrete'' at ''Musique Concrete'' – ''History and Figures'' {{cite web |url=http://wise.fau.edu/~hieronym/EMMusiqueConcrete.htm |title= |
Many [[rap]] albums, such as ''[[It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back]]'' by [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] and ''[[3 Feet High And Rising]]'' by [[De La Soul]] take ordinary sounds and use them to create a finished product.<ref>''The Effects of Musique Concrete'' at ''Musique Concrete'' – ''History and Figures'' {{cite web |url=http://wise.fau.edu/~hieronym/EMMusiqueConcrete.htm |title=FAU Electronic Music - Musique Concrete: History and Figures |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618093101/http://wise.fau.edu/~hieronym/EMMusiqueConcrete.htm |archive-date=18 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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The [[Qwartz Electronic Music Awards]] has named several of its past events after Schaeffer. Pierre himself was a prize winner at the awards more than once. |
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Commercial release of Schaeffer's work was limited at best; Schaeffer released his work to the public primarily to disseminate a new and [[avant-garde]] form of music. The original production of his marketed work was done by the "''Groupe de Recherches Musicales''" (a.k.a. GRM; now owned and operated by INA or the ''[[Institut national de l'audiovisuel]]''), the company which he initially had formed around his creations. Other music was broadcast live (Pierre himself being notable on French radio at the time). Some individual tracks found their way into the use of other artists, with Pierre's work being fronted in mime performances and [[ballets]]. Now after his death, various musical production companies, such as ''Disques Adès'' and ''[[Phonurgia Nova]]'' have been granted rights to distribute his work. |
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Schaeffer's literary works, fiction and non-fiction, span a range of genres. He predominantly wrote treatises and essays, but also penned a film review and two plays. An ardent [[Catholic]], Schaeffer wrote ''Chlothar Nicole'' (French: ''Clotaire Nicole''; published 1938)—a [[Christian novel]] or short story—and ''Tobias'' (French: ''Tobie''; published 1939) a religiously based play. |
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Pierre Schaeffer
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Born | Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (1910-08-14)14 August 1910 |
Died | 19 August 1995(1995-08-19) (aged 85)
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, writer, engineer, professor, broadcaster, acoustician, musicologist, record producer, inventor, entrepreneur, cultural critic |
Years active | 1942–1990 |
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Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: /piːˈɛər ˈhɛnriː məˈriː ˈʃeɪfər/ ⓘ, French pronunciation: [ʃɛfɛʁ]; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995)[1] was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime.
Schaeffer is most widely and currently recognized for his accomplishments in electronic and experimental music,[2] at the core of which stands his role as the chief developer of a unique and early formofavant-garde music known as musique concrète.[3] The genre emerged in Europe from the utilization of new music technology developed in the post-war era, following the advance of electroacoustic and acousmatic music.
Schaeffer's writings (which include written and radio-narrated essays, biographies, short novels, a number of musical treatises and several plays)[1][3][4] are often oriented towards his development of the genre, as well as the theoretics and philosophy of music in general.[5]
Today, Schaeffer is considered one of the most influential experimental, electroacoustic and subsequently electronic musicians, having been the first composer to utilize a number of contemporary recording and sampling techniques that are now used worldwide by nearly all record production companies.[2] His collaborative endeavors are considered milestones in the histories of electronic and experimental music.
Schaeffer was born in Nancy in 1910.[3] His parents were both musicians (his father was a violinist; his mother, a singer),[5] and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take on music as a career. However, his parents discouraged his musical pursuits from childhood and had him educated in engineering.[2] He studied at several universities in this inclination, the first of which was Lycée Saint-Sigisbert, located in his hometown of Nancy. Afterwards he moved westwards in 1929 to the École Polytechnique in Paris[3][6][7] and finally completed his education in the capital at the École supérieure d'électricité, in 1934.[7]
Schaeffer received a diploma in radio broadcasting from the École Polytechnique.[8] He may have also received a similar qualification from the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications, although it is not verifiable as to whether or not he ever actually attended this university.[8]
Later in 1934 Schaeffer entered his first employment as an engineer, briefly working in telecommunications for the Postes et Télécommunications in Strasbourg.[7][9] In 1935 he began a relationship with a woman named Elisabeth Schmitt, and later in the year married her and with her had his first child, Marie-Claire Schaeffer.[7] He and his new family then officially relocated to Paris in 1936 where began his work in radio broadcasting and presentation.[6] It was there that he began to move away from his initial interests in telecommunications and to pursue music instead, combining his abilities as an engineer with his passion for sound. In his work at the station, Schaeffer experimented with records and an assortment of other devices—the sounds they made and the applications of those sounds—after convincing the radio station's management to allow him to use their equipment. This period of experimentation was significant for Schaeffer's development, bringing forward many fundamental questions he had on the limits of modern musical expression.[6]
In these experiments, Pierre tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds,[10] all techniques which were virtually unknown at that time.[6] He had begun working with new contemporaries whom he had met through RTF, and as such his experimentation deepened. Schaeffer's work gradually became more avant-garde, as he challenged traditional musical style with the use of various devices and practices. Eventually, a unique variety of electronic instruments—ones which Schaeffer and his colleagues created, using their own engineering skills—came into play in his work, like the chromatic, sliding and universal phonogenes, François Bayle's Acousmonium and a host of other devices such as gramaphones and some of the earliest tape recorders.[10]
In 1938 Schaeffer began his career as a writer, penning various articles and essays for the Revue Musicale, a French journal of music. His first column, Basic Truths, provided a critical examination of musical aspects of the time.[citation needed]
An ardent Catholic, Schaeffer began to write religiously based pieces, and in the same year as his Basic Truths he published his first novel: Chlothar Nicole — a short Christian novel.[11]
The Studio d'Essai, later Club d'Essai, was founded in 1942 by Pierre Schaeffer at the Radiodiffusion Nationale (France). It played a role in the activities of the French resistance during World War II, and later became a center of musical activity.
In 1949, Schaeffer met the percussionist-composer Pierre Henry, with whom he collaborated on many compositions, and in 1951, he founded the Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC) in the French Radio Institution.[12] This gave him a new studio, which included a tape recorder. This was a significant development for Schaeffer, who previously had to work with phonographs and turntables to produce music.[13] Schaeffer is generally acknowledged as being the first composer to make music using magnetic tape.[citation needed] His continued experimentation led him to publish À la Recherche d'une Musique Concrète (French for "In Search of a Concrete Music") in 1952, which was a summation of his working methods up to that point. His only opera, Orphée 53 ("Orpheus 53"), premiered in 1953.[12]
Schaeffer left the GRMC in 1953 and reformed the group in 1958 as the Groupe de Recherche Musicale[s] (GRM) (at first without "s", then with "s").
In 1954 Schaeffer founded traditional music label Ocora ("Office de Coopération Radiophonique") alongside composer, pianist, and musicologist Charles Duvelle, with a worldwide coverage in order to preserve African rural soundscapes. Ocora also served as a facility to train technicians in African national broadcasting services.
Over the years, Schaeffer mentored a number of students who went on to have successful careers, including Éliane Radigue and the young Jean Michel Jarre, who called his mentor the first disc jockey.[14] His last『étude』(study) came in 1959: the "Study of Objects" (Études aux Objets).
Schaeffer became an associate professor at the Paris Conservatoire from 1968 to 1980 after creating a "class of fundamental music and application to the audiovisual."[1]
In the aftermath of the 1988 Armenian earthquake, the 78-year-old Schaeffer led a 498-member French rescue team to look for survivors in Leninakan, and worked there until all foreign personnel were asked to leave.[15]
Schaeffer suffered from Alzheimer's disease later in his life, and died from the condition in Aix-en-Provence in 1995.[citation needed] He was 85 years old. He is buried in Delincourt in the green Vexin region (55 minutes from Paris) where he used to have his countryside property.[citation needed]
Schaeffer was thereafter remembered by many of his colleagues with the title, "Musician of Sounds".[clarification needed]
Sound is the vocabulary of nature.
— Pierre Schaeffer
The term musique concrète (French for "real music", literally "concrete music"), was coined by Schaeffer in 1948.[16] Schaeffer believed traditionally classical (or as he called it, "serious") music begins as an abstraction (musical notation) that is later produced as audible music. Musique concrète, by contrast, strives to start with the "concrete" sounds that emanate from base phenomena and then abstracts them into a composition. The term musique concrète is then, in essence, the breaking down of the structured production of traditional instruments, harmony, rhythm, and even music theory itself, in an attempt to reconstruct music from the bottom up.
From the contemporary point of view, the importance of Schaeffer's musique concrète is threefold. He developed the concept of including any and all sounds into the vocabulary of music. At first he concentrated on working with sounds other than those produced by traditional musical instruments. Later on, he found it was possible to remove the familiarity of musical instrument sounds and abstract them further by techniques such as removing the attack of the recorded sound. He was among the first musicians to manipulate recorded sound for the purpose of using it in conjunction with other sounds in order to compose a musical piece. Techniques such as tape looping and tape splicing were used in his research, often comparing to sound collage. The advent of Schaeffer's manipulation of recorded sound became possible only with technologies that were developed after World War II had ended in Europe. His work is recognized today as an essential precursor to contemporary sampling practices. Schaeffer was among the first to use recording technology in a creative and specifically musical way, harnessing the power of electronic and experimental instruments in a manner similar to Luigi Russolo, whom he admired and from whose work he drew inspiration.
Furthermore, he emphasized the importance of "playing" (in his term, jeu) in the creation of music. Schaeffer's idea of jeu comes from the French verb jouer, which carries the same double meaning as the English verb play: 'to enjoy oneself by interacting with one's surroundings', as well as 'to operate a musical instrument'. This notion is at the core of the concept of musique concrète, and reflects on freely improvised sound, or perhaps more specifically electroacoustic improvisation, from the standpoint of Schaeffer's work and research.
In 1955, Éliane Radigue, an apprentice of Pierre Schaeffer at Studio d'Essai, learned to cut, splice and edit tape using his techniques. She then went on to work as an assistant to Pierre Henry in 1967. However, she became more interested in tape feedback and began working on her own pieces. She composed several works (Jouet Electronique [1967], Elemental I [1968], Stress-Osaka [1969], Usral [1969], Ohmnht [1970] Vice Versa, etc [1970]) by processing the feedback between two tape recorders and a microphone.[17]
Pierre's GRM student Jean Michel Jarre went on to great international success. Jarre's 1997 album Oxygene 7-13 is dedicated to Schaeffer. Pierre Henry also made a tribute to the man, composing his Écho d'Orphée, Pour P. Schaeffer alongside him for Schaeffer's last work and second compilation, L'Œuvre Musicale. His other notable pupils include Joanna Bruzdowicz, Jorge Antunes, Bernard Parmegiani, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Armando Santiago, Elzbieta Sikora.
In the early 1980s, Pierre Schaeffer distanced himself from the contemporary musical scene after criticizing the avant-garde of the 1950s, which intended to break with tradition. Schaeffer recognized the virtuoso Otavio Henrique Soares Brandão as his most faithful disciple, who under his guidance performed a reading of his work "Traité des Objets Musicaux". This reading aims to create an innovative piano and musical instrumental technique that does not break with tradition. Pierre Schaeffer wrote four texts on the topic:『Apropos de la Transcription pour Piano par Otavio Brandão de l'Étude aux Objets』(1988); "Réponse à Otávio", in text of the program of the Soares Brandão concert at Salle Pleyel in honor of Schaeffer's eightieth birthday (1990);『Declaration de Pierre Schaeffer sur Ibis et Otavio Soares Brandão』(1990); and『Déclaration de Pierre Schaeffer (Porte Parole)』(1993).[18][19]
Many rap albums, such as It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us BackbyPublic Enemy and 3 Feet High And RisingbyDe La Soul take ordinary sounds and use them to create a finished product.[20]
The Qwartz Electronic Music Awards has named several of its past events after Schaeffer. Pierre himself was a prize winner at the awards more than once.
Commercial release of Schaeffer's work was limited at best; Schaeffer released his work to the public primarily to disseminate a new and avant-garde form of music. The original production of his marketed work was done by the "Groupe de Recherches Musicales" (a.k.a. GRM; now owned and operated by INA or the Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the company which he initially had formed around his creations. Other music was broadcast live (Pierre himself being notable on French radio at the time). Some individual tracks found their way into the use of other artists, with Pierre's work being fronted in mime performances and ballets. Now after his death, various musical production companies, such as Disques Adès and Phonurgia Nova have been granted rights to distribute his work.
Below is a list of Schaeffer's musical works, showing his compositions and the year(s) they were recorded.
Apart from his published and publicized music, Schaeffer conducted several musical (and specifically musique concrète-related) presentations via French radio. Although these broadcasts contained musical pieces by Schaeffer they cannot be adequately described as part of his main line of musical output. This is because the radio "essays", as they were appropriately named, were mainly narration on Schaeffer's musical theories philosophies rather than compositions in and of themselves.
Schaeffer's radio narratives include the following:
Schaeffer's literary works, fiction and non-fiction, span a range of genres. He predominantly wrote treatises and essays, but also penned a film review and two plays. An ardent Catholic, Schaeffer wrote Chlothar Nicole (French: Clotaire Nicole; published 1938)—a Christian novel or short story—and Tobias (French: Tobie; published 1939) a religiously based play.
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