Panorama of Musique Concrete - Schaeffer Henry Arthuys

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Panorama of Musique Concrete-- Schaeffer Henry Arthuys

Recorded in the studios of La Radio Télévision Française.

This "Panorama of Musique Concrète" constitutes the first record in the series of "Contemporary Musical Experiments" being issued under the sponsorship of the International Music Council (U.N.E.S.C.O.).

Panorama of Musique Concrete-- Pierre Schaeffer: Mexican Flute (1949); Study for Piano (1948); Study for Whirligigs (1948); Railway Study (1948); Pathetic Study (1948); A Single Sound Source / Pierre Henry: Fleeting Percussion; Finale of the Concerto of Ambiguities (1950); 5th and 6th movements of Music Without a Title (1952); The Veil of Orpheus (1953) / Henry+Schaeffer: Trifle in C (1950) / Philippe Arthuys: Musical Box

label & cat. no.:

Ducretet-Thomson DTL 93090

UK 1955 LP

NOTE: this is historical record from 1955!! It come from a musical archive

as you can see on the sticker attached on the label and on the left up corner  cover: F.S.C. 3520 – L.

The stickers can be easily removed.

Mega-rare and essential lp, the first ever release of electronic tape music. It documents the amazing early experiments, from 1948 to the early 1950s, of the founding figures of the Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrete (aka the Groupe de Recherches Musicales or the INA-GRM, where many pioneer electroacoustic composers produced major works). Schaeffer, Henry, and Arthuys recorded "natural", non-synthesized sounds like trains, instruments, factory machinery, small objects, voices, bells, children's toys, etc., and created structured noise compositions by cutting up the tape and changing its speed. Many of the pieces incorporate an instrument Schaeffer invented called the Phonogene, which uses a keyboard to control a series of motors that allows the composer to transpose tape speeds on an octave scale (a primitive precursor to the sampling keyboard). Included here are landmark pieces like Schaeffer's Railway Study, the world's first tape composition, and Pathetic Study, which mixes Tibetan Chants, famous voices, and the motors of canal boats. Study for Whirligigs is Schaeffer's earliest work, a non-tape piece that was produced using 8 turntables with locked groove records. Interestingly, in an attempt to make the music more palatable to mainstream audiences, the liner notes classify the pieces into different types such as "classical", "instrumental studies", "expressionism", "primitive", etc. This lp is a highly recommended artifact of early electronic music!

Condition (Record):  vg+ (many few minor marks; plays great for the most part)

Condition (Sleeve): poor: (there is a cut on the right side and the bottom is little bit damaged – please see the photos attached!!)

LABEL: VG

This is a good copy for its age!! THE SOUND IS GOOD.

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Air Mail to EUROPE 1 LP:                $ 14

Air Mail to USA, ASIA 1 LP:            $ 18

Air Mail Europe 2/3 LP:                   $ 20

Air mail USA, ASIA 2/3 LP:               $ 26

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