Presentation:
Alex Lough: FFT Analysis and Aesthetic Concerns in Spectral Music
Read:
Viviana Moscovich, "French Spectral Music: An Introduction"
Francois Rose, "Introduction to the Pitch Organization of French Spectral Music"
Joshua Fineberg, "Spectral Music"
Joshua Fineberg, "Guide the the Basic Concepts and Techniques of Spectral Music"
Gérard Grisey, "Did You Say Spectral?"
P.A. Castanet, "Gérard Grisey and the Foliation of Time"
Interview with Gérard Grisey, 1996
Further Reading:
Jonathan Harvey, "Spectralism"
Eric Daubresse and Gérard Assayag, "Technology and Creation — The Creative Evolution"
Robert Hasegawa, "Tone Representation and Just Intervals in Contemporary Music"
Listen:
Prologue for solo viola and optional live electronics (1976) (Les espaces acoustiques I)
Périodes, for flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (1974) (Les espaces acoustiques II)
Partiels, for 18 musicians (1975) (Les espaces acoustiques III)
Modulations, for orchestra (1976–77) (Les espaces acoustiques IV)
Scores (Also available on reserve at the AMC):
Assignment:
Grisey, Prologue, due Wednesday, Feb. 22
Resources:
Ricordi (Publisher) page on Grisey