Music 230

Spectral Music

Week 5: Murail

 

Read:

Tristan Murail, "The Revolution of Complex Sounds"

Tristan Murail, "Spectra and Sprites"

Ronald Bruce Smith, "An Interview with Tristan Murail"

Tristan Murail, "Target Practice"

Further reading:

Anthony Cornicello, "Timbral Organization in Tristan Murail's Désintégrations," Chapter 2

Éric Humbertclaude, "The Challenge of Tristan Murail's Work"

Brian Jameson, "'Rock Spectrale': The Cultural Identity of the Electric Guitar in Tristan Murail's vampyr!"

Listen:

Gondwana for orchestra (1980)

Désintégrations for ensemble and tape (1982–83)

Scores:

Gondwana

Désintégrations

Resources:

Murail's website

©Amy Bauer 2012

https://eee.uci.edu/12w/04783/

Assignments

  • Week 1
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
  • Week 4
  • Week 5
  • Week 6
  • Week 7
  • Week 8
  • Week 9
  • Week 10
  • Paper guidelines

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