L'arbre égayé

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Recording of Ragnar Grippe's L'arbre égayé. The title, "L'arbre égayé," refers to "the cut tree," but the composer does stress that it also means "the reviving tree." This reference to a cut tree is intentional as a tie-in and homage to the composer's experience (20 years prior to the composition of this piece) at Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l'ORTF in Paris under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer. As Grippe explains: "This piece - without any overambitious zeals - is a hommage to the school, where I think I got my first real knowledge of electro-acoustic music. Why cut? A … continued below

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Grippe, Ragnar, 1951- 1992.

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  • Main Title: L'arbre égayé
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Recording of Ragnar Grippe's L'arbre égayé. The title, "L'arbre égayé," refers to "the cut tree," but the composer does stress that it also means "the reviving tree." This reference to a cut tree is intentional as a tie-in and homage to the composer's experience (20 years prior to the composition of this piece) at Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l'ORTF in Paris under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer. As Grippe explains: "This piece - without any overambitious zeals - is a hommage to the school, where I think I got my first real knowledge of electro-acoustic music. Why cut? A tree which has been cut, is not dead, but can now grow even more beautifully after it's been mended. I think that the composer somewhat always composes the same piece, only the refinement gets more and more articulate throughout the years." Regarding technical aspects, the sound sources - from Synclavier and MIDI-modules - are mostly custom-made, with an aim to get an electro-acoustic "object-sensitive" character, much in the philosophy of GRM. The piece is to a certain extent recorded with RSS (ROLAND SOUND SPACE), which the composer discusses as enabling the sources to exist in a virtual space, extended above the outer limits of the speakers' extreme positions.

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1 sound recording (13 min., 30 sec.)

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Mnemothèque Internationale des Arts Electroacoustiques

Sound recordings of electroacoustic music from the archive of the International de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB). The works were created in the IMEB studios or submitted by participants of the Festival Synthèse or the Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition. Access is restricted to the UNT community.

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  • 1992

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  • Nov. 8, 2022, 3:45 p.m.

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  • May 1, 2023, 2:33 p.m.

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Grippe, Ragnar, 1951-. L'arbre égayé, audio recording, 1992; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2016613/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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