Musique Concrète Assignment
Music Composition Assignments
William Wieland
Composition Component
— Two Parts
Collect sounds. (Record.) Consider natural, man-made, and online sounds. Think of your daily life.
Construct a composition using your collected sounds.
Reading/Listening/Watching Component
Begin by reading the Wikipedia article about
Pierre Schaeffer
.
A guide to Pierre Schaeffer, the godfather of sampling
Pierre Schaeffer -- Études de bruits (1948)
For Fun
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CATcerto. ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE. Mindaugas Piecaitis, Nora The Piano Cat