Sunday, May 15, 2011

Ummm....Can you notate that for me?

If the "music" that the audience hears is sounds, is it notated? 

It is indeed! Below is the notation for Poème électronique. 





I admit my analytical skills are not proficient enough to really analyze this notation, as I would have thought it was a map of the Grand Canyon. But it is interesting that it is notated and that someone can, perhaps, make a replica of the poem. 

The sounds were played through approximately 425 speakers, that were placed in various places throughout the pavilion.  This created a sense of "surround sound" for the listener, an aspect of that was not introduced until this point.

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