“Our model is sound”: Gérard Grisey's spectralism, processes, temporalities and influences

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https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2023.11.3.8235

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Gérard Grisey, Síntese instrumental, Graus de mudança, Grau de previsibilidade, Tempo musical

Abstract

Spectral music, specifically that of Gérard Grisey, reveals sound universe that interweaves the small variations of its internal morphologies, the control of musical time, and the emergence of unique acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena. In this article, we ask if spectralism is a movement that breaks with the past or it reorganizes previous compositional processes and techniques, specifically related to the Studio for Electronic Music (WDR), in Cologne. To this aim, we analyze Grisey’s notion of instrumental synthesis, degrees of change, and degree of preaudibility, and investigate if they relate to similar procedures previously developed by other composers. We also study how these notions are applied in the works Périodes (1974), Partiels (1975) and Modulations (1976-77). We conclude articulating the compositional epistemologies of the integral serialism of the 1950s and 60s and the spectralist proposal in which, despite the differences, there would be convergence on musical time, conceived as an emerging phenomenon resulting from the interaction between other musical parameters.

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Danilo Rossetti, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Danilo Rossetti é professor, pesquisador e compositor. Seu trabalho enfoca o uso da tecnologia e pesquisa interdisciplinar em processos criativos, performances e análises musicais. É autor de peças para diferentes formações instrumentais, acusmáticas, mistas e multimídia (instalações audiovisuais, música, dança e telemática) apresentadas em diversos eventos nacionais e internacionais, além de autor e coautor de vários artigos sobre processos criativos em música e análises musicais. É professor do Departamento de Artes da UFMT, docente colaborador do PPG em Música do IA- UNICAMP e líder do grupo de pesquisa “Criação, análise e performance musical com suporte computacional” (UFMT/CNPq). É doutor em Música pela UNICAMP com estágio doutoral no CICM da Universidade Paris 8, e realizou pesquisa de pós-doutorado NICS-UNICAMP com apoio da FAPESP.

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2023-12-24

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Rossetti, D. (2023). “Our model is sound”: Gérard Grisey’s spectralism, processes, temporalities and influences. Vortex Music Journal, 11(3), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2023.11.3.8235

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023): Vortex Music Journal

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Dossier”25 years without Gérard Grisey”

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