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Gérard Grisey

April 12, 2024

Gérard Henri Grisey (/ˈɡrɪzi/; French: [ɡʁizɛ]; 17 June 1946 – 11 November 1998) was a twentieth-century French composer of contemporary classical music. His work is often associated with the Spectralist Movement in music, of which he was a major pioneer.

Gérard Grisey

Biography edit

Grisey was born in Belfort, on 17 June 1946.[1] From a very young age, Grisey demonstrated enormous interest and talent in music composition and study, writing his first essay on music when he was 9 years old.[2] He studied at the conservatory [de] in Trossingen in Germany from 1963 to 1965[3] before entering the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique where he studied with Olivier Messiaen from 1965 to 1967 and again from 1968 to 1972, while also working with Henri Dutilleux at the École normale de musique in 1968.[4] He won prizes for piano accompaniment, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and composition at the Conservatoire under Messiaen's guidance.[3] He also studied electroacoustics with Jean-Étienne Marie in 1969, composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis and György Ligeti at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in 1972, and acoustics with Émile Leipp [fr] at the Faculté des Sciences in 1974.[citation needed] Other studies were undertaken in the summer of 1969 at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.[3]

Grisey won the Prix de Rome, enabling him to stay at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1972 to 1974.[1] While there he became friends with Tristan Murail, with whom he founded the group L'Itinéraire in 1973 along with Roger Tessier and Michaël Lévinas, later to be joined by Hugues Dufourt. In 1974–75, he studied acoustics with Émile Leipp at the Paris VI University,[4][3] and in 1980 became a trainee at the IRCAM (Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique) in the computer music course organized by David Wessel and Marc Battier. During the same year, Grisey went to Berlin as a guest of the D.A.A.D. (Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD) program. He subsequently left for the University of California, Berkeley, where he was appointed professor of theory and composition for the years 1982 to 1985[1] or until 1986.[4] After returning to Europe, he took up the role of professor of orchestration and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1987 until his death,[1][4] while also holding numerous composition seminars in France (Centre Acanthes, Lyon, Paris) and abroad (Darmstadt, Freiburg, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Oslo, Helsinki, Malmö, Göteborg, Los Angeles, Stanford, London, Moscow, Madrid, etc.)[citation needed] For notable pupils See: List of music students by teacher: G to J#Gérard Grisey.

Gérard Grisey died at the age of 52 in Paris on 11 November 1998 due to a ruptured aneurysm.[4]

Musical style edit

Grisey's music is often considered to belong to the genre of spectral music, which he is credited with founding along with fellow composer Tristan Murail, although he later disowned the label in interviews and writings. According to British journalist Tom Service, "His achievement has often been reduced to yet another of new music's fetishistic labels, 'spectralism' – a category that Grisey had rejected by the end of his life."[5]

Nonetheless, he spent much of his career exploring the spectrum of tone colour between harmonic overtones and noise. In addition, he was fascinated by musical processes which unfold slowly, and he made musical time a major element of many of his pieces. He expressed the opinion that: "We are musicians and our model is sound not literature, sound not mathematics, sound not theatre, visual arts, quantum physics, geology, astrology or acupuncture."[6]

Works (chronological) edit

  • Passacaglia Pour Madame Darrow, for accordion (1966)
  • Échanges, for prepared piano and double bass (1968)
  • Mégalithes, for 15 brass players (1969)
  • Charme, for clarinet solo (1969)
  • Perichoresis, for 3 instrumental groups (1969–1970)
  • Initiation, for baritone, trombone, and double bass (1970)
  • Vagues, chemins, le souffle, for clarinet and orchestra (1970–72)
  • D'eau et de pierre, for 2 instrumental groups (1972)
  • Dérives, for 2 orchestral groups (1973–74)
  • Les espaces acoustiques – II – Périodes, for flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (1974)
  • Les espaces acoustiques – III – Partiels, for 18 musicians (1975)
  • Manifestations, for youth orchestra (1976)
  • Les espaces acoustiques – I – Prologue, for viola and optional live electronics (1976)
  • Les espaces acoustiques – IV – Modulations, for orchestra (1976–77)
  • Sortie vers la lumière du jour, for electric organ and 14 musicians (1978)
  • Jour, contre-jour, for electric organ, 14 musicians, and tape (1978–79)
  • Tempus ex machina, for 6 percussionists (1979)
  • Les espaces acoustiques – V – Transitoires, for large orchestra (1980)
  • Solo pour deux, for clarinet and trombone (1981)
  • Anubis-Nout, for B♭ contrabass clarinet (1983) recorded by Ernesto Molinari,[7] Fie Schouten,[8] Carl Rosman[9]
  • Les chants de l'amour, for 12 voices and tape (1982–1984)
  • Les espaces acoustiques – VI – Epilogue, for 4 solo horns and large orchestra (1985)
  • Talea, for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, and piano (1986)
  • Le temps et l'écume, for 4 percussionists, 2 synthesizers, and chamber orchestra (1988–89)
  • Accords perdus: Cinq miniatures, for 2 horns (1989)
  • Le noir de l'étoile, for 6 percussionists, tape, and live electronics (1989–90)
  • Anubis et Nout, for bass saxophone or baritone saxophone (1990)
  • L'icône paradoxale (Hommage à Piero della Francesca), for 2 female voices and 2 orchestral groups (1992–94)
  • Stèle, for 2 percussionists (1995)
  • Vortex temporum, for piano, clarinet (bass, Bb and A), flute (bass, C and picc.), violin, viola and cello (1994–96)
  • Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, for soprano and fifteen instruments (1997–98)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Anderson 1998.
  2. ^ Anon. 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Anon. n.d.
  4. ^ a b c d e Anderson 2001.
  5. ^ Service 2013.
  6. ^ Fineberg 2006, p. 105.
  7. ^ "GÉRARD GRISEY: Solo pour deux". KAIROS. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Nut". TryTone. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Grisey: Anubis, Nout | Ensemble Musikfabrik". Retrieved 17 August 2022.

Sources

Further reading edit

  • Arrell, Chris. 2002. "Pushing the Envelope: Art and Science in the Music of Gérard Grisey". Doctoral diss. Ithaca: Cornell University.
  • Arrell, Chris. 2008. "The Music of Sound: An Analysis of Gérard Grisey's Partiels". In Spectral World Musics: Proceedings of the Istanbul Spectral Music Conference, edited by Robert Reigle and Paul Whitehead, (pp. 318–332). Istanbul: Pan Yayincilik. ISBN 9944-396-27-3.
  • Baillet, Jérôme. 2000. Gérard Grisey, Fondements d'une écriture. Paris: L'Harmattan.
  • Brown, Jeffrey Arlo. 2023. The Life and Music of Gérard Grisey: Delirium and Form. Boydell and Brewer.
  • Cagney, Liam. Gérard Grisey and Spectral Music, Cambridge University Press, November 2023
  • Cohen-Levinas, Danièle (ed). 2004. "Gérard Grisey ou la beauté des ombres sonores. Paris: L'Harmattan / L'itinéraire.
  • Grisey, Gérard. 2008. "Écrits ou l'invention de la musique spectrale", edited by Guy Lelong and Anne-Marie Réby. Répercussions. Paris: Musica Falsa. ISBN 978-2-915794-31-1.
  • Grisey, Gérard, and Tristan Murail. 1989. Entretemps, No. 8.[full citation needed].
  • Hervé, Jean-Luc. 2001. "Dans le vertige de la durée (Vortex Temporum de Gérard Grisey)", Paris: L'Harmattan.
  • Levy, Fabien. 2001. "Gérard Grisey, eine neue Grammatologie aus dem Phänomen des Klangs" [Gérard Grisey, a New Grammatology from the Phenomenon of Sound]. In 20 Jahre Inventionen Berliner Festival Neuer Musik, edited by I. Beirer/DAAD,[page needed] Berlin: Pfau Verlag.[full citation needed]

External links edit

  • , Casa Ricordi
  • Interview with Grisey
  • Excerpts from sound archives of Grisey's works

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Gerard Henri Grisey ˈ ɡ r ɪ z i French ɡʁizɛ 17 June 1946 11 November 1998 was a twentieth century French composer of contemporary classical music His work is often associated with the Spectralist Movement in music of which he was a major pioneer Gerard Grisey Contents 1 Biography 2 Musical style 3 Works chronological 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksBiography editGrisey was born in Belfort on 17 June 1946 1 From a very young age Grisey demonstrated enormous interest and talent in music composition and study writing his first essay on music when he was 9 years old 2 He studied at the conservatory de in Trossingen in Germany from 1963 to 1965 3 before entering the Conservatoire national superieur de musique where he studied with Olivier Messiaen from 1965 to 1967 and again from 1968 to 1972 while also working with Henri Dutilleux at the Ecole normale de musique in 1968 4 He won prizes for piano accompaniment harmony counterpoint fugue and composition at the Conservatoire under Messiaen s guidance 3 He also studied electroacoustics with Jean Etienne Marie in 1969 composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen Iannis Xenakis and Gyorgy Ligeti at the Darmstadter Ferienkurse in 1972 and acoustics with Emile Leipp fr at the Faculte des Sciences in 1974 citation needed Other studies were undertaken in the summer of 1969 at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena 3 Grisey won the Prix de Rome enabling him to stay at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1972 to 1974 1 While there he became friends with Tristan Murail with whom he founded the group L Itineraire in 1973 along with Roger Tessier and Michael Levinas later to be joined by Hugues Dufourt In 1974 75 he studied acoustics with Emile Leipp at the Paris VI University 4 3 and in 1980 became a trainee at the IRCAM Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique musique in the computer music course organized by David Wessel and Marc Battier During the same year Grisey went to Berlin as a guest of the D A A D Berliner Kunstlerprogramm des DAAD program He subsequently left for the University of California Berkeley where he was appointed professor of theory and composition for the years 1982 to 1985 1 or until 1986 4 After returning to Europe he took up the role of professor of orchestration and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1987 until his death 1 4 while also holding numerous composition seminars in France Centre Acanthes Lyon Paris and abroad Darmstadt Freiburg Milan Reggio Emilia Oslo Helsinki Malmo Goteborg Los Angeles Stanford London Moscow Madrid etc citation needed For notable pupils See List of music students by teacher G to J Gerard Grisey Gerard Grisey died at the age of 52 in Paris on 11 November 1998 due to a ruptured aneurysm 4 Musical style editGrisey s music is often considered to belong to the genre of spectral music which he is credited with founding along with fellow composer Tristan Murail although he later disowned the label in interviews and writings According to British journalist Tom Service His achievement has often been reduced to yet another of new music s fetishistic labels spectralism a category that Grisey had rejected by the end of his life 5 Nonetheless he spent much of his career exploring the spectrum of tone colour between harmonic overtones and noise In addition he was fascinated by musical processes which unfold slowly and he made musical time a major element of many of his pieces He expressed the opinion that We are musicians and our model is sound not literature sound not mathematics sound not theatre visual arts quantum physics geology astrology or acupuncture 6 Works chronological editPassacaglia Pour Madame Darrow for accordion 1966 Echanges for prepared piano and double bass 1968 Megalithes for 15 brass players 1969 Charme for clarinet solo 1969 Perichoresis for 3 instrumental groups 1969 1970 Initiation for baritone trombone and double bass 1970 Vagues chemins le souffle for clarinet and orchestra 1970 72 D eau et de pierre for 2 instrumental groups 1972 Derives for 2 orchestral groups 1973 74 Les espaces acoustiques II Periodes for flute clarinet trombone violin viola cello and double bass 1974 Les espaces acoustiques III Partiels for 18 musicians 1975 Manifestations for youth orchestra 1976 Les espaces acoustiques I Prologue for viola and optional live electronics 1976 Les espaces acoustiques IV Modulations for orchestra 1976 77 Sortie vers la lumiere du jour for electric organ and 14 musicians 1978 Jour contre jour for electric organ 14 musicians and tape 1978 79 Tempus ex machina for 6 percussionists 1979 Les espaces acoustiques V Transitoires for large orchestra 1980 Solo pour deux for clarinet and trombone 1981 Anubis Nout for B contrabass clarinet 1983 recorded by Ernesto Molinari 7 Fie Schouten 8 Carl Rosman 9 Les chants de l amour for 12 voices and tape 1982 1984 Les espaces acoustiques VI Epilogue for 4 solo horns and large orchestra 1985 Talea for violin cello flute clarinet and piano 1986 Le temps et l ecume for 4 percussionists 2 synthesizers and chamber orchestra 1988 89 Accords perdus Cinq miniatures for 2 horns 1989 Le noir de l etoile for 6 percussionists tape and live electronics 1989 90 Anubis et Nout for bass saxophone or baritone saxophone 1990 L icone paradoxale Hommage a Piero della Francesca for 2 female voices and 2 orchestral groups 1992 94 Stele for 2 percussionists 1995 Vortex temporum for piano clarinet bass Bb and A flute bass C and picc violin viola and cello 1994 96 Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil for soprano and fifteen instruments 1997 98 References edit a b c d Anderson 1998 Anon 2019 a b c d Anon n d a b c d e Anderson 2001 Service 2013 Fineberg 2006 p 105 GERARD GRISEY Solo pour deux KAIROS 2 July 2015 Retrieved 17 August 2022 Nut TryTone Retrieved 17 August 2022 Grisey Anubis Nout Ensemble Musikfabrik Retrieved 17 August 2022 Sources Anderson Julian 1998 Obituaries Gerard Grisey The Independent 24 November Retrieved 17 July 2018 Anderson Julian 2001 Grisey Gerard The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians second edition edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell London Macmillan Publishers Anon 2019 Gerard Grisey biography works resources in French and English IRCAM Anon n d Grisey Gerard Universal Music Publishing Classical website accessed 18 July 2018 Fineberg Joshua 2006 Classical Music Why Bother Hearing the World of Contemporary Culture Through a Composer s Ears New York Routledge ISBN 0 415 97174 8 ISBN 978 0 415 97174 4 Service Tom 2013 A Guide to Gerard Grisey s Music The Guardian 18 March accessed 18 July 2018 Further reading editArrell Chris 2002 Pushing the Envelope Art and Science in the Music of Gerard Grisey Doctoral diss Ithaca Cornell University Arrell Chris 2008 The Music of Sound An Analysis of Gerard Grisey s Partiels In Spectral World Musics Proceedings of the Istanbul Spectral Music Conference edited by Robert Reigle and Paul Whitehead pp 318 332 Istanbul Pan Yayincilik ISBN 9944 396 27 3 Baillet Jerome 2000 Gerard Grisey Fondements d une ecriture Paris L Harmattan Brown Jeffrey Arlo 2023 The Life and Music of Gerard Grisey Delirium and Form Boydell and Brewer Cagney Liam Gerard Grisey and Spectral Music Cambridge University Press November 2023 Cohen Levinas Daniele ed 2004 Gerard Grisey ou la beaute des ombres sonores Paris L Harmattan L itineraire Grisey Gerard 2008 Ecrits ou l invention de la musique spectrale edited by Guy Lelong and Anne Marie Reby Repercussions Paris Musica Falsa ISBN 978 2 915794 31 1 Grisey Gerard and Tristan Murail 1989 Entretemps No 8 full citation needed Herve Jean Luc 2001 Dans le vertige de la duree Vortex Temporum de Gerard Grisey Paris L Harmattan Levy Fabien 2001 Gerard Grisey eine neue Grammatologie aus dem Phanomen des Klangs Gerard Grisey a New Grammatology from the Phenomenon of Sound In 20 Jahre Inventionen Berliner Festival Neuer Musik edited by I Beirer DAAD page needed Berlin Pfau Verlag full citation needed External links 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