Pierre Schaeffer Quotes

Pierre Schaeffer
French Composer
Born: Aug 14, 1910
Died: Aug 19, 1995
Civilization Dangerous Music Whatever World You
Related authors: Claude Debussy Hector Berlioz Jules Massenet Maurice Jarre Maurice Ravel Olivier Messiaen Pierre Boulez
Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization. Pierre Schaeffer
Think Civilization Always Barbarians Themselves
Take a sound from whatever source, a note on a violin, a scream, a moan, a creaking door, and there is always this symmetry between the sound basis, which is complex and has numerous characteristics which emerge through a process of comparison within our perception. Pierre Schaeffer
Perception Whatever Numerous Our Complex Characteristics Emerge Through Take Between Within Always Sound Source Moan Scream Door Process Which Note Comparison Basis Symmetry Violin
The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance. Pierre Schaeffer
Hope History Will Our Collapse Out Only Civilization Point Renaissance Always Happens Then Certain Certain Point
First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality. Pierre Schaeffer
Music Me Musicians First Kind Structures Outside Look Exhaustion Traditional Surprise Traditional Music Forgetting Experienced Century Many Tonality Started
Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true. Pierre Schaeffer
Thought Generally True Noises Been
Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque? Pierre Schaeffer
Music You Bach Struck Civilization Most Western Western Civilization Sublime Regarded Which Baroque
I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I was doing Concrete - I was doing both at the same time. Pierre Schaeffer
Time You About Both Involved Period Talking Concrete Doing Very Same Same Time Africa Radio Aware
In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed. Pierre Schaeffer
Music Stage Starts Musical Classical Classical Music Only Abstract Performed Sound Concrete Traditional Contrast Then Expressed Last
Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and 18th centuries, in that we have the atomic menace. Pierre Schaeffer
World Better Worse Menace Atomic Morally Both Off Than Middle Middle Ages Centuries Ages
The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. Pierre Schaeffer
Music Nature Complete Complete Mystery Ancient Variations Mystery True Contained Exercise True Nature Reveals Which Explained Theme Moment Right

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