Pierre Schaeffer: 5 etudes de bruits: Etude noire

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cinq études de bruits (Five Studies of Noises) is a collection of musical compositions by Pierre Schaeffer. The five études were composed in 1948 and are the earliest pieces of musique concrète, a form of electroacoustic music that utilises recorded sounds as a compositional resource. The five études were composed at the studio Schaeffer established at RTF (now ORTF), Studio d&They are: Étude aux chemins de fer - trains Étude aux tourniquets - toy tops and percussion instruments Étude violette - piano sounds recorded for Schaeffer by Boulez Étude noire - piano sounds recorded for Schaeffer by Boulez Étude pathétique - sauce pans, canal boats, singing, speech, harmonica, piano The works were premiered via a broadcast on 5 October 1948, titled Concert de bruits.