- Year of composition: 2000-02
- Duration: 18:21
- Instrumentation: 8-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: French State (Music Office), Ina-GRM
- ISWC: T0042893333
Stereo
ISRC CAD502110010
- 44,1 kHz, 16 bits
Joy, dance, celebration…
Rhythm and its taboos in acousmatic music…
This piece questions the limits of our art — although in art limits are always temporary. What are these limits? Their contours? Their evolution? (We do know where they came from.) What is the farthest a composer can go, and are these limits real?
Danse de l’aube is also an extension of the work I have been doing for years to develop “spatial polyphony,” a concept that increases the live readability of acousmatic pieces by integrating a work’s spatial dimension right into the initial act of studio composing using various multitracking techniques.
This piece explores the phenomenon of sonic “relief” through the possibilities offered by a composition/playback system on eight real tracks.
[English translation: François Couture, ii-15]
Danse de l’aube [Dance of the Dawn] was realized in 2000-02 in the studio of the Ina-GRM and premiered on June 15, 2002 as part of the Ina-GRM’s Cycle acousmatique presented at Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio France (Paris, France). It was commissioned by the French State (Music Office) and the Ina-GRM (Paris).
Premiere
- June 15, 2002, Multiphonies 2001-02: Concert, Salle Olivier Messiaen — Maison de Radio France, Paris (France)
Composition
- 2000 – 2002, Groupe de recherches musicales – Institut national de l’audiovisuel (Ina-GRM), Paris (France)