Musique concrete

Definition

A form of electroacoustic music that uses recorded natural sounds as raw material, which are then manipulated through techniques like speed alteration, reversal, and layering. Founded by Pierre Schaeffer in 1948, it treats any recorded sound as potential musical material.

Etymology

French for 'concrete music,' coined by Pierre Schaeffer to distinguish his method from 'abstract' traditional composition. 'Concrete' referred to working with actual recorded sounds rather than abstract musical notation, reversing the typical compositional process.

Kelly Says

Schaeffer's first piece used nothing but recordings of trains—locomotives, wheels, steam, and stations—proving that the entire sonic world could be a composer's orchestra! This radical idea that 'found sounds' could be art paralleled what Duchamp did with visual readymades.

Translations

AMአማርኛ

Concrete Music

kon-kreet moo-zik

ARالعربية

موسيقى مادية (mawdhiyya)

moo-zee-ka ma-d-ee-ya

BNবাংলা

সুস্পষ্ট সঙ্গীত (suspashta songit)

su-s-pash-ta son-git

CACatalà

música concreta

moo-zee-ka kon-kree-ta

CSČeština

konkrétní hudba

kon-kreet-nee hoo-dba

DADansk

konkret musik

kon-kreet moo-zik

DEDeutsch

konkrete Musik

kon-kreet moo-zik

ELΕλληνικά

σύγχρονη μουσική (synchroni mousikí)

sin-kro-nee moo-zee-kee

ESEspañol

música concreta

moo-zee-ka kon-kree-ta

FAفارسی

موسیقی صوتی (musiqi savti)

moo-zee-qi sav-ti

FISuomi

konkreetti musiikki

kon-kreet-ti moo-siikki

FRFrançais

musique concrète

moo-zee-k konk-ret

GUGU

સુગમ સંગીત (sugam sangit)

su-gam san-git

HAHA

Wakokin gaskiya

wa-ko-kin gas-kee-ya

HEעברית

מוזיקה קונקרטה (muzikah konkret)

moo-zee-ka kon-kree-ta

HIहिन्दी

संगीत (sangeet)

san-geet

HUMagyar

konkrét zené

kon-kreet zen-e

IDBahasa Indonesia

musik konkret

moo-zik kon-kreet

IGIG

ụjọ ụjọ

oo-jo oo-jo

ITItaliano

musica concreta

moo-zee-ka kon-kree-ta

JA日本語

コンクレート音楽 (konkureto ongaku)

kon-kure-to on-ga-ku

KKKK

Желігі музыка (jeligi muzika)

je-li-gi moo-zi-ka

KMKM

សំចេក សំចេក (samchek samchek)

sam-chek sam-chek

KO한국어

구체음악 (gug-che-eum-ak)

goo-g-che-eum-ak

MRMR

संगीत (sangeet)

san-geet

MSBahasa Melayu

musik konkret

moo-zik kon-kreet

MYမြန်မာ

ကျယ်ပြန့်သော သံ (kyai-pyan-thau than)

kye-pyan-thau than

NLNederlands

concreet muziek

kon-kreet moo-zik

NONorsk

konkret musikk

kon-kreet moo-sik

PAPA

ਸੁગਮ ਸੰਗીਤ (sugam sangit)

su-gam san-git

PLPolski

muzyka konkretna

moo-zee-ka kon-kreet-na

PTPortuguês

música concreta

moo-zee-ka kon-kree-ta

RORomână

muzică concretă

moo-zee-ka kon-kree-ta

RUРусский

конкретная музыка

kon-kreet-naya mu-zi-ka

SVSvenska

konkret musik

kon-kreet moo-zik

SWKiswahili

muziki ya halisi

moo-zi-ki ya ha-li-si

TAதமிழ்

சிறப்பு இசை (chirappu isai)

chi-rap-pu ee-sai

TEతెలుగు

గుణాత్మక సంగీతం (gunaatmaka sangītam)

gu-naat-maka san-gee-tam

THไทย

ดนตรีแบบเฉพาะ (don-t-ree-baep-khe-sp-a)

don-t-ree-baep-khe-sp-a

TLTL

konkret na musika

kon-kreet na moo-zee-ka

TRTürkçe

somut müzik

so-mut moo-zik

UKУкраїнська

конкретна музика

kon-kreet-na mu-zy-ka

URاردو

مضبوط موسیقی (muziq-i mazdboot)

moo-zee-qi ma-zd-boot

VITiếng Việt

âm nhạc cụ thể

am-nhac coo-the

YOYO

Ẹ̀rọ́ ìṣẹ́

e-ro ee-she

ZH中文

具体音乐

jùtǐ yīnyuè

ZUZU

imfundo ye-konkréti

im-fun-do ye-kon-kree-ti

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electroacoustic tape music sound collage acousmatic phonography sound art

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