Horacio Vaggione (born 21 January 1943) is an Argentinian composer of
electroacoustic and instrumental music who specializes in
micromontage
In music, montage (literally "putting together") or sound collage ("gluing together") is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage. This is often done throu ...
,
granular synthesis Granular synthesis is a sound synthesis method that operates on the microsound time scale.
It is based on the same principle as sampling. However, the samples are split into small pieces of around 1 to 100 ms in duration. These small pieces ar ...
, and
microsound Granular synthesis is a sound synthesis method that operates on the microsound time scale.
It is based on the same principle as sampling. However, the samples are split into small pieces of around 1 to 100 ms in duration. These small pieces ar ...
and whose pieces are often scored for performers and computers (
mixed music Mixed music is music combining acoustic instruments and fixed-media electronics (e.g ''concrete'' sounds, sound-file playback etc) or more generally, music which combines acoustic-instrumental and electronic sounds sources (to the exclusion of elec ...
).
Biography
He studied composition at the
National University of Córdoba
The National University of Córdoba ( es, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,) is an institution of higher education in the city of Córdoba, Argentina.
Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of t ...
(1958–1961) and privately in Buenos Aires with
Juan Carlos Paz
Juan Carlos Paz (5 August 1897 – 26 August 1972) was an Argentine composer and music theorist.
Paz was born in Buenos Aires, either in 1897 or in 1901, where he studied piano with Roberto Nery and composition with Constantino Gaito and Eduar ...
(1960–1963), then at the
University of Illinois
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with
Lejaren Hiller
Lejaren Arthur Hiller Jr. (February 23, 1924, New York City – January 26, 1994, Buffalo, New York)[Lejaren Hi ...](_blank)
and
Herbert Brün Herbert Brün (July 9, 1918 – November 6, 2000) was a composer, pioneer of electronic and computer music, and cybernetician. Born in Berlin, Germany, he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1962 until he retired, several ...
(1966) where he first gained exposure and access to computers. In 1983 he received a Doctorate in Musicology at the
University of Paris VIII
Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (french: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) is a public university in Paris, France. Once part of the historic University of Paris, it is now an autonomous public institution.
It is one of the th ...
(thesis director: Prof.
Daniel Charles
Daniel Paul Charles was a French musician, musicologist and philosopher. He was born on 27 November 1935 in Oran (Algeria) and died on 21 August 2008 in Antibes (France).
Biography
He was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conser ...
).
Vaggione was born in
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province a ...
, but lives in Europe since 1969. While in Argentina he was a co-founder of the Experimental Music Center (CME) of the National University of Cordoba (1965–1968), and co-organizer of the Experimental Music Meetings of the III Bienal Americana de Arte (1966).
From 1969 to 1973 he lived in Madrid, Spain, and was part of the ALEA live electronics music group with
Luis de Pablo
Luis de Pablo Costales (28 January 1930 – 10 October 2021) was a Spanish composer belonging to the generation that Cristóbal Halffter named ''the Generación del 51''. Mostly self-taught as a composer and influenced by Maurice Ohana and Max ...
, the ALEA electronic Music Studio and the Project Music and Computer at the
University of Madrid. In 1978 he moved to France, where he still resides, and began work at
IMEB in Bourges,
INA-GRM and
IRCAM
IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music. It is ...
in Paris. In 1987–1988 was a resident of the
DAAD Berliner Kunstler Program, working at the
Technische Universität Berlin
The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...
. Since 1989 he has been Professor of Music (Composition and Research) at the
University of Paris VIII
Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (french: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) is a public university in Paris, France. Once part of the historic University of Paris, it is now an autonomous public institution.
It is one of the th ...
. In 1996 founded the CICM (Centre de Recherche Informatique et Création Musicale).
Composition Prizes: Newcomp Prize (Cambridge, USA, 1983). Bourges Prizes (1982, 1986, 1988). Euphonie d'Or (Bourges, 1992). ICMA International Computer Music Association Commission Award (USA, 1992). Ton Bruynel Foundation Prize (Amsterdam, 2010). Giga-Hertz Produktion Preis (
ZKM
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, Karlsruhe, 2011), among others.
Writings and research papers: 54 papers, published in Proceedings, books (MIT Press, Harwoord Academic Publishers, Swett and Zeitlinger, L’Harmattan, Routledge) and specialized journals (Computer Music Journal, Contemporary Music Review, Journal of New Music Research, Musica-Realtà, etc.).
Selected Compositions
*''Secuencias'' for instrumental ensemble (1963)
*''Verticales'' for instrumental ensemble and Feedback set-up (1965) (CD
CMMAS CD017, 2014)
*
Sonata IV' for piano and tape (1966, LP JME-1, Bienal americana de arte, Cordoba, Argentina)
*''Triadas'' for orchestra (1968)
*''Modelos de Universo III'' for instrumental ensemble and sounds generated by computer (1972)
*''Undicit'' for 18 instruments (1976)
*''Octuor'' (1982), LP Computer Musik, IBM Deutschland (1984)
*''Fractal C'' (1984)
*''Thema'' for bass saxophone & computer-generated tape (1985, CD Wergo WER 2026-2; CD Adda AD581047)
*''Tar'' for bass clarinet & computer-generated tape (1987, CD Le Chant du Monde LCD 278046/47)
*''Sçir'' for contrabass flute in G & tape (1988, CD DAAD Berlin LC 0864)
*''Ash'' (1990, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
*''Till'' for piano & computer-generated tape (1991,CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
*''Kitab'' for bass clarinet, piano, contrabass and computer-processed and controlled sounds (1992, CD Centaur CRC 2255)
*''Tahil'' for solo piano (1992,CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
*''Myr'' for solo piano (1993),CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
*''Schall'' (1995, CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
*''Nodal'' (1997, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
*''Agon'' (1998, CD ICMC 01, Berlin; CD Opus 30 IMEB LCD 2781117)
*''Préludes Suspendus II'' (2000, CD CMR Vol. 24 part 4+5(book + CD)
*''Phases'' for clarinet, piano and electroacoustic set-up (2001, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
*''24 Variations'' (2001, CD ICMC Göteborg LJCD 5232)
*''Atem'' for horn, bass clarinet, piano, double bass and electroacoustic set-up (2002) (CD CMR Vol. 24 part 4+5 (book + CD)
*''Harrison Variations'' (2002, CD EMF Media, EM 153)
*''Gymel'' Electroacoustic music (2003)
*''Taléas'' for Paezold recorders and electroacoustics (2002/2004) (CD CMR Vol. 24 part 4+5 (book + CD)
*''Arenas'' (2007, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
*''Préludes Suspendus III'' (2009)
*''Points critiques'' (2011, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
*''Consort for convolved violins'' (2011)
*''Consort for convolved pianos'' (2012)
*''Arches'' (2013)
*''Mécanique des fluides'' (2014)
Bibliography
*
Horacio Vaggione: Composition theory', Contemporary Music Review (CMR), London, Vol. 24 part 4+5 (book + CD) (2005)
*
"Composing with Networks, Objects and Time-scales: An Interview with Horacio Vaggione"(O. Budon),
Computer Music Journal
''Computer Music Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers a wide range of topics related to digital audio signal processing and electroacoustic music. It is published on-line and in hard copy by MIT Press. The journal is accompa ...
24-3 (2000)
*
"An Introduction to Horacio Vaggione's Musical and Theoretical Thought" (
Makis Solomos
Makis Solomos (born 1962) a Franco-Greek musicologist specialising in contemporary music and particularly in the work of Iannis Xenakis. He is also one of the specialists of Adorno's thought. His work focuses on the issue of sound ecology and ...
), HAL, Archives ouvertes, 2013)
*
Espaces composables : essais sur la musique et la pensée musicale d'Horacio Vaggione' (Makis Solomos, éd), Paris
L'Harmattan
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(2007), (book + CD)
*
"The Art of Articulation : the Electroacoustic Music of Horacio Vaggione" (Curtis Roads), clang.mat.ucsb Reprint (2005)
*
"Horacio Vaggione: Towards a Syntax of Sound"(Jean-Claude Risset) Contemporary Music Review (CMR) Vol. 24
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(Horacio Vaggione), Computer Music Journal 25-1 (2001) (read & download PDF)
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(Horacio Vaggione), Revue Ars Sonora, Paris (1995) (read & download)
*
"The Making of Octuor"(Horacio Vaggione), Computer Music Journal 8-2 (1984)
*
"A Note on Object-based Composition"(Horacio Vaggione), Interface -
Journal of New Music Research
''Journal of New Music Research'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on musicology (including music theory), philosophy, psychology, acoustics, computer science, engineering, and other disciplines. Articles deal with theory, anal ...
vol. 20, 3-4 (1991)
*
"Articulating Microtime"(Horacio Vaggione), Computer Music Journal vol. 20-1 (1996)
*
"L'espace composable. Sur quelques catégories opératoires dans la musique électroacoustique"(Horacio Vaggione), in ''L'espace : musique-philosophie'' (J.-M. Chouvel, M. Somolos (éds), Paris, L'Harmattan (1997)
*
"Son, temps, objet, syntaxe. Vers une approche multi-échelle dans la composition assistée par ordinateur"(Horacio Vaggione), in ''Musique, rationalité, '', Cahiers de philosophie du n° 3 (1998)
*
Formel / informel, musique et philosophie' (M. Solomos, A. Soulez, H.Vaggione), Paris L'Harmattan (2003)
*
"Une introduction à la pensée musico-théorique d'Horacio Vaggione" (
Makis Solomos
Makis Solomos (born 1962) a Franco-Greek musicologist specialising in contemporary music and particularly in the work of Iannis Xenakis. He is also one of the specialists of Adorno's thought. His work focuses on the issue of sound ecology and ...
) HAL archives ouverts (in French)
*
"Composition musicale : représentations, granularités, émergences" (Horacio Vaggione), in Anne Sedes (éd): ''Musique et cognition'', Intellectica 1-2, n° 48-49 (2008)
*
Manières de faire des sons' (A. Soulez, H.Vaggione), L'Harmattan (2010)
* "Coïncidences autour de Granger : l'opératoire et l'objectal en musique" (A. Sedes,G. Carvalho, H. Vaggione) in ''La pensée de Gilles-Gaston Granger'', Paris
Éditions Hermann
Éditions Hermann () is a French publishing house founded in 1876, by the French professor of mathematics Arthur Hermann. It publishes books on science and the arts.
''Éléments de mathématique''
Hermann is noted for publishing several vol ...
, (2010)
References
External links
''Système universitaire français, doctorates''(PhD thesis) conducted by H. Vaggione
CDMC(
Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
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Introduction
The Centre is a public documentation centre for con ...
, Paris) (Expanded biography and catalogue of works, in English)
*
Empreintes Digitales' (Canada). List of works, discography and sound files
* Horacio Vaggione:
24 Variations' mp3 recording (
MIT OpenCourseWare
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)
ZKM - Giga-Hertz Karlsruhe
about "Points critiques" (videos, sound files)
WDR3 Köln Compositional Portrait
Contemporary Music PortalYouTube Channel(some musical works)
Sources
*
Leigh Landy
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(1994). ''Experimental Music Notebooks''.
* ''Horacio Vaggione: Composition Theory''. Contemporary Music Review, Vol 24, Parts 4 + 5, 2015. 0749-4467 (2005) 24.4.1-0
* Solomos, Makis, Ed. (2007). ''Espaces composables, essais sur la musique et la pensée musicale de Horacio Vaggione''. (L'Harmattan, Paris)
*
Symposium on Computer Music Composition' (1983, Cambridge: MIT Press)
* Roads, Curtis (2001)
Microsound' (Cambridge: MIT Press)
* Risset, Jean-Claude (2005)
Horacio Vaggione: Towards a Syntax of Sound' (Contemporary Music Review vol. 24 part 4+5). Reprinted in French in Risset, Jean-Claude (2014
"Composer le son" ''Écrits, vol. 1'' (Paris, Hermann)
* Solomos, Makis (2013)
De la musique au son. L'émergence du son dans la musique des XX et XXI siècles' (Presses universitaires de Rennes)
Grove Music Online
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1943 births
Living people
Musicians from Córdoba, Argentina
Argentine classical composers
21st-century classical composers
20th-century classical composers
Electroacoustic music composers
Male classical composers
20th-century male musicians
21st-century male musicians