''Désintégrations'', for 17

musical instrument A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make Music, musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person ...

s and computer generated tape (1982–83) is a

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an Originality, original piece or work of music, either Human voice, vocal or Musical instrument, instrumental, the musical form, structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new pie ...

spectral music Spectral music uses the acoustic properties of sound – or sound spectra – as a basis for composition. Definition Defined in technical language, spectral music is an acoustic musical practice where compositional decisions are often inform ...

Tristan Murail Tristan Murail (born 11 March 1947) is a French composer associated with the " spectral" technique of composition. Among his compositions is the large orchestral work ''Gondwana''. Early life and studies Murail was born in Le Havre, France. His f ...

, commissioned for

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 music, avant garde and Electroacoustic ...

, Paris. The piece is more discontinuous than Murail's earlier composition ''

Gondwana Gondwana ( ; ) was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent. The remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds of today's continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia (continent), Australia, Zea ...

'', owing in part to the use of dramatic silences throughout and particularly in the 6th

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.Anderson, Julian (2003). "Liner notes", p.7, ''Tristan Murail: Gondwana; Désintégrations; Time and Again.'' Naïve. According to Julian Anderson,

Curtis Roads Curtis Roads (born May 9, 1951) is an American composer, author and computer programmer. He composes electronic and electroacoustic music, specializing in granular and pulsar synthesis. Career and music Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Roads studied co ...

has said that "three compositions produced in the 1980s stand as good examples of compositional manipulation of analysis data: '' Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco'' (1981) by Jonathan Harvey, ''Désintegrations'' (1983, Salabert Trajectoires) by Tristan Murail, and ''

Digital Moonscapes ''Digital Moonscapes'' (1984) is an album by Wendy Carlos. "Written for orchestra (or orchestra replica), it is inspired by several astronomical subjects."

'' (1985, CBS/Sony) by

Wendy Carlos Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer known for electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New Y ...

."Roads, Curtis (1996). ''The Computer Music Tutorial'', p.146. . The piece has been recorded by the

Ensemble l'Itinéraire The ''Ensemble l’Itinéraire'' is one of the main European ensembles dedicated to the performance of contemporary music, known in particular for its performances of spectral music works. Spectral music alters “timbres by assembling orchestral m ...

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Tristan Murail: Gondwana; Désintégrations; Time and Again
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