Jean-Claude Risset (18 March 1938 - 21 November 2016) was a French composer… Read Full Bio ↴Jean-Claude Risset (18 March 1938 - 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. He was a former student of André Jolivet and former co-worker of Max Mathews at Bell Labs.
Born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, arriving at Bell Labs, New Jersey in 1964, he used Max Mathews' MUSIC IV software to digitally recreate the sounds of brass instruments. He made digital recordings of trumpets and studied their timbral composition using "pitch-synchronous" spectrum analysis tools, revealing that the amplitude and frequency of the harmonics (more correctly, partials) of these instruments would differ depending on frequency, duration and amplitude. He is also credited with performing the first experiments on a range of synthesis techniques including FM Synthesis and waveshaping.
After the discrete Shepard scale Risset created a version of the scale where the steps between each tone are continuous, and it is appropriately called the continuous Risset scale or Shepard-Risset glissando.
Risset died 21 november, 2016 in Marseille, France.
Selected works by Jean-Claude Risset
- Vocal music
Dérives, for choir and magnetic tape (1985) 15'
Inharmonique, for soprano and tape (1977) 15'
- Orchestral music
Escalas, for large orchestra (2001) 17'
Mirages, for 16 musicians and tape (1978) 24'
- Chamber music
Profils, for 7 instruments and tape (1983) 18'
Mutations II for ensemble and electronics (1973) 17'
- Solo music
Trois études en duo, for pianist (bidirectional MIDI piano with computer interaction) (1991) 10'
Huit esquisses en duo, for pianist (bidirectional MIDI piano with computer interaction) (1989) 17'
Voilements, for saxophone and tape (1987) 14'
Passages for flute and tape (1982) 14'
Variants for violin and digital processing (1995) 8'
- Music for solo tape
Invisible Irène (1995) 12'
Sud (1985) 24'
Songes (1979) 10'
Trois mouvements newtoniens, for tape (1978) 13'
Mutations (1969) 10'
Computer Suite from Little Boy (1968) 13'
Born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, arriving at Bell Labs, New Jersey in 1964, he used Max Mathews' MUSIC IV software to digitally recreate the sounds of brass instruments. He made digital recordings of trumpets and studied their timbral composition using "pitch-synchronous" spectrum analysis tools, revealing that the amplitude and frequency of the harmonics (more correctly, partials) of these instruments would differ depending on frequency, duration and amplitude. He is also credited with performing the first experiments on a range of synthesis techniques including FM Synthesis and waveshaping.
After the discrete Shepard scale Risset created a version of the scale where the steps between each tone are continuous, and it is appropriately called the continuous Risset scale or Shepard-Risset glissando.
Risset died 21 november, 2016 in Marseille, France.
Selected works by Jean-Claude Risset
- Vocal music
Dérives, for choir and magnetic tape (1985) 15'
Inharmonique, for soprano and tape (1977) 15'
- Orchestral music
Escalas, for large orchestra (2001) 17'
Mirages, for 16 musicians and tape (1978) 24'
- Chamber music
Profils, for 7 instruments and tape (1983) 18'
Mutations II for ensemble and electronics (1973) 17'
- Solo music
Trois études en duo, for pianist (bidirectional MIDI piano with computer interaction) (1991) 10'
Huit esquisses en duo, for pianist (bidirectional MIDI piano with computer interaction) (1989) 17'
Voilements, for saxophone and tape (1987) 14'
Passages for flute and tape (1982) 14'
Variants for violin and digital processing (1995) 8'
- Music for solo tape
Invisible Irène (1995) 12'
Sud (1985) 24'
Songes (1979) 10'
Trois mouvements newtoniens, for tape (1978) 13'
Mutations (1969) 10'
Computer Suite from Little Boy (1968) 13'
Mutations
Jean-Claude Risset Lyrics
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Black Dresses I'm a mess Beautiful monster Psycho-dreaming I'm something d…
Grand Analog let me get into my zone / time, forever takes…
Mutation Bloody bodies running and spreading green venom A chemical r…
Risset Jean-Claude Je te connaitrai une nuit, petite Sous un ciel plein de…
Salt The Wound Let's pretend that in the end we wouldn't have fallen…
Serene Ailment and Mutations Bloody bodies running and spreading green venom A chemical r…
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@krnflks
Reading Curtis Roads brought me here, highly recommend his book Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic.
@Spherey
Did somebody just describe what i heard in that one nightmare i had
@DRORELIMELECH120V
EXCELLENT
@carloshernandezmergold6437
Maravilloso
@basicallymax2156
and that was Shepard tone made.
@MatheusMPL
8:14 it's interesting how the low frequency noise feels like a desert plain both sonicaly and visually
@thomasmanana2958
he is said to have a synthesis cookbook, maybe somebody knows where can i read it?
@neomorphosallomorphis7395
"Le numérique, un nouvel artisanat pour la création musicale" this is the french name and there are 2 books (i don't know if there is a translation)
@thomasmanana2958
@@neomorphosallomorphis7395 thanks a lot
@sean4751
5:42 The endless glissando shephard tone 6:53 8:43