Jeu
Robert Normandeau
Programme notes
Jeu is an acousmatic work based on different uses of the French word ‘jeu,’ a word which does not translate well into English (there are two English words for ‘jeu’
Rules of the game. Circus games, Olympic games. Games of skill. Wholesale massacre. Parlor game. Out of play. To gamble with one’s life. To like to play. To ruin oneself at gambling. Make your play. The die is cast, “rien ne va plus”. The play of a bolt, of a spring. To loosen a window or a drawer. The game of skittles, of bowls. To have every opportunity. To hide one’s game. The big play. Organ stops. To play carefully. To play dangerously. Double play. A brilliant, nuanced manner of playing. Stage directions. “Stop fooling around or it will end in tears.” Plays of Prince. A game of the imagination. Play on words. A child’s play.
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Jeu was realized in 1988 and ’89 at the studio of the Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges (GMEB), France, and at the studio of the Université de Montréal (audio mixing assistance
Premiere
- June 8, 1989, Synthèse 1989
: Séquence haut-parlante 4: Prix du Concours 1988, Bourges (Cher, France)
Awards
- Composer(s): Robert Normandeau
- Year of composition: 1988-89
- Duration: 23:55
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: GMEB
- ISRC: CAD509813450
Movements
Les règles du jeu
- Movement of: Jeu
Mouvement d’un mécanisme
- Movement of: Jeu
Ce qui sert à jouer
- Movement of: Jeu
Les manières de jouer
- Movement of: Jeu
Les plaisirs du jeu
- Movement of: Jeu
