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J.S. Bach's 'Prelude n°II' is played on the piano either in call-and-response with the audio track, or, less commonly together (as with an orchestra in a concerto). Passages where the piano doesn't play, and therefore where the audio intervenes, are crossed out in the piano score. Concerto passages are marked with “+”.
[Pierre Schaeffer]

• Commissioned by Nicole Lachartre
• Tribute to René Daumal
• Dedicated to Christiane de Lisle
• Premiered on 11 December 1979, Musée Guimet (Paris) by Minka Roustcheva

French/English publication
With notes by the composer & historical pictures

1910 – 1995

Radio broadcaster, researcher and sound theoretician, Pierre Schaeffer revolutionized listening in the 20th century. His musical works, such as the first "Etudes de Bruits", were ground-breaking and highly influential in the emergence of the sonic arts.

He couldn't go one day without writing in his typically poetic style:
“Nature is marvelous. The researcher has nothing else to say other than, just look at the stunning things you've never paid attention to!”

Find his last piece, which was also his only mixed-music work, at Maison ONA.