This is Pierre Schaeffer's journal compiled between 1948 and 1951 whilst he discovered musique concrète. The book is completed by a discussion of the research which was to lead to the the Traité des objets musicaux (1966) written with André Moles.
Table of Contents:
- First journal of musique concrète (1948-1949)
- Second journal of musique concrète (1950-1951)
- Concrete experience in music (1952)
- Outline of a theory of musique concrète