Philippe Manoury

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Philippe Manoury (born June 19, 1952) is a French composer.

Philippe Manoury was born in Tulle. From 1975 he undertook studies in computer assisted composition with Pierre Barbaud. He joined IRCAM in 1980.

Works such as Sound and Fury are of interest because of the use of computer assisted composition. Sound and Fury also uses a very large orchestra, which is symmetrically disposed, and makes quite extensive use of left-right spatial effects.

[edit] Works include

• Sonate pour deux pianos (1972)
• Cryptophonos for piano (1974)
• Puzzle for piano (1975)
• Numéro huit (1978)
• Zeitlauf for voice and computer-synthesized tape (1982)
• Aleph (1985)
• Jupiter from Sonus ex machina for flute and electronics (1987)
• Pluton from Sonus ex machina for midi piano and electronics (1988)
• La partition du ciel et de l’enfer from Sonus ex machina for flute and 2 piano soloists, ensemble and electronics (1989)
• Neptune from Sonus ex machina for 3 percussionists and electronics (1991)
• Prélude de la nuit du sortilège (1992)
• 60e Parallèle (an opera: 1995-1997)
• Sound and Fury (1998-1999)

[edit] External links

• http://www.romaeuropa.net/festival/schede_compagnie2003/oida.htm (in Italian)
• http://www.salabert.fr/formcat/actuel/durand_eschig/manoury_2002.pdf (in French)
• http://mac-texier.ircam.fr/textes/c00000062/ (in French)
• http://mediatheque.ircam.fr/articles/textes/Brindeau97a/ (in French)
• http://www.resmusica.com/actu_presse/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=13 (in French)