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Born in Lévis, Quebec, in 1955, ANDRÉ LUC DESJARDINS started piano lessons at the age of six at the Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague boarding school (Quebec City), and entered piano festivals and competitions at an early age. After his secondary studies, although he registered at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec and took all the compulsory instruction he was given -- adding copious doses of pop music himself -- he experienced a deep philosophical change, and eventually started working in electroacoustic music with Pierre Genest and Yves Daoust.
Electroacoustic music became a way of life, offering, as it did, millions of possibilities at one’s finger tip. The young composer found in electronic music the possibility of listening and re-listening to a particular piece, but, more important, the possibility, for the composer, to express a message through the musical ear, rather than through the ancient paperwork channels of today.
André Luc Desjardins, who has degrees both from the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec and the Faculté de Musique de l’Université de Montréal, won a prize at the XIIth Concours International de musique électro-acoustique de Bourges with his work Manu Militari.
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Credits
André Luc Desjardins – Oeuvres choisies / Selected Works
Track listing
Side A
'Manu Militari' (extraits/excerpts) – 7:27
(fin du premier mouvement/end of first movement; second mouvement/second movement; début du troisième mouvement/beginning of third movement)
Tuba: Michel Blackburn
Side B
'Prose à L’Amphibie' (extrait/excerpt) – 5:47
Combat et finale
Musicians
Michel Blackburn: tuba on 'Manu Militari'
Works listed
Musique electroacoustique / Electronic Music
'L’Eclatement du pianiste' (bande seule) – 12:00 (1980) ms.
'Prose à l’Amphibie' (bande seule* et performance de mimes*) – 14:00 (1984) ms.
- 'Amuse-gueules' (bande seule) – (1986) ms.
Musique electroacoustique mixte / Mixed Electronic Music
'Manu Militari' (tuba et bande) – 24:00 (1982-84) ms.
'Là où mène le monde' (flûte et bande) – (1985-86) ms.
Musique electronique (analogue) / Electronic Music (Analog)
'Le chant de la fuite' (synthétiseurs, dispositif, régie: 4 exécutants) – 8:00 (1981-82) ms.
Musique chorale / Choral Music
'Handicap' (choeur a cappella-livret d’A. L. Desjardins) – 5:00 (1981) ms.
Musique instrumentale / Instrumental Music
'Mouvement pour septuor de flûtes à bec' – 6:00 (1977) ms.
'Rats’n’staR' (guitare électrique - 5 percussionnistes) – 10:00 (1982-83) ms.
Musique orchestrale / Orchestral Music
'Lamed ou le Pendu' – 15:00 (1982-83) ms.
Technical
Mastered by Norma Beecroft, Toronto, Ontario
Organizations
Musical Portraits were initiated and are sponsored by Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada, Limited (CAPAC)
Musical Portraits are distributed by The Canadian Music Centre / Le Centre de Musique Canadienne
CAPAC acknowledges the kind co-operation of Radio Canada International, The CBC Music Department, The American Federation of Musicians, and the composers and publishers of the works reproduced.
Key
CMC - Canadian Music Centre / Centre de Musique Canadienne
MS - Manuscript unpublished / Manuscrit inédit
RCI - Radio Canada International Records / Disques Radio Canada International
Publishers’ names appear in italics / Le nom des éditeurs est en italique
Series and matrix/runout
Series / Série 5 No. 10
WRC5-4261
Side A label matrix: WRC5-4261
Side B label matrix: WRC5-4261
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