Focus

2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pierre Boulez, founder of Ircam. To open this year of festivities, the Philharmonie de Paris will be playing his pieces Messagesquisse (1976), Répons (1981-1984), and …explosante-fixe… (1991-1993) on 6 January. The Resource Centre offers a selection of documents to help you find out more about these three major works in Pierre Boulez’s repertoire.

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Library News

The media library presents a selection of its new acquisitions.

Please note that the library will be closed from the evening of 20 December. It will reopen on Tuesday 7 January at 2pm.

About

The purpose of the documentation center is to build up and disseminate a body of references on contemporary music, on the relationship between art, science and technology, and on musical research. It also brings together all of the Institute's knowledge and creative resources: concert and conference archives, scores, scientific and popular articles, etc. All these resources are available to the public through the Ircam media library (open Tuesday to Friday, 2:00 to 5:30 pm) and the databases accessible through the portal.

Resources type

The documentation center portal lists all the resources accessible online or on site in the Ircam media library. It therefore includes:
  • The physical documents available in the media library (books, scores, CDs, vinyls, program notes, etc.).
  • Digital resources

Médiathèque

La médiathèque de l'Ircam est ouverte au public du mardi au vendredi, de 14h à 17h30. La consultation est ouverte à tout le monde, l'emprunt est soumis à abonnement.

Structure et historique des bases de données du Pôle documentaire

Les ressources en ligne auxquelles donne accès le Pôle documentaire de l’Ircam proviennent historiquement de différentes base de données.Ces bases sont :
  • La base des compositeurs et compositrices de musique contemporaine, appelée BRAHMS (Base Relationnelle d’Articles Hypertextes sur la Musique du XXe et du XXIe Siècle).
  • La base Analyses qui documente des œuvres composées à l’Ircam dans des articles musicologiques
  • La base Médias des archives audiovisuelles de l’Ircam
  • La base Sidney qui regroupe la documentation des œuvres électroniques produites à l’Ircam dans le but de pouvoir les rejouer

Credits

ISSN of the Brahms database: 2557-8928

Directeur du Pôle documentaire : Philippe Langlois.

For more information on the structure of the different databases of the documentary center, see here.

referral persons for the Brahms database

Director of publication: Frank Madlener.

editorial manager

Philippe Langlois

documentation, editorial and administrative follow-up, public relations

Aurore Baudin
Jérôme Boutinot

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