Focus
A historic composer with the Groupe de Recherches Musicales and Pierre Schaeffer's assistant in writing the Treatise on Musical Objects, Ivo Malec spent a lifetime thinking about sound in all its forms. 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of this major figure of musique concrète.
OeuvreSurvey of works by Ivo Malec
byMichèle Tosi
VideoLumina d’Ivo Malec : analyse morphologique et structurelle
April 5, 2012
Latest publications
VideoMusique & architecture : des salles et des arts sous influence ?
February 5, 2025
BiographyBiography of Helena Tulve
Estonian composer born 28 April 1972 in Tartu.
Library News
The media library presents a selection of its new acquisitions, and invites you to discover the summary of 2024 acquisitions.
BookFour Ways of Hearing Video Game Music
Michiel Kamp
2024
BookExperiencing Organised Sounds : The Listening Experience Across Diverse Sound-Based Works
Leigh Landy
2024
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 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
- 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
Directeur du Pôle documentaire : Philippe Langlois.
For more information on the structure of the different databases of the documentary center, see here.