Focus
For the ‘Surrealism’ exhibition celebrating the movement's 100th anniversary at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Ircam's Sound Analysis-Synthesis team worked on recreating a young André Breton's voice reading the Surrealist Manifesto. The media library offers a selection of resources to shed light on the team's approach and work.
VideoA neural voice transformation framework for modification of pitch and intensity
The human voice has been a source of fascination and an object of research for over 100 years, an
September 21, 2023
BookComputational paralinguistics : emotion, affect and personality in speech and language processing
Björn Schuller,
Anton Batliner
2014
Latest publications
BiographyBiography of Ivan Wyschnegradsky
French composer of Russian descent, born 4 May, 1893 in Saint-Petersburg, died 29 September, 1979 in
BiographyBiography of David Tudor
American composer and pianist born in 1926 in Philadelphia; died 13 August 1996 in Tomkins Cove, New
Library News
The media library presents a selection of its new acquisitions.
BookMusique, sciences et santé
Emmanuel Bigand,
Gérard Mick
2024
BookPierre Boulez : The Formative Years
Joseph Salem
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.