general information

composition date
1982
duration
2h 2 min
editor
pas d'éditeur
Libretto (details, author)

d’après Milton

type

Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments (Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments)

detailed formation

female narrator

information about the creation

date
November 30, 1981
festival de Romans
interpreters
Denise Péron : récitante

Information on the electronics

Studio information
Studio de Pierre Henry
Electronic device
sons fixés sur support

Part titles

  1. Ouverture (Chute de l’homme) 9’
  2. Chaos 7’35
  3. Portes de l’enfer 9’19
  4. Pandémonium 9’32
  5. satan lève ses légions 6’35
  6. Incarnation/Exultation 5’47
  7. Limbo 4’17
  8. Portes du paradis 6’29
  9. paradis des fous 5’13
  10. Mouvements célestes 10’52
  11. Eden 7’40
  12. rédemption 8’55
  13. Arbre de vie 7’
  14. Marbre de l’air 7’20
  15. Machines diaboliques 7’18
  16. Ascension 11’36

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