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A translation commissioned by the Groupe de recherches musicales of the National Audiovisual Institute of France (Ina-GRM) with an editorial team formed by: Marc Battier, Leigh Landy, Daniel Teruggi, and Valerie Vivancos.

© 2017 by The Regents of the University of California

Originally published as Traité des objets musicaux: Essai interdisciplines

© Editions du Seuil, 1966

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Schaeffer, Pierre, 1910–1995, author. | North, Christine, translator. | Dack, John, translator.

Title: Treatise on musical objects : an essay across disciplines / Pierre Schaeffer ; translated by Christine North and John Dack.

Other titles: Traité des objets musicaux. English

Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] | Series: California studies in 20th-century music ; 20 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016052008 (print) | LCCN 2016055109 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520294295 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520294301 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520967465 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Music—Philosophy and aesthetics.

Classification: LCC ML3800.S252 T713 (print) | LCC ML3800.S252 (ebook) | DDC 781.1—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016052008

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