Duquette acquires all outstanding shares. By Billboard Staff Janie Duquette now fully owns and runs the company she built, Montreal-based entertainment firm Deja Musique. Duquette, president of Deja ...

The term ‘concrète’ music was coined in the 1940s by Paris-based engineer, composer and sonic experimentalist Pierre Schaeffer. Defined as music created using recorded sound as source material (ie ...

When the Summer Solstice arrives on Saturday, millions of people across France will attend the impromptu street concerts of “Fête de La Musique” hosted by restaurants, bars, museums and even libraries ...

The Revue de musicologie has been published since 1917 as the official journal of the Société Française de Musicologie and gathers the contributions of many french-speaking musicologists. Its span ...

In 1982, the very first Fête de la Musique was held in Paris. Planned by the French Ministry of Culture, musical performances were maximized on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, in a ...

Musique concrète originally dates from the late 1940s. Pierre Schaeffer and colleagues working for France’s public radio station, Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) experimented with sound effects and ...

MANILA, Philippines – Since 1994, Filipinos have been treated to an annual grand display of music through Fête de la Musique. Also known as World Music Day, the free music event originated in France ...

The French will be partying through the heatwave today for the 2025 edition of the 'Fête de la Musique.' This local celebration of music takes place every year on June 21st since 1982, and is ...

I gave a favourable welcome to the first volume of Telemann’s orchestral and instrumental anthology last year (A/98). Now comes the second in a set which ultimately will number four discs. Telemann ...

145 people have reported being stabbed with syringe needles during France's Fête De La Musique on Saturday. The nationwide street music festival, which takes place in numerous cities across the ...