In the 1950s, young composers organized concerts of contemporary music which challenged the prevailing musical conservatism. Pioneers such as Serge Garant and Maryvonne Kendergi laid the groundwork for them to create the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) in 1966.
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Works heard
- Serge Garant, Quintette (1978)
- Serge Garant, Amuya (1968)
- Serge Garant, Anerca (1961, 63)
- Claude Champagne, Habanera (1929)
- Serge Garant, Caprine (1954)
- Olivier Messiaen, Catalogue d’oiseaux (1958)
- Serge Garant, Nucléogame (1955)
- François Morel, Étude de sonorité no 2 (1954)
- John Cage, Daughters of the Lonesome Isle (1945)
- Serge Garant, Offrande I (1969)
Persons mentioned
- Alban Berg
- Pierre Boulez
- John Cage
- Claude Champagne
- Serge Garant
- Arthur Honegger
- Otto Joachim
- Maryvonne Kendergi
- Jeanne Landry
- Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre
- Arthur Letondale
- Pierre Mercure
- Olivier Messiaen
- François Morel
- Jean Papineau-Couture
- Wilfrid Pelletier
- Francis Poulenc
- Jean Paul Riopelle
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
- Gilles Tremblay
- Jean Vallerand
- Edgard Varèse
- Anton Webern
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Credits
- Animation: Lorraine Pintal
- Chronique, recherche: Réjean Beaucage
- Voix: Jean-François Casabonne, Guy Nadon
- Technique: Philippe Bouvrette
- Conseiller à la réalisation: Laurent Major
- Réalisation: Christian O’Leary
- Idée originale: Marie Décary
- Diffusion: Magnéto
- Production: SMCQ sous la direction artistique de Walter Boudreau, 2020