Editing Musique concrète (section)

===Musique concrète===
By 1949 Schaeffer's compositional work was known publicly as ''musique concrète''.<ref name="Palombini-1993-p14"/> Schaeffer stated: "when I proposed the term 'musique concrète,' I intended&nbsp;… to point out an opposition with the way musical work usually goes. Instead of notating musical ideas on paper with the symbols of solfege and entrusting their realization to well-known instruments, the question was to collect concrete sounds, wherever they came from, and to abstract the musical values they were potentially containing".<ref>{{harvp|Reydellet|1996|p=10}}</ref> According to [[Pierre Henry]], "musique concrète was not a study of timbre, it is focused on envelopes, forms. It must be presented by means of non-traditional characteristics, you see&nbsp;… one might say that the origin of this music is also found in the interest in 'plastifying' music, of rendering it plastic like sculpture…musique concrète, in my opinion&nbsp;… led to a manner of composing, indeed, a new mental framework of composing".<ref>{{harvp|James|1981|p=79}}</ref> Schaeffer had developed an aesthetic that was centred upon the use of sound as a primary [[music composition|compositional]] resource. The aesthetic also emphasised the importance of play (''jeu'') in the practice of sound based composition. Schaeffer's use of the word ''jeu'', from the verb ''jouer'', carries the same double meaning as the English verb ''to play'': 'to enjoy oneself by interacting with one's surroundings', as well as 'to operate a musical instrument'.<ref>{{harvp|Dack|2002}}</ref> During this early development of music concrete, Schaeffer continued participation in his Club d’Essai. Prior to their collaboration on Timbres-Durées (1952), Schaeffer’s acquaintance and serialist composer, Olivier Messiaen, periodically participated in broadcasts, round tables, and critiques surrounding musique concrète.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=A History of "Timbres-durées": Understanding Olivier Messiaen's role in Pierre Schaeffer's studio |url=https://journals.scholarsportal.info/details?uri=/00351601/v96i0001/117_ahouomripss.xml |journal=Revue de Musicologie |volume=96 |issue=1 |page=118}}</ref>