Acousmatic morphology: An interview with Francois Bayle

Desantos: Frangois Bayle, what is the story of your early experiences in the musical world? Bayle: My story begins with some difficult encounters. I was a music student in Bordeaux in the late 1950s, but the provincial conservatories were closed to contemporary music. So it was necessary to come to Paris. When I arrived I was behind with respect to the Parisians, because I did not know how things worked in this city, and it takes time to learn such things. And so it was difficult to make contact with the musical milieu that interested