Articles

Reviewer & Chronicler

  • Since September 2004, chronicler at L'entremuse, World Music radio program anchored by Yves Bernard, at Montreal's CIBL-FM 101,5 radio station.
  • Since March 2003, reviewer of CD of world classical music for the classical music magazine The Scena Musicale, in Montréal.
  • Since February 2005, the magazine presents a full page on World Musics. Interviews, discussions on ethnomusicological topics.
  • From December 2000 to October 2002, reviewer for the All Music Guide, a Web site on music of all kinds and all sources. Reviewed CD of world music, from Bali to Siberia, from Middle-East to East of Europe. I have more than 250 reviews of CDs currently on-line, as well as articles (see the list below).
  • From March to October 2003, chronicler for French Canadian Web site cmathematique.com. Present first 4 original chronicles on music and mathematics.
  • Since 1999, review books for the Journal of Consciousness Studies.

Articles

You will find below a list of articles published by Bruno Deschênes on the Internet. Most of them have been published in English, but some are in French.

Bruno Deschênes has also music scores of Japanese music available on-line (see below).


Japanese Music

Music of Other Cultures

Articles on Sociology of Music and other topics

Cybermusique.com Web Site

La Scena Musicale

  • Version 3.0 of Sibelius. La Scena Musicale Web Site (Decembre 2003/January 2004) (all articles are also available in print).
  • Where East Meets West: Contemporary Chinese Music. La Scena Musicale Web Site (February 2004).
  • Chinese Composer Tan Dun Fuses Old and New. La Scena Musicale Web Site (February 2004).
  • Arab Music. La Scena Musicale Web Site (October 2004).

Other Sites

Bibliography of Scientific Articles.

N.B.: For those who wish to print the articles, click once on the text and then print.

Scores Available On-Line

Bruno Deschênes has also arranged traditional Japanese pieces for diverse Western instruments. Some can be found on the following Web site: www.SibeliusMusic.com. He currently has available the following pieces:

  • Kuroda Bushi, samourai song, for 2 flutes or 2 shakuhachis. Free.
  • Harusame (Spring Rain), geisha song, arranged for 2 flutes (or 2 shakuhachis) and 2 cellos (or 2 guitars). Cost: $3.95 US.
  • Sato No Aki (Fall in the Countryside), folksong, for flute and guitar. Free.
  • Rokudan No Shirabe (Piece in six parts), piece from the classical Japanese chamber music repertoire, originally for koto, shakuhachi and shamisen. Original arrangement for string quartet. Cost: $5.95 US.
  • Sado Okesa & Soran Bushi. Arrangement of two folk songs for shakuhachi and shinobue (or 2 flutes). Free.
  • Okinawa Songs. Arrangement of 5 songs from the island of Okinawa. The arrangement is for flute, violin and cello. Cost: $3.95.

© 2002-2004 Bruno Deschênes. All rights reserved.
Design by Kwok Minh Tran. Artworks by Shizuko Matsunaga. Photos by Bruno Deschênes.
For further information, please contact Bruno Deschênes at: bruno@musis.ca.
or by mail at 5561 Clark Street, Montréal (Québec) H2T 2V5. Telephone: (514) 277-4665.