François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French composer. He studied with Olivier Messiaen and Émile Passani, and also earned a diploma in Greek archaeology (1957). He worked at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris from 1958 to 1963. His music often takes birdsong and human speech as models. His book Music, Myth and Nature, or The Dolphins of Arion (1983) is a foundation of zoomusicology. His works include Kassandra, which won the Italia Prize in 1977, and Moires for the Arditti Quartet.
1968 collective concert by the GRM soupergroup (François-Bernard Mâche, François Bayle, Ivo Malec, Luc Ferrari, Michel Philippot, Philippe Carson, Jean-Etienne Marie, Edgardo Cantón, Bernard Parmegiani) Philips' silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" series. Green labels.
1968 collective concert by the GRM soupergroup (François-Bernard Mâche, François Bayle, Ivo Malec, Luc Ferrari, Michel Philippot, Philippe Carson, Jean-Etienne Marie, Edgardo Cantón, Bernard Parmegiani) Philips' silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" series. Blue labels (please note the condition).
American presentation of French musique concrète compiled by Ilhan Mimaroglu in 1969 and featuring Pierre Schaeffer, François-Bernard Mâche, Michel Philippot, François Bayle, Luc Ferrari, Ivo Malec and Bernard Parmegiani. With insert.
Five works for six or four percussionists in surround sound: Xenakis's Persephassa, Mâche's Aera, Zihua Tan's Sorites and two pieces by Alcides Lanza, played by the Music in Motion Ensemble directed by Aiyun Huang.