1977; Eridan (1986) and Moires (1994), both written for the Arditti Quartet; Kengir (1991), settings of ancient Sumerian love poems, and Manuel de résurrection (1998), setting texts from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, both written for the soprano Françoise Kubler and Ensemble "Accroche Note". Several of Mâche's works from the 1980s onwards make use of the sampling keyboard, notably L'estuaire du temps (1993) for sampler and large orchestra. Published books (as editor) Music, Society and Imagination in Contemporary France (1993) Musique, mythe, nature, ou les Dauphins d'Arion (Paris: Méridiens Klinksieck, 1983) Music, Myth and Nature: or, The Dolphins of Arion (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1992) (transl. from the French by Susan Delaney) Entre l'observatoire et l'atelier (Paris: Éditions Kimé, 1998) Un demi-siècle de musique... et toujours contemporaine (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2000) Musique au singulier (Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob, 2001) François-Bernard Mâche: de la musique, des languages, et des oiseaux: entretien (by Bruno Serrou). (Paris: Éditions Michel de Maule, 2007) Discography Styx, Lethe. Attacca Babel, 1994 Styx, Areg, Mesarthim, Léthé, Nocturne. Naxos, 2006. Maraé, Aera, Khnoum, Le printemps du serpent. Accord, 2005. L'Estuaire du temps, Braises, Andromède. Densité 21, 2005. Kengir, Phénix, Brûlis, Figures, Aulodie. Assai, 2002. Manuel de résurrection, Kassandra, Sopiana, Amorgos, Moires. Musidisc, 1999. Aliunde, Phénix, Trois Chants Sacrés, Figures, Kemit, Aulodie. Erato, 1993. Sources External links Living Composers Project XENAKIS, REYNOLDS, LANSKY, AND MÂCHE DISCUSS COMPUTER MUSIC Moderated by Thanassis Rikakis 4 July 1992, Delphi Computer Music Conference/Festival 1935 births Living people 20th-century classical composers French classical composers French male classical composers 21st-century classical composers Members of the Académie des beaux-arts 20th-century French composers 21st-century French composers 20th-century French male musicians 21st-century French male musicians