A Music Bar for active listeners: An example of Virtual Electronic Lutherie for a history 50 years long

This paper presents initial results of an ongoing project devoted to the analysis and virtualization of the analog electronic devices of the "Studio di Fonologia Musicale", one of the European centres of reference for the production of electroacoustic music in the 1950's and 1960's. After a brief summary of the history of the Studio, the paper discusses a particularly representative musical work produced at the Studio, namely the analogue tape work Scambi composed in 1957 by Henri Pousseur. Finally, the paper presents initial results on the analysis and simulation of the electronic lutherie used by Pousser in this composition, and the ongoing work finalized at developing an installation that re-creates such electronic lutherie.