On December the 2nd 1954, in the theater of the Champs-Élysées, a masterpiece entitled Déserts, composed by Edgar Varèse, who was unknown in France at that time, was created in the framework of the musical programming of the R.T.F.. Edgar Varèse developped in Désertsan aesthetic marked by the will of integrating into western music sounds that were unused before (percussion, noises from factories and so on...). However the use of such sounds in a very institutionalized and codified framework provoked violent reactions from the audience that was present. Referring to various resources from the R.T.F. (written,sonorous and television archives),we will try to understand that scandal better by priviledging a micro-historical approach.This will help us to analyse the reasons why some persons made the composer understand that his music was out of place because of its strangeness.All this will lead us to explain the importance of the scandal even if it did not remain in people’s mind. However it was determining for the contemporary composers who celebrated the event as a kind of heroic battle concerning modern artistic creation. Thus transgression was magnified and became a standard.