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Pierre Henry was a musician whose professional career began in 1948. He remained active in his field until his death on July 5, 2017. He was born on December 9, 1927.
His body of work includes two recorded pieces. The total number of viewers or listeners associated with his output is recorded as 1,196,590.
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Paris, France
Pierre Georges Albert François Henry (9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer and pioneer of musique concrète. Henry was born in Paris, France, and began experimenting at the age of 15 with sounds produced by various objects. He became fascinated with the integration of noise into music, now called noise music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, and Félix Passerone…
Known for
- Pierre Henry: The Art of Sounds — Himself2007
- Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest2006
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Samedi soir — Self1971
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Official website
Pierre Henry
Site officiel du compositeur de musique concrète Pierre Henry (1927-2017), dont l'association Son/Ré poursuit sa mission de préservation et du rayonnement de son œuvre.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Family name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Nadia Boulanger
- Genre
- electronic rock
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- pierre-henry.org
- Image
- Pierre Henry.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pierre Henry
- date of birth
- 1927-12-09
- name in native language
- Pierre Henry
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- date of death
- 2017-07-06
- cause of death
- sepsis
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- birth name
- Pierre Georges Albert François Henry
- P12674
- Robert Kraft
- manner of death
- natural causes
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1196590
Sources (9)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Pierre Henry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana