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Born: August 14, 1910 in Nancy, France
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's
Died: August 19, 1995 in Les Milles, France
Genre: Avant-Garde

Biography:
The father of musique concrète, French composer Pierre Schaeffer was among the most visionary artists of the postwar era; through the creation of abstract sound mosaics divorced from conventional musical theory, he pioneered a sonic revolution which ...More >>

Discography: 1984 Erotica "Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul" (Collaboration with Pierre Henry) in "Concert Im More >>

Similar Artists: Olivier Messiaen François Bayle Luc Ferrari Iannis Xenakis Richard Maxfield More >>

Influenced By: Edgard Varèse Luigi Russolo John Cage More >> Followers: Steve Reich Perrey-Kingsley Francis Dhomont Gilles Gobeil Pierre Henry More >>

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