- Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry (born
December 9 ,1927 inParis ,France ) is a French composer, considered a pioneer of themusique concrète genre ofelectronic music .Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d'Essai studio at RTF, founded by
Pierre Schaeffer . During this period, he wrote the 1950 piece "Symphonie pour un homme seul", in cooperation with Schaeffer; he also composed the first musique concrète to appear in a commercial film, the 1952short film "Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie". Henry has scored numerous additional films and ballets. Among Henry's best known works is the experimental 1967 album "Messe pour le temps présent", one of several cooperations with choreographerMaurice Béjart featuring the popular track "Psyché Rock." In 1970 Henry collaborated with British rock bandSpooky Tooth on the album "Ceremony".One of Henry's best-known influences on contemporary popular culture is to the theme song of the TV series "
Futurama ". The tune is inspired by Henry's 1967 composition "Psyché Rock." [cite web| title=BBC-Music Profiles-Pierre Henry| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/w84h/| accessdate = 2007-10-09]External links
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* [http://mac-texier.ircam.fr/textes/c00000039/ Biography] (in French) fromIRCAM
* [http://home.comcast.net/~ed_maurer/PierreHenry/ Discography] of vinyl records.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKz4qVmUz84 Video for "Psyché Rock]
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