Pierre Henry, Pioneer Of Musique Concrète And 'Grandfather Of Techno,' Dead At 89

"Henry, a trained composer who studied with ... Olivier Messiaen, is known for establishing the GRMC (Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète) ... along with his early colleague and radio professional Pierre Schaeffe. ... Henry composed the first work of musique concrète to be used in a commercial film, his 1952 work Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie. Later, Henry would establish the first private electronic music studio in France, the Apsone-Cabasse Studio."

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