Pierre Henry: The Art of Sounds
MovieTitle | PIERRE HENRY OU L'ART DES SONS |
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Genre | Documentary |
Director | Éric Darmon , Franck Mallet |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Mémoire Magnétique, Love Streams agnès b. Productions, ARTE France Cinéma |
Run time | 52 min. |
Experimental French composer Pierre Henry, one of the pioneers of musique concrete, is the subject of this documentary that traces his development of a new sound that shocked the music world. During the 1950s, the radical innovator and his colleague Pierre Schaeffer created a unique form of music based on electronically modified environmental noises. Special features include a concert recorded in Paris and the short film "Le Candidat."