What is Pierre Henry?
[[image:Pierre Henry (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Henry in January 2008]] '''Pierre Henry''' (9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French [[composer]]. He was considered a pioneer of the [[musique concrète]] genre of [[electronic music]]. He was born in [[Paris]]. Among Henry's works is the 1967 ballet ''Messe pour le temps présent''. In 1970 Henry collaborated with British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Spooky Tooth]] on the album ''[[Ceremony (Spooky Tooth and Pierre Henry album)|Ceremony]]''. Henry died at a hospital in Paris on 5 July 2017 at the age of 89.<ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/07/06/le-compositeur-francais-pierre-henry-est-mort_5156693_3382.html Mort de Pierre Henry, compositeur français et père de la musique concrète] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * {{imdb name|id=0377973}} *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3007|label=Pierre Henry}} *[http://home.comcast.net/~ed_maurer/PierreHenry/ Discography] of vinyl records. *[http://www.vilarmonia.com/ Pierre Henry at Virtual International Philharmonic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526044209/http://www.vilarmonia.com/ |date=2014-05-26 }} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyT9DxnQSI Vinyl recording of prologue''Psyché Rock'' (1967)] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Pierre}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Paris]] [[Category:20th-century French composers]] [[Category:21st-century French composers]]