Person

Pierre Schaeffer

Sound 1910-08-14 Nancy, France

Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime. Amongst the vast rang...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Antoine and Colette

Antoine and Colette

1962 · Pierre Schaeffer

Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty

1962 · Himself (segment "Antoine et Colette")

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World

Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World

2022 · Self - Composer (archive footage)

Discorama

Discorama

1959 · Self

The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse

The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse

1966 · Self

La Voix

La Voix

2023 · Voice

Pierre Schaeffer lance un appel aux chercheurs

1961 · Movie