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Pierre Henry

1927 - 2017

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Pierre Georges Albert François Henry (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi]; 9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer known for his significant contributions to musique concrète. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Henry is the 639th most popular composer (down from 554th in 2019), the 2,642nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,290th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pierre Henry ranks 639 out of 1,451. Before him are Felip Pedrell, Alex North, Johan Helmich Roman, Wolfgang Schmieder, John Taverner, and Georgy Sviridov. After him are Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Sullivan, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Antoine Forqueray, Hermann Levi, and Veljo Tormis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Pierre Henry ranks 146. Before him are Vittorio Gregotti, Júlio Duarte Langa, Stanisław Kania, Vladimir Shatalov, Juan Alonso, and Allen Newell. After him are Laura Betti, Bernard Vukas, Vladimir Ilyushin, Halton Arp, Theodor Wagner, and Christian Marquand. Among people deceased in 2017, Pierre Henry ranks 155. Before him are Ulf Stark, Jiro Taniguchi, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Shadia, Heinz Kessler, and Frank Vincent. After him are Étienne Tshisekedi, Linda Nochlin, Veljo Tormis, Cy Young, John Wetton, and Stephen Paddock.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Henry ranks 2,642 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Garrel (1948), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Paul Adam (1862), Clément Juglar (1819), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), and Guillaume de Sonnac (1200). After him are Pascal Bruckner (1948), Daniel Revenu (1942), Jacques Cœur (1395), André Téchiné (1943), Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788), and Patrice Leconte (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Pierre Henry ranks 96. Before him are Claude Goudimel (1514), François Devienne (1759), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Louis Couperin (1626), and Jean-Féry Rebel (1666). After him are Antoine Forqueray (1671), François Sudre (1787), Charles Lecocq (1832), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), Claude Balbastre (1724), and Maurice Emmanuel (1862).

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