I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, … - Pierre Schaeffer

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I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.'

Pierre Schaeffer

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Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster and engineer most widely recognized as the chief pioneer of musique concrète. His writings are often concerned with his development of the genre as well as the theoretics and philosophy of music in general. Do not confuse with Peter Shaffer.

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I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.' - Pierre Schaeffer

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