Pierre Schaeffer
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Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer 14 August 1910 Nancy, Lorraine, France |
| Died | 19 August 1995 (aged 85) Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Occupation | Composer, musician, writer, engineer, professor, broadcaster, acoustician, musicologist, record producer, inventor, entrepreneur, cultural critic |
| Years active | 1942–1990 |
| Website | pierreschaeffer.com |
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: 
i/piːˈɛər ˈhɛnriː məˈriː ˈʃeɪfər/, French pronunciation: [ʃɛfɛʁ]; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician. 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.
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