Biography
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Born
18 June 1922
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Born In
Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Died
3 January 2008 (aged 85)
Henri Chopin (1922 - 2008) is a little-known but key figure of the French avant-garde during the second half of the 20th century. Known primarily as a concrete and sound poet, he created a large body of pioneering recordings using early tape recorders, studio technologies and the sounds of the manipulated human voice. His emphasis on sound is a reminder that language stems as much from oral traditions as from classic literature, of the relationship of balance between order and chaos.
Some of Henri Chopin's (de)compositions can be downloaded fee & legally for private use from UbuWeb.
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