Pierre Henry (9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer, conside… Read Full Bio ↴Pierre Henry (9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.
Pierre Henry was born in Paris, France, and began experimenting at the age of 15 with sounds produced by various objects. He became fascinated with the integration of noise into music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, and Félix Passerone at the Paris Conservatoire from 1938 to 1948 (Dhomont 2001).
Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d'Essai studio at RTF, which had been founded by Pierre Schaeffer in 1943 (Dhomont 2001). During this period, he wrote the 1950 piece Symphonie pour un homme seul, in cooperation with Schaeffer; he also composed the first musique concrète to appear in a commercial film, the 1952 short film "Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie." Henry has scored numerous additional films and ballets.
Two years after leaving the RTF, he founded with Jean Baronnet the first private electronic studio in France, the Apsone-Cabasse Studio (Dhomont 2001).
Among Henry's works is the 1967 ballet Messe pour le temps présent (Dhomont 2001), a collaboration with choreographer Maurice Béjart that debuted in Avignon (Rubin 2001). In 1970 Henry collaborated with British rock band Spooky Tooth on the album Ceremony (Rubin 2001, 308).
Composer Christopher Tyng was heavily inspired by Henry's "Psyché Rock" when writing the theme to the popular animated cartoon show Futurama. The theme is so reminiscent of the Henry's song, it is considered a variation of the original (Cohen 2001).
Discography
1950 Symphonie pour un homme seul (in collaboration with Pierre Schaeffer)
1951 Le microphone bien temperé
Musique sans titre
Concerto des ambiguities mit Klavier
1952 First film music with musique concrète for Jean Gremillons film Astrologie
1953 Orphée 53, experimental opera for Donaueschingen Festival, first stage play[contradictory] with musique concrète (together with Pierre Schaeffer)
1955 Arcane (ballet)
1956 Haut voltage (ballet)
1958 Coexistence
1959 Investigations
1961 La Noire à Soixante
1962 Le voyage (Limelight Records) (also Mercury Living Presence SR90482)
1963 La Reine Verte (ballet)
1963 Variations pour une porte et un soupir (Variations For a Door And a Sigh) Limelight Records LS 86059
1967 Messe pour le temps présent (in cooperation with Michel Colombier), which features "Psyché Rock" on track 2 on side A after a prologue of 1:47 minutes
1968 L’Apocalypse de Jean (Die Apokalypse des Johannes) with spoken text
1969 Ceremony (with Spooky Tooth)
1971 Nijinsky, clown de dieu (ballet)
1973 Machine Danse
1973 Kyldex I (cybernetic ballet)
1975 Futuriste, in memory of the Italian Futurists Luigi Russolo
1979 La Dixième Symphonie, tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven
1986 La Dixième Symphonie De Beethoven
1990 Le livre des morts égyptien (Book of the Dead)
1997 Interieur/Exterrieur
2015 Choix d'oeuvres de 1950-1985 (Selections of works 1950-1985 on VOD Records Cat VOD133 Edition of 400 on 10xVinyl records)
Pierre Henry was born in Paris, France, and began experimenting at the age of 15 with sounds produced by various objects. He became fascinated with the integration of noise into music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, and Félix Passerone at the Paris Conservatoire from 1938 to 1948 (Dhomont 2001).
Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d'Essai studio at RTF, which had been founded by Pierre Schaeffer in 1943 (Dhomont 2001). During this period, he wrote the 1950 piece Symphonie pour un homme seul, in cooperation with Schaeffer; he also composed the first musique concrète to appear in a commercial film, the 1952 short film "Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie." Henry has scored numerous additional films and ballets.
Two years after leaving the RTF, he founded with Jean Baronnet the first private electronic studio in France, the Apsone-Cabasse Studio (Dhomont 2001).
Among Henry's works is the 1967 ballet Messe pour le temps présent (Dhomont 2001), a collaboration with choreographer Maurice Béjart that debuted in Avignon (Rubin 2001). In 1970 Henry collaborated with British rock band Spooky Tooth on the album Ceremony (Rubin 2001, 308).
Composer Christopher Tyng was heavily inspired by Henry's "Psyché Rock" when writing the theme to the popular animated cartoon show Futurama. The theme is so reminiscent of the Henry's song, it is considered a variation of the original (Cohen 2001).
Discography
1950 Symphonie pour un homme seul (in collaboration with Pierre Schaeffer)
1951 Le microphone bien temperé
Musique sans titre
Concerto des ambiguities mit Klavier
1952 First film music with musique concrète for Jean Gremillons film Astrologie
1953 Orphée 53, experimental opera for Donaueschingen Festival, first stage play[contradictory] with musique concrète (together with Pierre Schaeffer)
1955 Arcane (ballet)
1956 Haut voltage (ballet)
1958 Coexistence
1959 Investigations
1961 La Noire à Soixante
1962 Le voyage (Limelight Records) (also Mercury Living Presence SR90482)
1963 La Reine Verte (ballet)
1963 Variations pour une porte et un soupir (Variations For a Door And a Sigh) Limelight Records LS 86059
1967 Messe pour le temps présent (in cooperation with Michel Colombier), which features "Psyché Rock" on track 2 on side A after a prologue of 1:47 minutes
1968 L’Apocalypse de Jean (Die Apokalypse des Johannes) with spoken text
1969 Ceremony (with Spooky Tooth)
1971 Nijinsky, clown de dieu (ballet)
1973 Machine Danse
1973 Kyldex I (cybernetic ballet)
1975 Futuriste, in memory of the Italian Futurists Luigi Russolo
1979 La Dixième Symphonie, tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven
1986 La Dixième Symphonie De Beethoven
1990 Le livre des morts égyptien (Book of the Dead)
1997 Interieur/Exterrieur
2015 Choix d'oeuvres de 1950-1985 (Selections of works 1950-1985 on VOD Records Cat VOD133 Edition of 400 on 10xVinyl records)
Have Mercy
Pierre Henry Lyrics
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'Til Tuesday He made me feel so second-best I never should have let…
26ar I'm too blind (A Lau on the beat) , to see…
@Raekwon I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Aaron Frazer Didn't know a thing about it But I know enough to…
Ace Hood Lord forgive 'em, for they know not what they do As…
Alvin Lee Have mercy on a child of God, oh yeah -…
Awon Awon on his soul shit Ak the one composing I ain't got…
BaZeRk Have Mercy Part 2 Hello God, yes it's me again Did miss…
Chlöe (Murda on the beat so it's not nice) Booty so big…
Dakota Jones Sweet thing A new season, same old shit it brings My hair…
Dan Dinnen Have mercy Have mercy on me Have mercy Have a little mercy o…
Danielle Carr Lord Lord have mercy Lord have mercy, yeah Mercy on our soul…
Delbert McClinton Have mercy, have mercy, baby Have mercy, please, have mercy …
Earth & Stone Load up your powder Load up your gun Follow your footsteps a…
Elexis Marie Its been years Its been so long what can I…
Eric Grooms I've been really growing this year I've been doing good, I…
Eric Johanson down in the alley, up against the wall too late for…
Eryn Allen Kane When I count all my blessings, blessings I can't even be…
EST Gee (Rizzo, how you do that?) Yeah, yeah (John Gotitt) Yeah I h…
Firehouse Looking for direction, got nowhere to place my loyalties I'v…
Franz Nicolay I was the shadow of a waxwing slain I was the…
French Montana Beanie Sigel Jadakiss Styles P Woah, have mercy on me, uh Have mercy on me Father 'Cause…
French Montana feat. Beanie Sigel Jadakiss & Styles P Woah, have mercy on me, uh Have mercy on me Father 'Cause…
Gemini There's a wave of quiet anger In the streets tonight And a…
Gerald Levert [Chorus] Have mercy on me Have pity on me You're making me w…
J.U.S Have mercy on my soul Have mercy on my soul Fighting demons …
Ja Harlin Have mercy lemme see it more clearer back and forth battle…
Jason Gallagher Have mercy Or you don't have nothin at all and you're…
Jay-Z & Kendrick Lamar Have mercy on me On me oh lord on me oh…
Jefe Yung E This take me back to Sunday services Ain't even know who…
John E. Davis Y'know death don't have no mercy in this land Death don't…
Judds Well, I was standing in line at the city bus…
Kezz-I Long days and nights with no sleep Facing my problems but…
Kofi Kinaata Abɛde mpo! Call me Kofi Kinaata Mutwa minndi me di a…
Loretta Lynn Have mercy on me baby I'm down upon my knees Have mercy…
LouisxLowg Lord have mercy on my soul on my soul on…
M-1 Es ist wieder Montag ich schaue auf den Dom-Platz Und denke…
Mighty Diamonds Guide us Jah man, guide us Jah man, oh yeah. Have…
Mighty Diamonds The Guide us Jah man, Guide us Jah man, oh yeah.…
Mighty Diamonds-Mutabaruka Guide us Jah man, guide us Jah man, oh yeah Have…
Mike Gunther I don't wait for women they always expire Their shadows tu…
Mr. Cool I pray the lord have mercy I pray the lord have…
Newage 6.5 If you know you know glory to God If you know…
Nivea Baby (baby, mmmm) What can I do to make you forgive…
NoClue Give ear to my prayer, O God And hide not thyself…
Nya Lee I remember my first time coming to the bricks Saw drop…
One and the Same Long days and nights with no sleep Facing my problems but…
Out Of Eden Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned I have strayed from…
Paul Cauthen Ain't gonna talking gone a-walking till they break me down N…
Phish Guide us Jah man, guide us Jah man, oh yeah Have…
Pieter Coffee & Friends Have mercy My God Have mercy My God A contrite heart, a bro…
Raekwon I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Raekwon Beanie Sigel I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Raekwon Beanie Sigel & Blue Raspberry You have to learn mercy Otherwise, you will learn bad ways Y…
Raekwon feat. Beanie Siegel & Blue Raspberry I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Raekwon feat. Beanie Sigel & Blue Raspberry I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Raekwon Feat. Beanie Sigel A.K.A. Mack Mittens Blue Raspber I'm tryin' a climb a stairways to heaven like led…
Raekwon Feat. Beanie Sigel A.K.A. Mack Mittens Blue Raspberry (Prod. By Icewater Productions) I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Raekwon Feat. Beanie Sigel and Blue Raspberry I'm tryin' a climb a stairways to heaven like led…
Raekwon Ft. Beanie Sigel & Blue Raspberry I've been living in this world Not knowing where I'm going…
Raekwon [feat. Beanie Sigel] Woah, have mercy on me, uh Have mercy on me Father 'Cause…
Richard Marx Ships are moving closer to the shoreline And we're laughing …
Richard Marx feat. Michael Landau Ships are moving closer to the shoreline And we're laughing…
Robert Palmer (D Covay) Have mercy, have mercy baby Please have mercy,hav…
S.I.C. When I keep my eyes on God I then shall live When…
Sally Vaughn I was standing in line at the city bus stop Soaked…
Select Start Awkward silence, I grace your hand My heart is racing to…
Shane O Oh lord have mercy Ooo vampire ah look blood because dem…
softest hard Sweet Lord, please have mercy Baby Jesus, Please save us I…
Sonoride Hey girl, you're blowing out my mind Stealing all my time Oh…
Soul Purposed Have mercy on me Lord I just can't seem to get…
Steep Canyon Rangers One more kiss then walk away Set me free from your…
Steve Earle He was standin' on the corner A hundred dollar bill…
Steve Earle & The Dukes He was standin' on the corner A hundred dollar bill…
Sweet Spirit Lonesome is the whip-poor-will Never seen one but I feel Tim…
The Black Sorrows Have mercy, have mercy, baby Have mercy, have mercy on me We…
The Gaslight Anthem Come pick me up from the night From the hands of…
The Judd's Well, I was standing in line at the city bus…
The Mighty Diamonds Guide us Jah man, guide us Jah man, oh yeah Have…
The Other Favorites Have mercy on me, denied myself the treatment I need And…
The Platters Moonlight on the river Colorado How I wish that I were…
The Slaves Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have Mercy on my…
The System You're so deep you should have been an ocean And I'd…
Third Day My will won't break, it barely bends Same old sinner, the…
Thunder Have mercy, if you please Have mercy on a man like…
Til Tuesday He made me feel so second-best I never should have let…
TIL TUESDAY (Aimee Mann) He made me feel so second-best I never should have let…
Two Ton Boa Who could tell You can smell poison in a perfume dwell So…
U-Roy Come on, heart Heart have mercy Climb out of your secret spa…
Various Artists Yeah yeah yeah I love you But I gotta stay true My…
Viktor Lazlo You walked back into my life, Just when this heart of…
William & Mary Cleftomaniacs Well I grew up wild and free walking these fields…
William Elliott Whitmore You're mistaken if you think I'm gonna let you Drag me…
X-Group If I gotta burn in fire Feel the flames For my loved…
Yazz You walked back into my life, Just when this heart of…
YBN Cordae Kidd Ugh Sweet Lord, please have mercy Baby Jesus, plea…
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MothershipOracle
got to be one of my top albums of all time!!! such a masterpiece....which has been highly underrated, ....its one of those albums thats a total one-off!! highly religious content (christian?) which i can totaly identify with too. 10/10!!!
bunnyhead71
such a masterpiece of an album.
Walter Pawlat
absolutely!
Barry Lamb
I know this record was largely dismissed by the band and many fans but for me it is Spooky Tooth's finest hour. What an amazing combination. I am not a huge fan of Spooky Tooth and for the most part they seemed a pretty mediocre pedestrian rock band and apart from a couple of tracks most notably their cover of "Society's Child" they don't particularly stand out. This record though blows my circuits. I would put this among 20 or so albums that I love from start to finish with no filler or excess.
artichokeabitch
I just pulled this out after not listening to it for at least a decade and wow...somehow I had totally missed what an amazing album this actually is.
space progger
absolutely!! an undeniable avante garde classic...with superb playing from the whole band.
Dave Showler
I agree with all you say ... it saved me posting it! :)
tim ballard kentishbloke
Strange album. You either love it or hate it. Even the band members were taken aback when they heard the end result after Henry had fiddled and twiddled over their work. As Luther Grosvenor exclaimed at the time..''what the fuck''!
David Bridger
That is one BADASS jam.
Villstyringen
I would say the fantastic album CEREMONY was an album by SPOOKY TOOTH, featuring Pierre Henry.