Apart from his published and publicized music, Schaeffer conducted several musical (and specifically musique concrète-related) presentations via French radio. Later on, he found it was possible to remove the familiarity of musical instrument sounds and abstract them further by techniques such as removing the attack of the recorded sound. He predominantly wrote treatises and essays, but also penned a film review and two plays. Schaeffer's literary works span a range of genres, both in terms of fiction and non-fiction. Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: / p iː ˈ ɛər ˈ h ɛ n r iː m ə ˈ r iː ˈ ʃ eɪ f ər / (), French pronunciation: ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician.. He was among the first musicians to manipulate recorded sound for the purpose of using it in conjunction with other sounds in order to compose a musical piece. Techniques such as Furthermore, he emphasized the importance of "playing" (in his terms, (2) Reply to Otavio, text by Pierre Schaeffer in the program of Soares Brandão's concert in Salle Pleyel in honor of Pierre Schaeffer's 80th birthday (January 12, 1990): (3) Text by Pierre Schaeffer in support of experimental piano pedagogy (13/09/1990): Below is a list of Schaeffer's musical works, showing his compositions and the year(s) they were recorded. Although these broadcasts contained musical pieces by Schaeffer they cannot be adequately described as part of his main line of musical output. Amongst the vast range of works and projects he undertook, Schaeffer is most widely and currently recognized for his accomplishments in Schaeffer's writings (which include written and radio-narrated essays, biographies, short novels, a number of musical Today, Schaeffer is considered one of the most influential experimental, electroacoustic and subsequently Schaeffer received a diploma in radio broadcasting from the École Polytechnique.Later in 1934 Schaeffer entered his first employment as an engineer, briefly working in In these experiments, Pierre tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds,In 1938 Schaeffer began his career as a writer, penning various articles and essays for the Schaeffer left the GRMC in 1953 and reformed the group in 1958 as the Schaeffer was thereafter remembered by many of his colleagues with the title, "Musician of Sounds".From the contemporary point of view, the importance of Schaeffer's musique concrète is threefold. This is because the radio "Schaeffer's radio narratives include the following: At first he concentrated on working with sounds other than those produced by traditional musical instruments. He developed the concept of including any and all sounds into the vocabulary of music. Pierre Schaeffer / música concreta Quizás el primer productor de música electrónica. An ardent For a complete list of literary works by Pierre Schaeffer, see First experimentations and work in broadcasting and engineering; marriage and fatherhoodFirst experimentations and work in broadcasting and engineering; marriage and fatherhood