Short bio Henri Pousseur
Full biography Henri Pousseur
Henri Pousseur was a Belgian composer, born in Malmedy on June 23, 1929, and passed away on March 6, 2009. Considered one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde music scene in Europe, Pousseur was an influential composer, teacher, and theorist.
Pousseur began his musical education at a young age, studying at the Liège Conservatory of Music. Here, he was exposed to contemporary classical music, including the works of Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern. Pousseur went on to study at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he worked with Olivier Messiaen and André Jolivet.
Throughout his career, Pousseur was known for his experimental musical style, incorporating elements of serialism, aleatory music, and musique concrète. His compositions often involved multi-layered soundscapes, incorporating both acoustic and electronic elements.
One of Pousseur's most famous works was his 1968 piece, "Voyage éloigné" ("Distant Journey"), which was composed for a film by the same name. The piece features an intricate interplay between traditional orchestral instruments and electronic sounds, creating a unique and otherworldly soundscape.
In addition to his work as a composer, Pousseur was also a respected music theorist and educator. He taught at institutions including the Cologne Hochschule für Musik, the Université de Liège, and the University of Buffalo in New York.
Overall, Henri Pousseur was a pioneering figure in contemporary classical music, known for his innovative and experimental compositions. His legacy continues to inspire musicians and composers worldwide.
Albums featuring Henri Pousseur
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Cathy Berberian, Luciano Berio, John Cage, Sarah Defrise, Henri Pousseur – For Cathy, A Capella Album, A Tribute to Cathy Berberian(CD, Stereo) | 2021 | Sub Rosa |
| 2 |  |
Henri Pousseur, Roberto Fabbriciani – Works For Flute(CD, Album) | 2019 | Mode |
| 3 |  |
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-72 | 2016 | Sub Rosa |
| 4 |  |
Roberto Fabbriciani, Henri Pousseur - Roberto Fabbriciani, Alvise Vidolin – Zeus Joueur De Flûtes(CD, Album) | 2014 | Stradivarius |
| 5 |  |
Parabolique D'Enfer(CD) | 2011 | Sub Rosa |
| 6 |  |
Hommage Au Sauvage - Un Portrait D'Henri Pousser(DVD, ) | 2009 | Sub Rosa |
| 7 |  |
Electronic Experimental And Microtonal 1953-1999(CD, Album) | 2008 | Sub Rosa |
| 8 |  |
Pétales De Rêve Dans Le Paravent Du Vieux Moine(LP, Limited Edition, Box Set) | 2008 | Die Schachtel |
| 9 |  |
Musique Mixte 1966:1970(CD, ) | 2006 | Sub Rosa |
| 10 |  |
Defresne • Mather • Pousseur • Gonneville • Laporte – Naturel: Musiques Montréal • Liège(CD, Album) | 2005 | Atma Classique |
| 11 |  |
Métamorphose Des Noces De Mnemosyne Et D'Eclipticare(CD, Album) | 2004 | Éditions Luc Pire |
| 12 |  |
Steffen Schleiermacher - Kagel, Stockhausen, Pousseur, Lachenmann, Brown – Piano Music Of The Darmstadt School Vol. 2(CD, Album) | 2004 | MDG |
| 13 |  |
Couleurs Croisées / La Seconde Apothéose De Rameau(CD, ) | 2004 | Cypres |
| 14 |  |
Henri Pousseur & Michel Butor – Paysages Planétaires(3×CD, Album, Box Set, ) | 2004 | Alga Marghen |
| 15 |  |
Henri Pousseur, Iannis Xenakis, Petra Vermote, Suzanne Giraud, Hans Roels, Serge Verstockt – Music for Espace Christian Dotremont Extracts(CD, ) | 2002 | Klara A+ |
| 16 |  |
Henri Pousseur - Frederic Rzewski, Beethoven Academie, Pierre Bartholomée – Aquarius-Memorial(CD, Album) | 2001 | Cypres |
| 17 |  |
Pousseur - Main - Jeck - Oval – 4 Parabolic Mixes(2×CD, ) | 2001 | Sub Rosa |
| 18 |  |
8 Études Paraboliques(4×CD) | 2001 | Sub Rosa |
| 19 |  |
Liège À Paris(CD, Album) | 2000 | Sub Rosa |
| 20 |  |
La Guirlande De Pierre(CD, ) | 1999 | Cypres |
| 21 |  |
Henri Pousseur - Marianne Pousseur, Peter Harvey, Alice Ader, Brigitte Foccroulle, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, Pierre Bartholomée – Dichterliebesreigentraum(CD, Album) | 1997 | Cypres |
| 22 |  |
Henri Pousseur, Bernard Foccroulle, Michel Fourgon, Fréderic D'Haene, Edison Denisov, Giacinto Scelsi – Nouvelles Musiques de Chambre: Pousseur, Foccroulle, Fourgon, D'haene, Denisov Scelsi(CD, Stereo) | 1996 | Cypres |
| 23 |  |
Henri Pousseur - Christian Crahay, Marianne Pousseur, Peter Harvey, Jean-Pierre Peuvion – Traverser La Forêt(CD, ) | 1993 | Adda |
| 24 |  |
Electronic Works | 1990 | BV Haast Records |
| 25 |  |
Irmela Nolte, Cristóbal Halffter, Giacinto Scelsi, Isang Yun, George Benjamin, Edison Denisov, Jan Jirásek, Henri Pousseur, Goffredo Petrassi – Flöte Avantgarde(CD, Album) | 1990 | Blackbird Rec |
| 26 |  |
Luciano Berio - Henry Pousseur - John Cage - Cathy Berberian – La Nuova Musica - Volume 3(CD, ) | 1989 | Stradivarius |
| 27 |  |
Luciano Berio / John Cage / Henri Pousseur / Cathy Berberian - Linda Hirst / London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson – Songs Cathy Sang | 1988 | Virgin Classics |
| 28 |  |
Michel Butor, Henri Pousseur – La Rose Des Voix(LP, Album) | 1985 | Igloo |
| 29 |  |
Pousseur / Manzoni / Clementi / Kagel – Documenti Sonori: Musica Oggi: Mobile Per Due Pianoforti / Quadruplum / Intavolatura Per Clavicembalo / Transición II Per Pianoforte, Batteria E Due Nastri Magnetici(LP, Compilation, Reissue) | 1983 | Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri |
| 30 |  |
Henri Pousseur(LP, Album) | 1981 | Musique Nouvelle (3) |
| 31 |  |
Willem Pijper / Oscar van Hemel / Henri Pousseur / Igor Stravinski – Kamermuziek(LP, Compilation) | 1981 | Philips |
| 32 |  |
Butor / Pousseur – Votre Faust | 1973 | BASF |
| 33 |  |
Stockhausen / Brown / Penderecki / Pousseur / Ramati / Maderna / Nono / Fukushima / Berio / Lehmann - Severino Gazzelloni / Lothar Faber / Frederick Rzewski / Solisti Dell'Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma – La Musica Nuova | 1973 | RCA Italiana |
| 34 |  |
Les Ephémérides D'Icare 2(LP, Stereo) | 1972 | BASF |
| 35 |  |
Pierre Boulez Dirige Messiaen / Eloy / Pousseur – Pierre Boulez Dirige Messiaen, Eloy, Pousseur | 1971 | Disques Adès |
| 36 |  |
Dallapiccola / Boulez / Pousseur – Improvisation No. 2 / Parole Di San Paolo / Concerto Per La Notte Di Natale Dell´Anno / Trois Chants Sacrés | 1969 | Candide |
| 37 |  |
Luciano Berio / Henri Pousseur – Circles / Mobile / Trois Chants Sacrés(10") | 1969 | Fratelli Fabbri Editori |
| 38 |  |
Madrigal III(7", 33 ⅓ RPM) | 1969 | Disques Adès |
| 39 |  |
Henri Pousseur - Michel Butor / Pierre Bartholomee – Jeu De Miroirs De Votre Faust / Le Tombeau De Marin Marais | 1968 | WERGO |
| 40 |  |
Pierre Boulez Dirige Eloy / Pousseur / Schoenberg – Equivalences / Madrigal III / Verklarte Nacht | 1967 | Disques Adès |
| 41 |  |
Karlheinz Stockhausen / Krzysztof Penderecki / Earle Brown / Henri Pousseur, Rome Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Maderna – The New Music | 1967 | RCA Victrola |
| 42 |  |
John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Milton Babbitt – New Electronic Music From Leaders Of The Avant-Garde | 1967 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 43 |  |
Webern, Pousseur, Schnebel, Nono, Bussotti, Otte, Ligeti - Die Stuttgarter Schola Cantorum Leitung: Clytus Gottwald – Neue Chormusik I | 1966 | WERGO |
| 44 |  |
Electre | 1961 | Universal Edition |
| 45 |  |
Krzysztof Penderecki / Luigi Nono / Karlheinz Stockhausen / Henri Pousseur – Trenodia Per Le Vittime Di Hiroshima(LP) | - | RCA |
| 46 |  |
Stockhausen / Pousseur / Maderna / Nono / Berio / Severino Gazzelloni / Frederick Rzewski – The New Music(LP) | - | RCA Red Seal |
| 47 |  |
Louis De Meester, Emmanuel Van Weerst, Didier Gazelle, Lucien Goethals, Henri Pousseur – Incantations / Hygiëne / Studie / Cellotape / Trois Visages De Liège(LP, Compilation) | - | Cultura |
| 48 |  |
Charles Ives / William Bolcom / Luciano Berio / Henri Pousseur / Max Lifchitz – Scherzo "Over The Pavements" / Session IV / Sequenza II / Madrigal III / Solo(LP, Compilation) | - | Philips |
Videos featuring Henri Pousseur
Henri Pusseur - Rimes 1-2-3
Gran obra contemporanea del disco "Early experimental electronic music 1954-1961"
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1972 (Ex Dei In Machinam Memoria)
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Early Experimental Electronic Music 1972 (Ex Dei In Machinam Memoria) · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1972 (Ex Dei In Machinam Memoria)
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-02
Composer: Henri Pousseu
Henri Pousseur: Les Éphémérides d'Icare 2 (1970)
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Liège à paris part 1
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Liège à paris part 1 · Henri Pousseur
Liège à paris
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2014-06-03
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Stephan Vermeersch performs Madrigal I by Henri Pousseur
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Henri Pousseur - Océan Papouindien
From "Paysages Planétaires" (Alga Marghen, 2004)
Henri Pousseur Electre
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Henri Pousseur, La Rose des Voix (1982)
Henri Pousseur (1929--2009), La Rose des Voix, in collaboration with Michel Butor (1926--), for four speakers, four vocal quartets, four choirs and eight musicians (1982)
Michel Butor, Amid Chakir, Marianne Pousser, Françoise Walot
D. Verkinderen, M. B
Henri Pousseur Madrigal III ( pour clarinette et cinq instruments )
Date de composition : 1962
•Musique concertante Clarinette et petit ensemble jusqu'à 9 instruments
Effectif détaillé •soliste : clarinette
•violon, violoncelle, piano, 2 percussionniste
Solistes et Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez, d
A1 Louis De Meester -- Incantations
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Scambi
Scambi · Henri Pousseur
An anthology of noise and electronic music vol,1
℗ sub rosa
Released on: 2006-12-11
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Liège à paris part 2
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Liège à paris part 2 · Henri Pousseur
Liège à paris
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2014-06-03
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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L 'Air Et L'eau
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L 'Air Et L'eau · Henri Pousseur
Acousmatrix - The History of Electronic Music IV
℗ 2014 BV Haast
Released on: 2002-10-19
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Henri Pousseur, Madrigal III (Boulez, Domaine Ensemble) - Part 1
Henri Pousseur (born 23 June 1929, Malmedy - died 6 March 2009, Brussels) was a Belgian composer. Generally regarded as a member of the Darmstadt School in the 1950s, Pousseur's music employs serialism, mobile forms, and aleatory, often mediating between
A2 Emmanuel Van Weerst -- Hygiène
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Rimes 1-2-3
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Rimes 1-2-3 · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Séismogrammes, pt. 1
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Séismogrammes, pt. 1 · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Voix De La Ville
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Voix De La Ville · Henri Pousseur
Acousmatrix - The History of Electronic Music IV
℗ 2014 BV Haast
Released on: 2002-10-19
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Liège à paris part 15
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Liège à paris part 15 · Henri Pousseur
Liège à paris
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2014-06-03
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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A3 Didier Gazelle -- Studie
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Rimes 1-2
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Rimes 1-2 · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Trois visages de Liège / Forges
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Trois visages de Liège / Forges · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Composer: Henri Pousseur
Music Publisher: D.R
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Liège à paris part 4
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Liège à paris part 4 · Henri Pousseur
Liège à paris
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2014-06-03
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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A4 Lucien Goethals -- Cellotape
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B1 Henri Pousseur -- L'air Et L'eau
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Paraboles-Mix
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Paraboles-Mix · Henri Pousseur
Acousmatrix - The History of Electronic Music IV
℗ 2014 BV Haast
Released on: 2002-10-19
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Scambi
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Scambi · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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B2 Henri Pousseur -- Voix De La Ville
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Séismogrammes, pt. 2
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Séismogrammes, pt. 2 · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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B3 Henri Pousseur -- Forges
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Trois visages de Liège / Voix de la ville
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Trois visages de Liège / Voix de la ville · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Eléments de trois visages de Liège
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Eléments de trois visages de Liège · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2016-02-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Trois visages de liège / L'air et l'eau
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Trois visages de liège / L'air et l'eau · Henri Pousseur
Early Experimental Electronic Music 1954-61
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Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Fourth parabolic mix
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Fourth parabolic mix · Oval
4 parabolic mixes
℗ Sub Rosa
Released on: 2007-03-30
Composer: Henri Pousseur
Composer: Markus Popp
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First parabolic mix
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First parabolic mix · Henri Pousseur
4 parabolic mixes
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Released on: 2007-03-30
Composer: Henri Pousseur
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Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki, Earle Brown, Henri Pousseur (1967) - The New Music
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Luciano Berio - Folk Songs for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (1964-1973)
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John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Milton Babbitt - New Electronic Music From Leaders Of The Avant-Garde
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John Cage Variations II 26:20
–Milton Babbitt Ensembles For Synthesizer 10:38
–Henri Pousseur Trois Visages De Liège (17:50)
– I - L'Air Et L'Eau 5:09
– II - Voix De La Ville
John Cage:Aria(Claron McFadden)by TNUA Animation Department students
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna (w. Full Score)
c. 1966
Sarà dolce tacere (1960) (For 8 solo voices)
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Quando Stanno Morendo
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Anton Webern - Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen Op. 2
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Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen, for chorus, Op. 2 (1908)
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Dieter Schnebel: Deuteronomium 31,6 (1956/1958)
Dieter Schnebel (*1930): Deuteronomium, 31,6 (1956/1958).
Stuttgarter Schola Cantorum diretti da Clytus Gottwald.
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