Janine Charbonnier is a French

French people

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 pianist, composer and pioneer in composer-generated music. She was born in Paris

Paris

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, and married writer Georges Charbonnier.

With Pierre Barbaud and Roger Blanchard, she co-founded the Groupe de Musique Algorithmique de Paris (GMAP). With the assistance of Bull Centre National Computing Electronics, they produced their first concert of algorithmic music, programming in Fortran

Fortran

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, as part of an art festival at the Rodin Museum

Rodin Museum

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 in Paris

Paris

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in June 1959.

Works

Selected works include:

• La Varsovienne, electronic, 1965 (with Roger Blanchard)
• The Warsaw, electronic, 1965 (with Pierre Barbaud)
• Circus, a theatrical musical based on a novel by Maurice Roche
• Exercice Op.3 for woodwind quartet
• Prélude, Canon, Choral for woodwind quartet