Jean-Jacques Perrey, electronic musical pioneer, dies at 87 | Music | The Guardian

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Jean-Jacques Perrey, electronic musical pioneer, dies at 87
 
The French composer who co-wrote Baroque Hoedown – known to millions of Disneyland visitors – dies in Switzerland
Associated Press Saturday 5 November 2016 23.55 GMT
 

 
 
Jean-Jacques Perrey was one of the first European artists to work with electronic instruments. Photograph: Jennifer Brown
Jean-Jacques Perrey, the French composer and pioneer of electronic music, has died at 87.
Perrey died in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday “from a very quick and violent lung cancer,” according to his daughter, Patricia Leroy.
Perrey was known as one of the first artists in Europe to work with electronic instruments. In the 1960s, he worked with the American composer Gershon Kingsley in the duo Perrey and Kingsley, whose Baroque Hoedown became known to millions worldwide as the music for the Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland and Disney World.
His music appeared in commercials and on TV shows including The Simpsons and Comedy Central’s South Park.
 

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