Claude Pascal
Claude Pascal (born February 19, 1921[1] in Paris), is a French composer.
After studying at the Paris Conservatoire, he obtained the 1945 Premier Prix de Rome for the cantata, La farce du contre Bandier.[1] After a brief period as conductor of the Opéra-Comique, Pascal became professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1952, a position he held until his retirement in 1987. From 1969 to 1979 he worked as a music critic for Le Figaro, and from 1983 to 1991 he was an expert on copyright issues at the Paris Court of Appeals.[2]
Pascal's extensive work as a composer includes practically every musical genre. The discography of his works consists of more than thirty CDs.
Works
- Quatuor à cordes, 1943
- Octuor for wind instruments, 1944
- Sonatine for alto saxophone and piano, 1947
- 1ère Sonate for violin and piano, 1947
- Air varié for contrabass and piano, 1950
- Pop-corn for violin and piano, 1951
- Toccata for piano, 1952
- Pastorale héroïque for trombone and piano, 1952
- Pièce for oboe and piano, 1952
- Sonatine for violin and piano, 1952
- Impromptu for alto saxophone and piano, 1953
- Improvisation en forme de canon for trombone and piano, 1958
- Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra, 1958
- Concerto for cello and orchestra, 1959
- Musique pour harpe, 1960
- Quatuor de saxophones, 1961
- Ouverture pour un conte de fées for orchestra, 1961
- 2ème Sonate for violin and piano, 1963
- Ut ou do, 5 pieces for children's choir, 1963
- Sonate for horn and piano, 1963
- Trois Légendes for clarinet and piano, 1963
- Six Pièces variées for flute and piano, 1965
- Six Pièces variées for clarinet and piano, 1965
- Six Pièces variées for trumpet and piano, 1965
- Sonate en 6 minutes 30 for tuba, bass trombone, or saxhorn and piano, 1966
- Grave et Presto for cello and piano, 1966
- Concerto for harp and orchestra, 1967
- Orchestration of The art of fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach (with Marcel Bitsch), 1967
- Suite for piano, 1970
- Sonate for cello and piano, 1971
- Quatre Etudes for piano, 1980
- Triptyque ferroviaire, 3 pieces for two-part children's choir, 1980
- L'Invitation aux voyages, 5 pieces for three-part choir, 1981
- Portrait de l'oiseau-qui-n'existe-pas, song for soprano and piano, 1981
- Sonatine for piano, 1982
- Suite française for cello solo, 1982
- J'ai voulu te rejoindre, song for soprano and piano, 1982
- Elégie for organ, 1986
- Danse des Lutins for flute and piano, 1986
- Offertoire for organ, 1986
- Carnet de notes, 74 progressive pieces for piano, 1987
- Sonate for violin solo, 1990
- 60 Petites Etudes for piano, 1991
- Trois Inventions for flute quartet, 1991
- Framboise et Amandine, les jumelles de l'espace, comic opera for children, 1992
- Piano-rétro, 8 pieces for piano, 1992
- Farfelettes, 10 pieces for children's choir and one or two instruments, 1993
- Paraphrase sur "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin for clarinet or alto saxophone and piano, 1994
- Quatre Farfelettes for voice and piano, 1998
- Sonate for horn solo, 1997
- Trio for soprano or tenor flutes, 1997
- Concerto for flute and string orchestra, 1996
- Trois Etudes-Caprices for piano four-hands, 1998
- Partita for alto saxophone and piano, 1999
- Scherzetto for saxophone quartet, 2002
- Sonate for two flutes, 2002
- Suite chorégraphique, 5 pieces for saxophone quartet, 2003
- Top-Model et Cie, 3 songs for soprano and piano, 2003
- Eléments de solfège, 4 songs for voice and piano, 2003
- Allegro, Choral et Fugato for horn quartet, 2004
- Equinoxe for horn and piano, 2004
- Notturno for violin and piano, 2005
- Rituel tibétain for horn quartet, 2005
- Sérénade for guitar, 2005
- Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra, 2006
- Déjà 1 an !, song for voice and piano, 2006
- Atout Chœur, 5 pieces for mixed choir and organ or piano, 2007
- Entrée pour un mariage, Paraphrase of the Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn for flute and organ, 2007
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marc Honegger, Dictionnaire de la musique: Tome 2, Les Hommes et leurs œuvres. L-Z. ed. Bordas 1979, p. 834. (ISBN 2-04-010726-6)
- ↑ Havard de La Montagne, Denis. "Claude Pascal". Musica et Memoria (French text), accessed 4 May 2014.