André Casanova
André Casanova (born October 12, 1919 in Paris , † March 7, 2009 in Louveciennes , France ) was a French composer .
biography
Casanova studied law and music at the École Normale in Paris. Through his teacher René Leibowitz , he first experimented with twelve-tone music ; from around 1954 he developed his own style, which was inspired by both contemporary and romantic elements.
Casanova wrote the “Notturno pour Orchester” op. 13 “In memoriam Richard Strauss”. It was published by Ricordi in Paris in 1960. A copy of the score with over 100 pages is in the music department of the central library of the Hamburg public library (HÖB) with a handwritten dedication to Wolfgang Sawallisch , whom he greatly admired. It is not known whether, when and where Sawallisch performed the work.
André Casanova's music has been performed at many international festivals, for example in Rome , Moscow , Strasbourg , Bordeaux and Basel .
Works
Casanova's creative catalog so far comprises 106 works in many genres :
- a) Symphonic music : 12 concerts ; 5 symphonies.
- Works for orchestra : u. a. Notturno , Anamorphoses , Métaphonie , Partita , Ephemeris , Elements .
- b) operas :
- La Clé d'Argent, after Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam , Lyric narrative in one act , op.23, 1965
- La Coupe d'Or, after Ludwig Tieck , Romantic opera in one act, op. 40, 1970
- Le Bonheur dans le Crime, after Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly , Lyric Drama in a Prologue and 3 Pictures , op.36, 1969
- Dumala, after Eduard von Keyserling , Opera in 3 acts, op.95, 1995
- Le Murmure de la Mer, also based on Eduard von Keyserling , Opera in 2 acts, op.100, 1998
- c) Works for piano : u. a. 4 Intermezzi , Humoresque , Unterwegs, Chimères, Novelettes.
- d) Chamber music : 2 trios , 6 string quartets , 3 quintets , 1 sextets , 1 septet .
- e) Further compositions : u. a. Règnes, Esquisse pour une tragédie, Sur les chemins d'acanthes noires, Quatre dizains de la Délie de Scève.
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SURNAME | Casanova, André |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 2009 |
Place of death | Louveciennes , France |