Eugène Bozza

Eugène Joseph Bozza (born April 4, 1905 in Nice ; died September 28, 1991 in Valenciennes ) was a French composer .

Life

Eugène Bozza, son of an Italian, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and graduated in violin in 1924, conducting in 1930 and composition in 1934 . Also in 1934 he won the prestigious Prix ​​de Rome with his cantata " Légende de Roukmani ". From 1939 to 1948 he was conductor at the Paris Opéra Comique, then director of the Valenciennes Conservatory until 1975. Bozza wrote numerous works for chamber music , especially for woodwinds .

Most chamber music works began in the mid-1950s, when Bozza became director of the Valenciennes Conservatory. In his work, impressions of the Provence landscape can be heard over and over again .

Works

In Bozza's catalog of works you can find:

• 3 operas " Léonidas " (Paris, 1947), " Beppo ou Le Mort dont personne ne voulait " (Lille, 1963), " La Duchesse de Langeais " (Lille, 1967)
• Ballets, oratorios and choirs
  • La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1948), oratorio
• Orchestral works (including symphonies and solo concerts)
• Numerous chamber music works, especially for wind instruments, e.g. B .:
  • Soir dans les Montagnes (flute, piano)
  • Image (flute solo)
  • 4 piéces faciles (flute)
  • Jour d'été à la montagne (flute quartet)
  • Agrestide op.44 (flute piano)
  • Air de Vieille (flute, piano)
  • 5 Chansons sur les Thèmes japonais (flute piano)
  • Bucolique (clarinet piano)
  • Trio d'anches (woodwinds clarinet bassoon)
  • Aria (saxophone piano; also arrangement for other wind instruments, e.g. flute)
  • Polydiaphony (flute guitar)
  • 2 impressions (flute harp)
  • Suite brève en Trio (wind trio) 1947 (dedicated to the composer Tony Aubin)
  • 3 Pieces, pour une musique de nuit (wind quartet)
  • Sérénade (wind quartet)
  • Scherzo op.48 (wind quintet)
  • Variations sur un Thème libre op.42 (wind quintet)
  • Chant Lointain (horn, piano)
  • En Foret op.40 (horn, piano)
  • En Irlande (horn, piano)
  • Sur les Cimes (horn, piano)
  • Entretiens (horn, piano)
  • Contrastes IV (horn, trumpet)
  • Suite (4 horns solo)
  • 13 Capricio Etudes for Slide Trombone
  • Fantaisie pastorale (oboe piano)
  • Fantaisie Italienne (saxophone, piano or flute, piano)
  • Ballad (trombone, piano)
  • Sonatina for 4 clarinets (es / b / b / bass)
  • 12 studies for clarinet
  • Caprice No.2 (trumpet and piano)
  • Dialogue (trumpet duet in three movements)
  • Song (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Rustiques (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Caprice op.47 (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Concertino (trumpet)
  • Badinage (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Rhapsody (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Cornettina (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Frigariana (trumpet in Bb or C)
  • Récit, Sicilienne et Rondo * for bassoon and piano
  • Thème Varié (tuba, piano)

literature

• Xavier Hascher:  Bozza, Eugène. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 3 (Bjelinski - Calzabigi). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1113-6 , Sp. 613–614 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Web links

• Eugène Bozza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• CV and catalog raisonné (English)