François-Bernard Mâche

François-Bernard Mâche (2018)

François-Bernard Mâche (born April 4, 1935 in Clermont-Ferrand ) is a French composer.

Mâche comes from a family of musicians and began composing at the age of eight. He took piano lessons at the conservatory in his hometown, where he studied harmony with Émile Passani until 1952 . He was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory and received the Prix de Philosophie de la Musique in 1960 . At the same time he studied classical literature at the École normal supérieure and received a diploma in archeology in 1957 and a teaching certificate in 1958.

He then taught literature at the Collège Sévigné in Paris (1959–60), the Lycée Marceau in Chartres (1962–63) and the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine (1963-68), at Middlebury College in Vermont and at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York (1968). From 1968 to 1983 he taught classical Greek, Roman and French literature at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand , then until 1993 musicology at the University of Strasbourg , where he founded the Center Primus in 1987 . From 1993 to 1997 he was director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

With Pierre Schaeffer , Mâche was one of the founders of the Groupe de recherches musicales in 1958 . From 1960 to 1962 he served as a second lieutenant in Algeria. He worked in the electronic music studios in Gravesano (1965) and Warsaw (1966) and in 1976 produced a radio series for France Musique . In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was President of the French section of the International Society for New Music .

From 1969 to 1978 he worked as a music critic for the Nouvelle Revue Française . He has written more than one hundred articles on musicological topics and several books, including Musique, mythe, nature ou les dauphins d'Arion (1983, second edition 1991; Italian translation Musica, mito, natura , 1992, English translation Music, Myth, Nature , 1993), Entre l'observatoire et l'atelier (1998), Un Demi-Siècle de Musique (2000), Musique au singulier (2001) and Cent opus et leurs échos (2012), gave the books Music, Society and Imagination in Contemporary France (1993) and Portrait (s) de Xenakis (2002) and translated poems by contemporary Greek authors (including Odysseas Elytis ) into French.

As a composer he has received numerous prizes, including the Prize of the Biennale de Paris (1963), the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles-Cros (1971), the Prix Enesco of the SACEM (1973), the Prix Italia (1977), the Prix Charter of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (1984), the Grand Prix National de la Musique of the French Ministry of Culture (1988), the Prix Rossini of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (1998) and the Grand Prix de la Musique Symphonique of the SACEM (2002) . In 1990 he was honored as commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , in 2002 he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts ,

Works

Duo for violin and piano, 1956
Canzone I for horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone and tuba, 1957, 1960, 1963
Safous Mélè , cantata for alto, eight female voices, two flutes, two oboes, harp and four percussionists, 1959
Prelude for electronics (fixed media), 1959
Lanterne magique for electronics (fixed media), 1959
Volumes for seven trombones, two pianos, two percussionists and electronics (fixed media), 1960
La Peau du silence I for small and large orchestras, 1962, 1966, 1970
Terre de Feu for electronics (fixed media), 1963
Synergies for small orchestra and electronics (fixed media), 1963
Le Son d'une voix for small orchestra, 1964
Soleil rugueux for electronics (fixed media), 1965
Coïncidences (ballet, choreography Francine Lancelot , instruments by Bernard and François Baschet ), 1966
Nuit blanche (text by Antonin Artaud ) for male speakers and electronics (fixed media), 1966
Rituel d'oubli for small orchestra and electronics (fixed media), 1968
Canzone III for three trumpets and four trombones, 1967
Canzone IV for five voices, 1968
Répliques , for birdsong in audience and orchestra, 1969
Canzone V , stage work for voice and three double basses, 1969
Kemit , for Tombak and Darabukka , 1970
Danaé for twelve voices and percussion, 1970
Nuit for electronics (fixed media), 1971
Rambaramb for piano, large orchestra and electronics (fixed media), 1972
Korwar for harpsichord and electronics (fixed media), 1972
Temes Nevinbür for two pianos, percussion and electronics (fixed media), 1973
Naluan for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion and electronics (fixed media), 1974
Le Jonc à trois glumes for orchestra, 1974
Maraé for six percussionists and electronics (fixed media), 1974
Solstice for organ positive or electronics (fixed media) and harpsichord, 1975
Da capo , stage piece for ten actors, three medieval instruments, two percussionists, sound décor and electronics (fixed media), 1976
Kassandra for two oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, trumpet, two trombones, two pianos, three percussionists and electronics (fixed media), 1977
Octuor for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, 1977
Areg for piano four hands, 1977
Aera for six percussionists, 1978
Amorgos for two bassoons, two trombones, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, two percussionists (or percussionist and electric organ) and electronics (fixed media), 1979
Toïn Theoïn for two clarinets, 1979
Rituel pour 'Les Mangeurs d'Ombre' (stage play, produced by Pierre Barrat ), for twelve voices and percussion, 1979
Andromède for twelve voices, sixty voices, three pianos and large orchestra, 1979
Sopiana for flute, piano and electronics (fixed media) ad libitum, 1980
4 Phonographies de l'eau for electronics (fixed media), 1980
Nocturne for piano and electronics (fixed media) ad libitum, 1981
Hypérion for electronics (fixed media), 1981
Anaphores for harpsichord and percussion, 1982
Phénix for vibraphone (and nine tom-toms), 1982
Temboctou , stage piece for two sopranos, two mezzo-sopranos, a tenor, three baritones, a bass, two medieval instruments, clarinet, two trombones, guitar, sampler, percussion and electronics (fixed media), 1982
Aulody for oboe, clarinet or soprano saxophone and electronics (fixed media), 1983
Trois Chants Sacrés for female voice and tambourine, 1982–90
Styx for two pianos eight hands, 1984
Léthé for two pianos eight hands, 1985
Iter memor for cello and sampler, 1985
La Traversée de l'Afrique for electronics (fixed media), 1985
Uncas for two samplers, instrumental ensemble and electronics (fixed media), 1986
Éridan for string quartet, 1986
Mesarthim for two pianos, 1987
Tempora for three samplers, 1988
Cassiopée I for four voices and two percussionists, 1988
Aliunde for soprano, clarinet and bass clarinet, sampler and tabla (and percussion), 1988
Figures for bass clarinet and vibraphone, 1989
Tithon for electronics (fixed media), 1989
Khnoum for sampler and five percussionists, 1990
Guntur Sari for Organ, 1990
Guntur Madu for harpsichord, 1990
Athanor for flute, oboe, clarinet, two samplers, two violins, viola and two cellos, 1991
Kengir, chants d'amour sumériens for mezzo-soprano and sampler, 1991
Hiérogamie for piccolo and percussion, 1993
L'Estuaire du temps, for sampler and large orchestra, 1993
Planh (in memoriam Witold Lutosławski ) for 26 or more strings, 1994
Braises , Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra, 1994
Moires for string quartet and electronics (fixed media), 1994
Cassiopée II for mixed choir and two percussionists, 1998
Ugarit for guitar, 1998
Manuel de résurrection for mezzo-soprano and two samplers, 1998
Ziggurat for harpsichord, 1998
Brûlis for clarinet, cello and piano, 1999
Vectigal libens for sampler and five percussionists, 2000
Portrait for electronics (fixed media), 2000
Kurunta for mezzo-soprano, tenor recorder and darabukka , 2001
Melanga for female voice, sampler and gamelan , 2001
Les 12 Lunes du Serpent for twelve percussionists, piano and electronics (fixed media), 2002
Achéron for piano and percussion, 2002
Canopée for two samplers, four violins, two violas, two cellos and double bass, 2003
Heol Dall for twelve voices and two pianos, 2003
La Terza Prattica (trois interludes d'après Monteverdi ) for harpsichord, 2003
Chikop for soprano, flute (and piccolo), clarinet (and bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano and percussion, 2004
Taranis for mixed choir and large orchestra, 2005
Medusa for piano, 2005
Les Arcadiennes for piano, 2007
Manuel de conversation for clarinet and computer / fixed media, 2007
Perseus for soprano and small orchestra, 2007
Artémis for organ and electronics (fixed media), 2008
Râgamalika for viola or cello and piano, 2009
Résurgence for strings, 2009
Thémis for harpsichord and electronics (fixed media), 2009
Sèma (à la mémoire de Daniel Charles ) for electronics (fixed media), 2009
Le Promeneur solitaire for electronics (fixed media), 2010
Largando for 12–24 voices and horn, 2012
Le Partage des flots for electronics (fixed media), 2012
Reflets for soprano, clarinet and electronics (fixed media), 2012
Qaraqorum , Récit musical for male speakers, string quartet and electronics (fixed media), 2013
Pluie for one or two pianos, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME	Mâche, François-Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clermont-Ferrand