Gabriel Charpentier

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Gabriel Moïse Charpentier (born September 13, 1925 in Richmond , Québec ) is a Canadian composer and poet.

Life

Charpentier first took piano lessons in his hometown with Estelle Letarte , then in Trois-Rivières with Joseph-Antonio Thompson and finally from 1940 to 1945 at Jean-de-Brébeuf College in Montreal with Hervé Cloutier and Fernand Graton and with Jean Papineau-Couture . Until 1947 he studied Gregorian singing with Dom Bergeron in the Benedictine monastery of St-Benoît-du-Lac ; until 1953 he finally studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (composition), Annette Dieudonné ( Solfège ), Andrée Bonneville and Norbert Dufourcq .

From 1954 to 1980 Charpentier was program coordinator and artistic advisor for music programs on the French television program of the CBC . In collaboration with Françoys Bernier , Pierre Mercure , Pierre Morin and others, he produced series such as Concerts pour la jeunesse , L'Heure du concert , Musiques folles des années sages , and Les Beaux Dimanches . Works by contemporary composers such as Serge Garants ... chant d'amours and the ballet by Brian Macdonald and Harry Freedman The Shining People of Leonard Cohen were also presented.

In 1955 and 1956 Charpentier gave summer courses in music history at McGill University . From 1961 to 1964 he taught music history and rhythm at the National Theater School . From 1959 to 1972 he was musical director of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde . He composed vocal and instrumental music, but was best known for his operas, drama and film scores. In total, he created more than sixty works for music theater.

In 1948 Charpentier received the Prix ​​de la poésie modern in Paris for his poetry collection Aire . He wrote the texts for Pierre Mercures Cantate pour une joie and Dissidence and for Jocelyne Binet's Trois Poèmes and translated R. Murray Schafer's operas Loving and Beauty and the Beast .

Works

  • Klondyke for 21 singer-actors, 4 singer-dancers, two tenors, baritone, bass, instrumental ensemble and tape, 1965
  • Orphée I / Orpheus II for twelve actors, soloists, choir, instrumentalists and tape, 1969, 1972
  • Clara 91 , ten miniature operas:
    • Clara on the Bridge for two sopranos, contralto, actress and two harpsichords
    • Claracello ou Repertoire for piano, clarinet and cello, 1985
    • Clara et les philosophes , “opera cocktail” for two sopranos, contralto, baritone, bass, flute, clarinet and piano, 1976
    • An English Lesson or Clara-Teacher , “opera-happening” for speaker, actress, two tenors, baritone, bass and instrumental ensemble, 1968
    • Clara, la nuit for contralto and cello
    • A Tea Symphony or The Perils of Clara , "a kitsch opera in nine drinks" for soprano, flute and piano, 1972
    • Clara, un masque for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
    • Clarabelle-Clarimage , “an operation” for two sopranos, baritone, two flutes, clarinet and two pianos, 1979
    • Clara-Committee , "a charivari" for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, contralto, two tenors, baritone, bass, actress, instrumental ensemble and tape
    • Ballade du Fils de l'homme for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, contralto, baritone, actress, cello, organ, electric percussion and tape
  • Mass I for three voices, 1952
  • Lumières , film music, 1953
  • Sept Chansons d'enfants for four voices, 1952
  • Trois Poèmes de saint Jean de la Croix for contralto, violin and cello, 1954
  • La Chute de la maison Usher , soundtrack, 1955
  • Debout Joseph! for voice and guitar, 1955
  • Histoires extraordinaires , film music, 1961–62
  • L'Avenir , speaking choir, 1962
  • Permutation 1 2 3 4 for one to four choirs, 1962
  • Jamais for three voices, 1963
  • La Courte Échelle , soundtrack, 1964
  • Suite d'après la musique pour 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme' for harpsichord, 1964
  • Trois Ricercars for oboe and harpsichord, 1966
  • Trois Oraisons for soprano, harpsichord, piano, harp and vibraphone, 1971
  • Grande Chaconne d'après la musique de 'Galileo Galilei' for harpsichord, 1971
  • Veni creator spiritus for two voices, 1973
  • Processionnal for speakers, speaking choir, male choir, wind instruments, harpsichord, harp, glockenspiel, bells and two organs, 1974
  • Suite d'après la musique for 'Le Malade imaginaire' for harpsichord, 1974
  • Artère for baritone, 1976
  • Mass of the 17th Sunday after Pentecost for tenor, baritone, mixed choir, bells, harp and two organs, 1982

Poetry

  • Aire (Paris 1948)
  • Les Amitiés errantes (Paris 1950)
  • Le dit de l'enfant mort (Paris 1952)
  • Cantate pour une joie (Montreal 1955)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Charpentier, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charpentier, Gabriel Moïse (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Quebec