Ginette Keller

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Ginette Marie Henriette Keller (born May 16, 1925 in Asnières-sur-Seine , † June 27, 2010 in Puteaux ) was a French composer.

Life

Ginette Keller studied at the Paris Conservatory with Nadia Boulanger , Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen . In 1951 she won the Second Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Et l'Homme vit se rouvrir les portes . From 1966 she taught solfège at the Conservatoire de Paris, from 1972 she was professor of music analysis at the École Normale de Musique de Paris .

In addition to works for solo instruments and chamber music, Keller also set two operas based on libretti by Alain Germain to music .

Works

  • Six chants de Lumière et d'Ombre for four double reed instruments, 1965
  • Variables , UA 1966
  • Chant de Parthénope for flute and piano, 1968
  • Girations for percussion and piano, 1970
  • Graphiques for soprano and instrumental ensemble UA at the Festival International du Son 1971
  • Ebauches for bassoon and piano, 1973
  • Les Vieilles Dames d'Osnabrück , Opera, Premiere 1983
  • Les adieux d'une cantatrice sans mémoire , opera, WP 1986
  • Vibrations pour harpe celtique , 1990
  • Dialogues for clarinet and piano, 1992
  • Sept mouvements incantatoires for four percussion, timpani, celesta and strings
  • Paramorphoses for wind orchestra, piano and percussion
  • Et l'Homme vit se rouvrir les portes , cantata
  • Dialogues for clarinet and piano
  • Tropes for piano

Individual evidence

  1. Life data on GénéaFrance.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .