Hector Gratton

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Joseph Thomas Hector Gratton (born August 13, 1900 in Hull , Québec , † July 16, 1970 in Montreal ) was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor and music teacher.

Gratton studied piano with Alphonse Martin and Alfred La Liberté and music theory with Oscar O'Brien , Alfred Whitehead and Albertine Morin-Labrecque . In the 1920s he worked as an arranger and piano accompanist for the folk singer Charles Marchand , with whom he performed at the Canadian Folk Song and Handicraft Festivals from 1927 to 1930 in Quebec.

During the global economic crisis he devoted himself to the newly emerging radio and appeared in Félix Leclerc's radio series Je me souviens . With his symphonic poem Légende , which he published under the pseudonym Ben Marcato , he received the Jean Lallemand Prize in 1937 . The work was performed again in the same year in a subscription concert conducted by Wilfrid Pelletier and the following year by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Ernest MacMillan . In 1945 the music for Cécile Chabot's Christmas story L'Imagerie was composed and broadcast on the CBC radio . Gratton also wrote the music for the film Un homme et son péché (1949).

Works

  • Première Danse canadienne for violin and piano, 1927
  • Deuxième Danse canadienne for violin and piano or strings, 1928
  • Réminiscence for violin and piano, 1928
  • Troisième Danse canadienne for violin and piano or orchestra, around 1930
  • Quatrième Danse canadienne for violin and piano or strings, 1935
  • Legendary , symphonic poem for orchestra, 1937
  • Chanson écossaise for violin and piano, 1940
  • La Joie de vivre for piano, around 1940
  • Tendresse for piano, around 1940
  • Music for the radio play L'Imagerie , 1945
  • Coucher de soleil for string orchestra and piano, 1947
  • Fantasia on Two French Canadian Folk Songs for orchestra, 1950
  • Fantasia sur 'V'là l'bon vent' for orchestra, 1952
  • Dansons le Carcaillou for orchestra, 1952
  • Crépuscule for piano, 1952
  • Variations libres sur 'Isabeau s'y promène' for orchestra, 1954
  • Conte for piano, 1954
  • Les Feux follets , ballet, 1952
  • La Légende de l'arbre sec , ballet
  • Le Pommier , ballet
  • Marie Madeleine , ballet

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personal data
SURNAME Gratton, Hector
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gratton, Joseph Thomas Hector (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer, arranger, conductor and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Hull , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1970
Place of death Montreal