Henri Dutilleux

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Henri Dutilleux (left) with Régis Campo (2004)

Henri Dutilleux (born January 22, 1916 in Angers , † May 22, 2013 in Paris ) was a French composer .

life and work

After studying music at the Paris Conservatory from 1933 to 1938, he first worked for radio, taught at the École Normale de Musique from 1961 and from 1970 at the Paris Conservatory.

His music ties in with the tradition of Maurice Ravel , Claude Debussy and Albert Roussel . He became known in 1959 with his 2nd symphony Le Double . His orchestral piece Métaboles , premiered in 1964, was seen as a contribution to the musical avant-garde in the sense of expanding current forms of expression. He was considered a innovator of the lyrical form, and his compositions are inspired by all contemporary art forms.

At the invitation of Walter Fink , he was the 16th composer in the 2006 annual composer portrait of the Rheingau Music Festival .

Henri Dutilleux was married to the pianist Geneviève Joy (1919–2009) since 1946 .

Works

ballet

Le loup (1953)

Piano works

Sonata pour piano (1948)
Preludes for piano
“Tous les chemins… mènent à Rome” for piano
Bergerie for piano
Figures de résonances , for two pianos (1970)

Orchestral works

Symphony No. 1 for orchestra
  1. Passacaille
  2. Scherzo molto vivace
  3. intermezzo
  4. Finale, con variazioni
Timbres, espace, mouvement ou “La Nuit Etoilée” for orchestra
  1. Nebuleuse
  2. Interlude
  3. Constellations
Violin Concerto "L'Arbre des songes"
  1. Librement - Interlude 1 -
  2. Vif - Interlude 2 -
  3. Lent - Interlude 3 -
  4. Large et animé
Mystère de l'instant , on behalf of Paul Sacher
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra “Tout un monde lointain” (1970) Preceding motto from Charles Baudelaire's poem “Das Haar”: Tout un monde lointain, absent, presque défunt
  1. Énigme. Très libre et flexible
  2. Regard. Extreme calme
  3. Houles. Large et ample
  4. Miroirs. Lent et extatique
  5. Anthem. Allegro
Nocturne for violin and orchestra "Sur le même accord"
Symphony No. 2 "Le Double" for orchestra (1959)
  1. Animato, ma misterioso
  2. Andantino sostenuto
  3. Allegro fuocoso. Calmato
Métaboles pour grand orchester (1964)
  1. Incantatoire (Largamente / attacca :)
  2. Linéaire (Lento moderato / attacca :)
  3. Obsessionel (Scherzando / attacca :)
  4. Torpide (Andantino / attacca :)
  5. Flamboyant (Presto)
The Shadows of Time for orchestra
  1. Les Heures
  2. Ariel maléfique
  3. Mémoire des ombres “Pour Anne Frank et pour tous les enfants du monde, innocents” interlude
  4. Vagues de lumiere
  5. Dominant bleue?

Chamber music

“Ainsi la Nuit” string quartet (1976–1977) A la mémoire d'Ernest Sussman, en hommage à Olga Koussevitzky
  1. nocturne
  2. Miroir d'espace
  3. Litanies 1
  4. Litanies 2
  5. Constellations
  6. Nocturne 2
  7. Temps suspendu
Trois strophes sur le nom de Paul Sacher for cello solo (1976). First performance in 1982 by Mstislaw Rostropowitsch.
  1. Un poco indeciso
  2. Andante sostenuto
  3. Vivace
Choral, Cadence et Fugato , for trombone and piano (1950)
Diptyque "Les Citations" , for oboe, harpsichord, double bass and percussion (1985–1990)
Sarabande et cortège , for bassoon and piano (1942)
Sonata , for oboe and piano (1947)
Sonatina , for flute and piano (1943)

Vocal works

La Geôle for voice and orchestra or piano (1944), text by Jean Cassou
2 Sonnets de Jean Cassou (originally: 3 Sonnets de Jean Cassou) for medium voice and orchestra or piano
Chanson au bord de la mer , for voice and piano (1938), text by Paul Fort
Correspondances , for voice and orchestra (2003), texts by Rainer Maria Rilke , Alexander Solschenizyn , Prithwindra Mukherjee and Vincent van Gogh . Commissioned for the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle
Le Temps L'Horloge , for voice and orchestra (2009), texts by Jean Tardieu , Robert Desnos and Charles Baudelaire

Filmography

  • 1946: The Road to Hell (La fille du diable)
  • 1947: Café Cadran (Le Café Cadran)
  • 1953: A Woman's Love (L'amour d'une femme)
  • 1987: The Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan)

Awards

literature

  • Gerd Sannemüller : Turning to symbolism. To the compositions for orchestra by Henri Dutilleux . In: Das Orchester 45 (1997) 3, pp. 8-11
  • Pierre Gervasoni: Henri Dutilleux , [Arles]: Actes Sud; Paris: Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, [2016], ISBN 978-2-330-05772-5
  • Siglind Bruhn : Henri Dutilleux. Every note weighed on the gold scales . Waldkirch: Edition Gorz 2016, ISBN 978-3-938095-22-5
  • Ying Wang: "'beaucoup plus modal que tonal': concepts of pitch organization in the orchestral works of Henri Dutilleux". Translated from the Chinese by L. Odila Schröder, In: Die Musikforschung Vol. 72 (2019), Issue 1, pp. 21–37

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary Members: Henri Dutilleux. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  2. ^ List of the RPS award winners , accessed on February 25, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Dutilleux, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Angers
DATE OF DEATH 22. May 2013
Place of death Paris