Henry Barraud

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Henry Barraud (born April 23, 1900 in Bordeaux , France , † December 28, 1997 in Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne) ) was a French composer .

Barraud began his music studies in Bordeaux with Fernand Vaubourgoin and then went to the Conservatoire de Paris . There he attended lectures on orchestration with Louis Aubert , on composition with Paul Dukas and on counterpoint and fugue with Georges Caussade . In 1927 he was expelled from the conservatory without a final exam because he did not want to submit to the "orthodox" teaching methods and content.

Barraud got a job with the state Direction des beaux-arts . In the following years he worked with Pierre Octave Ferroud , Emmanuel Bondeville and Jean Rivier in the development of the music society Le Triton , which had the aim of promoting and disseminating knowledge about contemporary music. Since 1937 Barraud was also a music critic for the daily Le Journal .

During the Second World War , for example, Baurraud composed a piece in memory of the composer Maurice Jaubert, who died in Lorraine in June 1940 . After the liberation of Paris , Barraud became music director at Radiodiffusion Française and in 1946 founded the Maîtrise de Radio France , the whole of the country's national orchestras. The management of the maîtrise was entrusted to Marcel Couraud . In 1948 Barraud became director of the state broadcasting association RTF, which was later renamed ORTF . He held this position until his retirement in 1965.

Works (selection)

  • 1931: Finale , for large orchestra
  • 1932: Poème , for large orchestra
  • 1935: Trio , for woodwinds
  • 1938: La farce de maître Parthelin , Opéra comique.
  • 1939: Concert pour piano et orchester .
  • 1940: Quatuor à cordes .
  • 1941: Sonatine pour violon et piano
  • 1942: Offrande à une ombre , for orchestra in memory of Maurice Jaubert .
  • 1946: Le Mystère des Saints Innocents , oratorio after Charles Péguy (1912) for choir, baritone, recitative and orchestra.
  • 1949: Musique pour petites mains , for piano.
  • 1957: 3rd symphony .
  • 1961: Rhapsody dionnysienne .
  • 1961: Huit chantefables pour les enfents sages , songs based on poems by Robert Desnos .
  • 1973: La Divine Comédie , cantatas based on the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri .
  • 1975: Le Roi Gordogane , chamber opera.
  • 1980: Tête d'or , Tragédie lyrique (opera) based on texts by Paul Claudel .

Books

  • La France et la Musique occidentale. collection: Pour la musique, NRF- Gallimard , Paris 1956.
  • Pour comprendre la musique d'aujourd'hui. Éditions Le Seuil, Paris 1968.
  • Les cinq grands opéras: Don Juan, Tristan et Isolde, Boris Godounov, Pelléas et Mélisande, Wozzek. Collections Musiques, Éditions Le Seuil, Paris 1972, ISBN 2-02-002058-0 .
  • Hector Berlioz. Collection: Les Indispensables de la musique, Fayard, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-213-00793-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Barraud, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux , France
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1997
Place of death Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne)