Jean Papineau Couture

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Jean Papineau-Couture , CC (born November 12, 1916 in Montreal ; † August 11, 2000 there ) was a Canadian composer.

life and career

The grandson of the musician Guillaume Couture had piano lessons as a child from his mother and from 1926 to 1939 from Françoise D'Amour , who also taught him harmony, music history and reading scores. He also studied counterpoint with Gabriel Cusson . In 1939 and 1940 he was a piano student of Léo-Pol Morin . In 1940 he studied composition with Quincy Porter , orchestral conducting with Francis Findlay and piano with Beveridge Webster at the New England Conservatory in Boston . From 1941 to 1943 he finally studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Longy School in Cambridge / Massachusetts .

In 1945 Papineau couture returned to Montreal. Here he taught from 1946 to 1963 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec and from 1951 to 1982 at the University of Montreal , where he was dean of the music faculty from 1968 to 1973. His most important students were Marcelle Deschênes , Richard Grégoire , Jacques Hétu , François Morel , André Prévost and Gilles Tremblay .

Papineau-Couture was a founding member of the Canadian Music Center and the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), President of the Jeunesses musicales du Canada (JMC) (1956-64), the Canadian League of Composers (1957-59 and 1963- 66), the Académie de musique du Québec (AMQ) (1962-63), the Canadian Music Council (1967-68) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (1977-78). In 1962 he received the Prix ​​de musique Calixa-Lavallée , in 1973 the Canadian Music Council Medal and in 1994 the Governor General's Performing Arts Award . In 1968 he was appointed officer of the Order of Canada .

Papineau-Couture was married to the author Isabelle Papineau-Couture . His son François Papineau-Couture is an instrument maker and flutist.

Works

  • Églogues (text by Pierre Baillargeon ) for alto, flute and piano, 1942
  • Concerto Grosso for chamber orchestra, 1943
  • Mouvement perpétuel for piano, 1943
  • Suite for piano, 1943
  • Sonata in G for violin and piano, 1944
  • Deux Valses for piano, 1944
  • Pater noster; Ave Maria; Offertoire 'Père, daignez recevoir'; Te mater according to surgical texts, 1944–58
  • Étude in B Flat Minor for piano, 1945
  • Rondo for piano four hands, 1945
  • Suite for flute and piano, 1945
  • Complainte populaire for soprano, baritone and piano, 1946
  • Quatrains (text by Francis Jammes ) for soprano and piano, 1947
  • Aria for violin, 1946
  • Suite for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano, 1947
  • Symphony No. 1 , 1948
  • Papotages / Tittle-Tattle , Ballet, 1949
  • Les Voleurs volés , puppet show, 1949
  • Sous la grande tente , puppet show, 1950
  • Poème for orchestra, 1952
  • Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra, 1952
  • Ostinato for strings, harp and piano, 1952
  • Prelude for orchestra, 1953
  • Quartet No. 1 , 1953
  • Rondo for four recorders, 1953
  • Psaume CL for soprano, tenor, mixed choir, organ and wind instruments, 1954
  • Suite for violin, 1956
  • Mort (text by F. Villon) for alto and piano, 1956
  • Pièce concertante No. 1 'Repliement' for piano and string orchestra, 1957
  • Pièce concertante No. 2 'Éventails' for cello and chamber orchestra, 1959
  • Pièce concertante No. 3 'Variations' for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, harp and string orchestra, 1959
  • Pièce concertante No. 4 'Additions' for oboe and string orchestra, 1959
  • Aria for piano, 1960
  • À Jésus, mon roi, mon grand ami, mon frère for two soloists and children's choir, 1960
  • Trois Pièces , 1961
  • Éclosion , pantomime for piano, violin and tape, 1961
  • Le Rossignol , puppet show, 1962
  • Trois Caprices for violin and piano, 1962
  • Fantaisie for wind quintet, 1963
  • Pièce concertante No. 5 'Miroirs' for orchestra, 1963
  • Canons for wind quintet, 1964
  • Lapitsky Suite for orchestra, 1965
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1965
  • Viole d'amour (text by Rina Lasnier ) for mixed choir, 1966
  • Dialogues for violin and piano, 1967
  • Quartet No. 2 , 1967
  • Sextuor for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and string trio , 1967
  • Paysage (text by Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau ) for eight singers, eight speakers and small orchestra, 1968
  • Oscillations for orchestra, 1969
  • Nocturnes for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, harpsichord, guitar and drums, 1969
  • Complémentarité for piano, 1971
  • Dyarchy for piano, 1971
  • Chanson de Rahit (text by Han Suyin ), 1972
  • Obsession for chamber orchestra, 1973
  • Contraste , 1970
  • Départ for alto flute, 1974
  • Trio in Four Movements for clarinet, viola and piano, 1974
  • Verségères for bass flute, 1975
  • J'aime les tierces mineures for flute, 1976
  • Le Débat du coeur et du corps de Villon (text by François Villon ) for speaker, cello and percussion, 1977
  • Nuit for piano, 1978
  • Idée for piano, 1982
  • Exploration for guitar, 1983
  • Prouesse for viola, 1985
  • Arcardie for four flutes, 1986
  • Clair-obscur for double bassoon, double bass and orchestra, 1986
  • Nuit polaire (text by Irene Papineau-Couture) for contralto and chamber orchestra, 1986
  • Vers l'extinction for organ, 1987
  • Courbes for piano, 1988
  • Quasipassacaille for organ, 1988
  • Thrène for violin and piano, 1988
  • Les Arabesques d'Isabelle for flute, English horn, clarinet, bassoon and piano, 1989
  • Automne for chamber orchestra, 1992
  • Vents capricieux for chamber orchestra, 1993
  • Chocs sonores for percussion, 1994
  • Quatuor no 3 , 1996
  • Appel for oboe, bassoon, cornet, trumpet and piano, 1997
  • Septet for chamber ensemble, 1997
  • Discussion animée for violin and piano, 1997
  • Méandres for piano, 1998
  • Trio for violin, cello and piano , 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Papineau Couture, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2000
Place of death Montreal