Michel Merlet
Michel Merlet (born May 26, 1939 in Saint-Brieuc ) is a French composer and music teacher.
Merlet attended the Conservatory of his hometown from 1952, which was under the direction of Enyss Djemil (known as Francis-Paul Demillac ). Here he received first prize in the piano category in 1956 and joined Marcelle de Lacour's harpsichord class . From 1958 he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris harmony with Jeanne Leleu , counterpoint and fugue with Yvonne Desportes , aesthetics with Marcel Beaufils , music analysis with Olivier Messiaen and composition with Tony Aubin . In 1966 he won the Grand Prix de Rome .
He then became a lecturer in improvisation and piano at the Sorbonne and in music analysis at the Institut des Jeunes Aveugles . In 1978 he became professor of fugue at the Conservatoire de Paris, and in 1989 for composition at the École Normale . From 1979 he also taught at the Académie Internationale Franco-Japonaise , he also gave seminars and lectures in Beijing, Athens and at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
Works
- Prelude for piano, 1961
- Gravitations for voice and piano, 1962
- Suite for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, 1962
- Sonata for violin and piano, 1963
- Trio à cordes (thème et variations) , 1963
- Diptyque , for voice and piano, 1963
- Sonatina for piano, 1965
- Huit études for string quartet, 1965
- Triptyque symphonique , 1965
- En tous sens for flute and piano, 1966
- Stable for clarinet and piano, 1967
- Musique for two pianos, 1967
- Monde s'ouvre for trumpet and piano, 1967
- Sonatine en trois mouvements for flute and piano, 1968
- Homage à Manuel De Falla for harpsichord, 1969
- Divertimento da camera for string orchestra, 1970
- Ils étaient trois petits enfants for vocal quartet, flute, two clarinets and bassoon, 1970
- Chacone for flute and piano, 1970
- Passacaille for harp, 1971
- Images pour les contes du Chat Perché for concert accordion, 1972
- Jeu de cartes for piano, 1973
- Musique de scène for cello, 1974
- Trio for piano, flute and cello, 1974
- Moirures , symphonic poem for orchestra, 1976
- Discours sur la méthode for piano four hands, 1977
- Tétrassonances for oboe and piano, 1977
- Psalmos for string orchestra, 1978
- Une soirée à Nohant for cello and piano, 1979
- Concert in quatro for violin and string orchestra, 1979
- Une soirée à Nohant for cello and string orchestra, 1979
- Vingt-quatre préludes for piano, 1980
- Variations for saxophone quartet, 1981
- Mini-suite for piano, 1982
- Quatuor à cordes , 1983-85
- Concerto for piano and string orchestra, 1984
- Passacaille et fugue for piano, 1986
- Ostinato for viola and piano, 1986
- Cinq motets a cappella , 1987
- Prélude-Interlude-Postlude for cello and piano, 1988
- Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, 1989–92
- Suite for string trio, 1990
- Étude miroir for harp sextet, 1994
- Roque de sol-ut-ré for flute, 1995
- Six études for violin, 1997–99
- Six études symphoniques for piano, 2000
- Pièce for balalaika and piano, 2001
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Merlet, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Brieuc |