Monique Cecconi-Botella

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Monique Cecconi-Botella (also: Monic Cecconi-Botella ; born September 30, 1936 ) is a French composer and music teacher.

Life

Cecconi-Botella studied composition with Jean Rivier and Henri Dutilleux , counterpoint and fugue with Simone Plé-Caussade and harmony with Maurice Duruflé at the Paris Conservatory . In 1966 she won the Grand Prix de Rome . From 1973 to 1975 she worked for the concert organization Itinéraire , after which she taught harmony, counterpoint and fugue at the Aubervilliers Conservatory. In 1982 she became Professor of Music Analysis at the Paris Conservatory.

In addition to chamber music and symphonic works, Cecconi-Botella composed several operas, including Noctuaile , which received the Grand Prize of the Académie du Disque français et du Film Musical , Il signait ... Vincent on the life of Vincent van Gogh and the children's operas Operaclown , Pirlipipi and Le triangle de cristal .

Works

  • 3 Inventions a 3 voix pour 3 Instruments for flute, cello and piano
  • Piano Trio Franchises
  • Silences for oboe, clarinet, saxophone and bassoon
  • ... d'Ailleurs for two Ondes Martenot, electric guitar and drums
  • Et la Mer, au Matin for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and piano based on poems by Victor Hugo and Arthur Rimbaud
  • Argile for solo percussion and string orchestra
  • Imaginaires for six percussionists and dancers
  • Ellipseis for piano
  • Castafioritures for Ondes Martenot
  • Solitaires Bis for prepared cello and director
  • Miremiroirs for cello with or without piano
  • Impromptu for oboe and harpsichord
  • Conte Glace for harpsichordist and narrator (texts by Jacques Sternberg )
  • Chansons du Jour et de la Nuit for soprano and piano based on poems by Philippe Soupault
  • Trois Melodies for soprano and piano based on poems by Rutebeuf and Charles d'Orleans
  • Bestiaire Imaginaire for countertenor and piano based on poems by René David
  • Le Catiminou , children's piece for violin
  • Flute et Zut et Flute , four children's pieces for flute
  • Pirlipipi , children's opera based on a libretto by Pierre Gripari
  • Opera clown , children's opera based on a libretto by René Pillot
  • Le Gollum , Micropéra based on a book by Françoise Arquetout
  • Le Triangle de Cristal , fantastic opera, libretto by F. Arquetout based on Maurice Maeterlinck
  • La Chevre Amarante , symphonic piece, homage to Ravel , premiere 1997
  • Il etait une fois l'ete , music for an imaginary opera
  • 27 Juillet 1890 for wind orchestra
  • Cantate pour les Nouveaux Temps after a text by Arielle Fanjas
  • Il signait ... Vincent , opera based on a libretto by Jacques Unal
  • La Femme de l'Ogre , an opera story based on a libretto by Pierrette Fleutiaux
  • Noctuaile , Opera, WP 1984
  • Concertino for bassoon and piano
  • Ariette for saxophone and piano
  • Jeux for two flutes
  • Histoire brève for double bass and piano
  • Cinq et Trois , Lamento for cello and piano
  • Scherzetto for horn and piano
  • Dialogue for double bass and piano
  • Cérémonie for viola and piano
  • Un Medicament , chanson based on a text by Vincent Tavernier
  • De Saturne a Jupiter , Chanson after V. Tavernier

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