Pierre Gabaye

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Pierre Gabaye (born February 20, 1930 in Paris , † November 1, 2019 in Chamonix ) was a French composer.

Gabaye studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Simone Plé-Caussade and Tony Aubin and won the First Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1956 with the cantata Le Mariage forcé after Molière . Around the same time he received the First Composition Prize of the Concours des moins de 20 ans des Le Guide du Concert , twice the First Prize of the Concours de musique symphonique légère organized by Radio Television France , the First Audience and Jury Prize of the Concert référendum Pasdeloup and the First prize in piano at the Concours international de jazz .

From 1970 to 1995 he headed the light music department at Radio France , and also taught at the Conservatory of Vésinet. The main part of his compositional work, which in addition to chamber music also includes works in symphonic scoring, was created in the 1950s and 1960s. His last composition, Marche pommarde, dates from 1988.

Works

  • Suite SNCF for string orchestra, 1955
  • Noquimé for large orchestra, 1955
  • Images siciliennes for orchestra, 1956
  • Le Mariage forcé , cantata for soprano, baritone, bass and orchestra, 1956
  • Suite Catovienne for orchestra, 1956
  • Sonatine Piano Hautbois 1956
  • Scherzo Rhapsody for orchestra, 1956
  • Rivages for orchestra, 1956
  • Violons mistral for orchestra, 1957
  • La ruche magique for orchestra and speaker (text by Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy ), 1957
  • Fjords for string orchestra, 1958
  • Boutade for piano and trumpet, 1957
  • Complainte for piano and trumpet, 1957
  • Etude pour rire for piano and flute, 1957
  • Toccatina for piano and bassoon, 1957
  • Récréation for trumpet, horn, trombone and piano, 1958
  • Galop for orchestra, 1958
  • Suite Gauloise for wind orchestra, cello and double bass, 1959
  • Sérénade de Printemps for piano and horn, 1959
  • Printemps for piano and violin, 1959
  • Sonatine Piano Clarinette , 1959
  • Tubabillage for piano, tuba, bass trombone, saxhorn and double bass, 1959
  • Quintets for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, 1959
  • Maghreb for orchestra, 1959
  • Symphony Concertante for flute, oboe, horn, bassoon and chamber orchestra, 1960
  • Sonatina Piano Trompette , 1961
  • Suite RTF for orchestra, 1962
  • Sonata Flûte Basson , 1962
  • Les Armes de la nuit for orchestra, 1964
  • Trois aubades for four clarinets, 1964
  • Feu d'artifice for trumpet, orchestra and piano, 1964
  • Mylou "Concerto Harpe" for harp and chamber orchestra, 1965
  • Joyeuses vacances for orchestra, 1965
  • Légende de Marguerite Myvatn for orchestra, 1965
  • Etude de concert for accordion, 1966
  • Récital Express for two pianos, 1968
  • Spécial pour trombone for piano and trombone, 1969
  • Quatre pièces tonales for four trombones, 1971
  • Fleurs de Printemps for orchestra, 1971
  • Pièces tonales for piano, 1971
  • Les douze tons for piano, harp and percussion, 1972
  • Marche pommarde for wind orchestra, 1988

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography
personal data
SURNAME Gabaye, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1st November 2019
Place of death Chamonix