Pierre Petit (composer)

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Pierre Petit (born April 21, 1922 in Poitiers , † July 1, 2000 in Paris ) was a French composer.

Life

From 1942 Petit studied music analysis at the Conservatoire de Paris with Georges Dandelot , harmony with Nadia Boulanger , counterpoint and fugue with Noël Gallon and composition with Henri Busser . In 1946 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the lyrical scene Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard , which was performed in the same year by the Orchestra of the Cadets du Conservatoire under the direction of Claude Delvincourt .

From 1951 Petit taught the history of civilization at the Conservatoire de Paris and at the École polytechnique . From 1960 he worked for the ORTF , initially as a director of light music, and from 1965 as musical director. In 1963 he was appointed director of the École Normale de Musique , where musicians such as Nadia Boulanger , Georges Dandelot , Alfred Desenclos , Norbert Dufourcq and Marguerite Roesgen-Champion taught. He held the position until his death.

Petit composed operas, operettas and ballets, orchestral works, instrumental concerts, chamber music and songs. For his musical work he was awarded the Grand Prix du Conseil Général de la Seine in 1965, and in 1985 he received the SACEM Great Music Prize .

Works

  • Mélodie for voice and piano, 1941
  • 6 Petites pièces à 4 mains , piano pieces for children, 1942
  • Concertino pour piano , 1942
  • Suite for four cellos, 1942
  • Bois de Boulogne , five pieces for piano, 1946
  • La Maréchale Sans-Gêne , operetta, 1948
  • Zadig , ballet, 1948
  • Deux mélodies sur des poèmes de Charles Oulmont , 1949
  • Romanza romana , 1950
  • Ciné-Bijou , jazz-themed ballet, composed for Roland Petit , 1952
  • Feu rouge, feu vert , ballet, 1953
  • Saxopéra , for saxophone, 1955
  • Furia italiana , Opera, 1958
  • Concertino for organ, strings and percussion, 1958
  • Concerto pour tête-à-tête , Opera, 1959
  • Migraine , comic opera, 1959
  • Toccata et Tarentelle for two guitars, 1959
  • Andante and Fileuse for saxophone, 1959
  • Concerto for two guitars, 1964
  • Quatre poèmes de Paul Gilson , 1965
  • Le Diable à deux for two pianos, 1970
  • Tarentelle for orchestra, 1971
  • Suite for two cellos and orchestra, 1974
  • Orphée , ballet, 1975
  • Mouvement perpétuel for guitar, 1984

Fonts

  • Autour de la chanson française , 1952
  • Verdi , 1958
  • Ravel , 1970
  • Mozart , 1991

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personal data
SURNAME Petit, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Poitiers
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2000
Place of death Paris