Thérèse Brenet
Thérèse Brenet (born October 22, 1935 in Paris ) is a French composer and music teacher .
life and career
Brenet, born in Paris in 1935, comes from a family that has produced talented musicians since the 18th century. As a child she had piano lessons with Marguerite Long and lessons in Solfège with Germaine Hugueniot . She studied piano with Simone Glotz at the Reims Conservatory before joining the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954 . Her teachers here included Maurice Duruflé , Noël Gallon , Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier .
In 1965 she and Lucie Robert-Diessel won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Les Visions prophétiques de Cassandre based on a text by Robert Brasillach based on Aeschylus . After her return from the stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, which was associated with the award, Brenet taught as the successor to Pierre Lantier at the Conservatoire de Paris Solfège, later on "musical education". Her students included the pianist Marie-Laure Gallier , the violist Alain Tresallet , the violinists Luc Héry and Denis Clavier , the percussionist Dominique Probst , the saxophonists Jacques Charles and Paul Wehage , the guitarist Nicolas Courtin , the harpist Serika Nakano and the Composer and pianist Mark Robson .
In addition to her teaching activities, she created an extensive compositional oeuvre that includes chamber and vocal music as well as pieces for symphonic instrumentation.
Works
- Fantasio for two pianos, 1961
- La Nuit de Maldoror for soprano, cello and piano, 1962
- Quatuor à cordes , 1963
- Clamavit for speaker, solo soprano, choir and orchestra, 1965
- Sept poèmes chinois for baritone and chamber orchestra, 1966
- Aube morte for baritone and orchestra, 1966
- Six Pièces brèves for orchestra, 1966
- Concerto pour un poème inconnu for piano and string orchestra, 1966
- Hommage à Signorelli for soprano, piano, Ondes Martenot and two percussionists, 1967
- Le Chant des Mondes, "Evren dile geldi" , symphonic poem, 1968
- Inter silentia for trumpet or cornet and piano, 1969
- Fragor for two pianos and orchestra, 1969
- Sidérales for orchestra and speaker, 1970
- Les Mains for two voices and two instruments, 1970
- Six pièces for trumpet and piano or organ, 1972
- Hapax , four songs for orchestra, 1977
- Tétrapyle for saxophone quartet and piano, 1978
- Pantomime for flute, 1979
- Lyre d'Etoiles , Nocturne for string trio and speaker, 1979
- Caprice d'une chatte anglaise , guitar duo, 1979
- Ce que pensent les Etoiles for percussion quartet, 1980
- Accordance for Celtic harp and oboe, 1980
- Calligrams for saxophone solo, 1981
- Suite fantasque for Celtic harp, 1982
- Anamnèse for female voice and viola, 1982
- Cristaux for mandolin and Celtic harp, 1982
- Thrène for tuba quartet, 1983
- Vibration for Celtic harp and string orchestra, 1983
- Moires for Ondes Martenot sextet and string orchestra, 1983
- Les Chants du Sommeil et de la Mort for flute, viola and Celtic harp, 1984
- Incandescence for baritone saxophone and piano, 1984
- Ophiucus VP8B for guitar and alto, 1984
- Boustrophédon for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1986
- Océanides for piano, 1986
- Phoinix for saxophone, 1986
- Gémeaux I et II for two saxophone quartets, 1986
- Plus souple que l'eau for Ondes Martenot and drums, 1986
- Vision flamboyante for violin and piano, 1987
- Née du rire de l'Eclair for guitar solo, 1987
- Madrépore for Celtic harp, 1987
- Tout l'azur pour émail , 1988
- Des grains de sable d'or aux mains , Concerto for guitar and string orchestra, 1988
- Le Fascinateur for narrator, Celtic harp and piano, 1989
- Le tambour des dunes for Celtic harp, mandolin and guitar, 1989
- Petite suite pour M. Ré Dièze et Mlle Mi Bémol for saxiophone, 1989
- Aeterno certamine for viola, cello, string orchestra and percussion, 1990
- Odi et amo for violin and orchestra, 1992
- Chimères , Concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, 1993
- Poème for violin and orchestra, 1994
- Aréthuse for flute and harp, 1994
- Oneiros for violin solo, 1994
- Le retour de Quetzalcoatl , symphonic poem for cello and orchestra, 1995
- Anamnèse II for mezzo-soprano and viola, 1996
- Pour le tombeau de Memnon for violin and piano, 1996
- Tout l'or des nuits ... for piano, 1997
- Ophiucus II for mandolin, viola, Celtic harp and guitar, 1997
- Tout l'azur pour émail II for mandolin, Celtic harp and guitar, 1997
- Née du rire de l'éclair II for mandolin, Celtic harp and guitar, 1997
- Caprice d'une chatte anglaise II for mandolin, celtic harp and guitar, 1997
- Des grains de sable d'or aux mains II for mandolin, Celtic harp and guitar, 1997
- (5523) Luminet 1991 PH8 for concert band, 1999
- Seuls tes yeux demeurèrent for violin and orchestra, 2000
- Au Vent d'Ouest , Laviersuite, 2000
- Ciels for mixed choir, orchestra and organ, 2003
- Rondel for mixed choir, orchestra and organ, 2003
- Le bois amical for choir, orchestra and organ, 2003
- Never more , piano suite based on the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe , 2004
- Le Chemin qui mène aux étoiles for double bass and piano, 2005
- À travers le silence amical de la lune (per amica silentia lunæ) for flute and guitar, 2006
- Avec des éclats dorés d'espérance for piano, 2007
- De bronze et de lumière for serpent and piano, 2008
literature
- Sax , Mule & co , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , H & D, 2004, pp.104-105.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thérèse Brenet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Thérèse Brenet in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Information on Thérèse Brenet in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brenet, Thérèse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |