Amédée Borsari (23 December 1905 – 21 June 1999) was a French composer.

Life

Born in Paris, Borsari began piano studies with Georges Falkenberg,Georges Falkenberg
on BNF and

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

with

Charles Silver Charles Silver (16 April 1868 – 10 October 1949) was a French composer. Life Born in Paris, Silver studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Théodore Dubois and Jules Massenet and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1891 with the lyrica ...

at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. He then worked with

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Par ...

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Schola Cantorum de Paris The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History La Schola was founded i ...

. Abandoning the principles of the schola in the mid-1930s, he composed in a clear and sober style that is in keeping with the French tradition of the first half of the 20th century. His work has been awarded several prizes. Borsari died in

Eaubonne Eaubonne () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Twin towns It is twinned with Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Budenheim, Germany and Vălenii ...

(Val-d'Oise).

Main works

* 3 string quartets * ''Prélude pour la mort de Roland'', (1940–41), for orchestra * ''Histoires enfantines'', for soprano and orchestra (1942) * Quintet with piano * ''Eudaïmon-Symphonie'' (1946) * ''Paysage d'été'' (1948) * ''La Grande Place'' (1952) * ''La Cathédrale meurtrie'' (1955) * Concerto for piano and orchestra "Américain" (1941) * 2nd concerto for piano (1946) * Concerto for saxophone and string orchestra (1947) * 3rd concerto for harpsichord or piano, and 11 instruments (1950)

Sources

* ''Dictionnaire de la Musique'',

Marc Honegger Marc Honegger (17 May 1926 – 8 September 2003) was a French musicologist and choirmaster. Biography A distant cousin of the Swiss-born composer Arthur Honegger, he studied at the Sorbonne, where he was a pupil of Paul-Marie Masson. He receive ...

, éd. Bordas, 1986

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borsari, Amedee 1905 births 1999 deaths Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni 20th-century French composers French classical composers French male classical composers 20th-century French male musicians