Claude Abromont (born 1955 in Paris) is a French

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

, essayist and writer. He is mostly known for his ''Guide de la théorie de la musique''.

Biography

After studying the

history of music Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of ...

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 ...

and

counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

at the

Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse 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 ...

(CNSMDP), Abromont studied

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

with

Max Deutsch Max Deutsch (17 November 1892 – 22 November 1982) was an Austrian-French composer, conductor, and academic teacher. He studied with Arnold Schönberg and was his assistant. Teaching at the Sorbonne and the École Normale de Musique de Paris, he ...

at the

École normale de musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (Engl ...

. He obtained a 1st Prize in

musical analysis Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to answer ...

at the CNSMDP in 1986 (

Claude Ballif Claude Ballif (22 May 1924 – 24 July 2004) was a French composer, writer, and pedagogue. He worked at a number of institutions throughout more than 40 years of teaching, one of which he had attended as a student. Among his pupils were Raynald A ...

's class).

Publications

Articles

* ''Enseigner la composition musicale ?'', in collaboration with François Leclère, in ''Musique en jeu'' n°29, November 1977, * ''À propos de Farben : invention et figuration dans la pensée musicale de Schoenberg'', ''Analyse musicale'' n°3, April 1986, * ''Le chant de Linos by André Jolivet'', Traversières magazine n°19/53-20/54, Spring/Summer 1996, * ''La Musique complète ; Berlioz, 1844,'' in ''Wagner m'a tué !, les enjeux de la musique en 25 citations,'' under the direction of Élisabeth Brisson, Ellipses, 2011, * ''Sonorités brutes'', in ''Art brut, collection abcd'', under the direction of Bruno Decharme and Barbara Safarova, exhibition catalog,

Flammarion Flammarion may refer to: * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, wife of Camille Flammarion * Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by C ...

, 2014, * ''Préface'', in ''Le Quatuor à cordes, vers les séductions de l'extrême'', under the direction of Mélanie Guérimand, Muriel Joubert and Denis le Touzé, Microsillon éditions, 2016 * ''Analyses et interprétations de la musique, la mélodie du berger dans le ''Tristan et Isolde'' de Richard Wagner'',; version PDF, p. 183-188 ''Analyses et interprétations de la musique, la mélodie du berger dans le ''Tristan et Isolde'' de Richard Wagner''
/ref> by Jean-Jacques Nattiez, ''Revue musicale OICRM'', vol. 3, no 2,

Msicological works

* ''Guide de la théorie de la musique'', with Eugène de Montalembert (

Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...

/Lemoine, 2001), translated into Spanish (Fondo de cultura economica) * ''Abrégé de la théorie de la musique'', (éditions

/Lemoine, 2003) * ''Petit précis du commentaire d'écoute'' (Panama, 2008, reissued under the same title by éditions Fayard, 2010) * ''Guide des genres de la musique occidentale'', with Eugène de Montalembert (Fayard/Lemoine, 2010) * ''Guide des formes de la musique occidentale'', with Eugène de Montalembert (Fayard/Lemoine, 2010) * ''La Symphonie fantastique'' ; ''enquête autour d'une idée fixe'' (Philharmonie de Paris, collection Rue Mus-Style, 2016), Special Jury Prize, awarded by the Prix France Musique des Muses (2017)

Novels

*''Symphonie criminelle en mi bémol'' (Bayard, 2013)

References

External links

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