Georges Bœuf (21 December 1937 – 25 August 2020) was a French composer, musician, and saxophonist. He composed

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s and

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s, among others.

Life

Born in Marseille, Bœuf studied at the (CRRM). In 1969, he co-founded the Groupe de musique expérimentale de Marseille (GMEM), of which he became president in 1974. In 1988, he founded the composition class at the CRRM, which was first directed by

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. Bœuf taught musical training, sound technique, and organology. He composed hundreds of musical works, including for theatrical and cinematic productions. He notably composed music for three films by

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: ', ', and '. He composed ''La Chant de la Nature'' for the permanent exhibition in the

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in Paris. Bœuf composed an opera titled ''Verlaine Paul'', based on the work of poet

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in Nancy on 29 October 1996, with the baritone

François Le Roux François Le Roux (born 30 October 1955) is a French baritone. Le Roux began vocal studies at 19 with François Loup, winning prizes in Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. He was a member of the Lyon Opera Company from 1980 to 1985, before appearing in ...

in a lead role. It was given a reprise in 2003 at in

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with a new staging by . Among his latest works are a

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created by the

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, ''Orbes'' for 12 strings,

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d by the Orchestre royal de Wallonie, ''Septimo'' (1998) for vibraphone and bells, recorded by Frédéric Daumas (Fragrance, 1999), ''Le Prophète'', based on a text by

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, for baritone and piano (1998), premiered by François Le Roux and Alexandre Tharaud at the François Mitterrand Library, ''Solitaire Vigie'' for large orchestra and choir (poem by Mallarmé) premiered in Nancy in January 2000, ''Variasix'' for instrumental ensemble created by the Télémaque ensemble (Aix-en-Provence, 2001), ''Koré ou L'Oubli'' for keyboard-percussion quartet in 2002, created by the Symblêma ensemble, ''Sonata for violin'' created by Nicolas Miribel, ''Six Monodies de l'absence'' for tenor saxophone, created by Joël Versavaud, ''Dans le bruit du monde'' for choir, created by the contemporary Roland Hayrabedian Choir, ''Messe des cendres''. Georges Bœuf died in Marseille on 25 August 2020 at the age of 82.

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France Culture, 19 août 2014, ''Le quatuor Béla joue des œuvres d'Igor Stravinsky, Dimitri Chostakovitch, Leos Janacek et Georges Bœuf.''

Bœuf Georges (1937)
(Éléments biographiques on the website of the

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