Georges Kan (born in 1958) is a French musicologist, music publisher and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Kan has written several articles, notably for the series "À la ligne" of the

ensemble 2e2m The Ensemble 2e2m is a French musical ensemble specializing in the interpretation of works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. History The Ensemble 2e2m was founded by Paul Méfano in 1972. 2e2m means ''études et expressions des modes ...

. His research also concerns the link between music and literature: he suggests Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 2 as a possible model for the

Vinteuil Sonata The Vinteuil Sonata is a fictional musical work described in the novel sequence ''In Search of Lost Time'' by Marcel Proust. The sonata features mainly in the section '' Un amour de Swann''. The character Charles Swann associates a musical phrase ...

. He has collaborated with the . Born in

Enghien-les-Bains Enghien-les-Bains () is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the département of Val-d'Oise. Enghien-les-Bains is famous as a spa resort and a well-to-do suburb of Paris, developed in ...

,"Kan, Georges (1958–....)", Authority Control record Kan studied music at the Limoges Conservatory, then at the Rubin Academy of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, in Walter Aufhauser's piano class.

Publisher

Kan founded the "Éditions musicales européennes" (EME) in 1994 which was dissolved in 2010; they published nearly 500 works, including the works of composers of the new generation such as , Thierry Pécou, ,

Paul Méfano Paul Méfano (March 6, 1937 – September 15, 2020), was a French composer and conductor. Biography Paul Méfano was born in Basra, Iraq. He pursued musical studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, and then later at the Paris Conservat ...

Alain Louvier Alain Louvier (born 13 September 1945) is a French composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Born in Paris, Louvier studied from 1953 to 1967 at the headed by Marcel Landowski, then from 1967 to 1970 at the Conservatoire de Paris with ...

Johannes Schöllhorn Johannes Schöllhorn (born 30 June 1962) is a contemporary German composer. Born in Murnau am Staffelsee, Schöllhorn grew up in Marktoberdorf. He studied musical composition with Klaus Huber, Emmanuel Nunes and Mathias Spahlinger and music the ...

Alberto Posadas Alberto Posadas (Valladolid, 1967), is a Spanish composer. Biography Alberto Posadas was born in 1967 in Valladolid where he underwent his first musical education which he then continued in Madrid at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. In 1988 he met ...

, , , and Aureliano Cattaneo, – and those of composers of the beginning of the 20th century, including

André Gedalge André Gedalge (27 December 1856 – 5 February 1926) was a French composer and teacher. Biography André Gedalge was born at 75 rue des Saints-Pères in Paris where he first worked as a bookseller and editor, specialising in ''livres de prix' ...

and

Jacques de La Presle Jacques de la Presle (1888-1969) was a French composer. He won Second Prix at the Prix de Rome in 1920 with his cantata ''Don Juan''. The following year he won the Grand Prix with a cantata ''Hermione'', and departed to spend four years at the Vill ...

. Through his intense editorial activity and close ties with composers, Kan is the dedicatee of several musical works: ''Gennevilliers Symphony'' (2003) by Bernard Cavanna, ''Clouds and Sky'' (2010) by

, ''Cripsis'' (2001) by Alberto Posadas, ''La Noia'' (2004) by François Narboni, ''Zéphyr'' (1999) by Suzanne Giraud, ''Sopherim'' (1998) by Philippe Schœller, ''Bing'' (2009) by .

Musicology, writings, compositions

In 2008, impressed by the quality of the publications of the

Artaria Artaria & Co. () was one of the most important music publishing firms of the late 18th and 19th century. Founded in the 18th century in Vienna, the company is associated with many leading names of the classical era. History Artaria & Co. was foun ...

publishing house in Vienna (1796), he embarked on a pre-romantic reconstitution of Beethoven's

piano sonatas Piano sonatas may refer to: * Piano sonatas (Beethoven) * Piano sonatas (Boulez) * Piano sonatas (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin composed three piano sonata A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in ...

."Beethoven: 3 sonatas Piano Op. 2 by Georges Kan", Authority Control record He published research on the opus 2 and opus 7. In particular, he proposes a link between Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 and the

Battle of Valmy The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Cannonade of Valmy, was the first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars that followed the French Revolution. The battle took place on 20 September 1792 as Prussian troops comm ...

. His recent research on Bach's ''

The Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of in ...

'' directs him towards a new analysis of the cover page graphics of the manuscript leading to a possible link to the

Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning") ...

. Kan is also the author/translator of musical notices (''Spur'' by Johannes Schöllhorn, ''Ça sonne'' by Bernard Cavanna) and the composer of educational works (''Sept Études sur les intervalles'' for piano, two pieces (''Ondée'' and ''Romance'') for clarinet and piano). His Piano Concert premiered in 1989 at the

Salle Cortot Salle is the French word for 'hall', 'room' or 'auditorium', as in: *Salle des Concerts Herz, a former Paris concert hall *Salle Favart, theatre of the Paris Opéra-Comique *Salle Le Peletier, former home of the Paris Opéra *Salle Pleyel, a Paris ...

by Martine Vialatte and the Ensemble orchestral d'Île-de-France, Bruno de Saint-Maurice conducting, and has been available on CD since 2015. In 1999, he also launched a manifesto, with the support of 250 artists, on the programming of

France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on European classical music, classical music and jazz. Hist ...

, expressing concern about the development of this radio station: "Everything concerning musicological knowledge, the diffusion of

Baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transiti ...

, the encouragement of young talents, the discovery of traditional music and finally contemporary creation, everything has evaporated." , then director of that radio station, stayed the course and replied that the station could not be confiscated by specialists, musicologists and academics, and that the idea was to make this musical programme available to a wide audience.

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