Gérard Condé (born 26 January 1947) is a French composer and music critic.

Life

Born in Nancy, Condé was first self-taught until 1965 then studied harmony at the before following the teaching of

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 ...

(

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) in Paris between 1969 and 1972. He joined the daily ''

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'' in 1975. He also contributes to various publications, such as '' Opéra'' and ''Opéra international'' and produces programmes on

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. As a composer, he writes in a technique derived from

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Work

Compositions

* ''Mémorial'', for baritone and string quintet (1972; 1980) * ''Fêtes galantes'', recitation with piano, poems by Verlaine (1973) (éd. Éditions

Henry Lemoine Henry Lemoine (21 October 1786 – 18 May 1854) was a French music publisher, composer, and piano teacher. Life Lemoine was born in Paris, where he was a pupil of Anton Reicha, a composer and piano teacher. In 1816 he took over his father ...

) * ''Mélodie'', scene for soprano, clarinet and piano (1974) * ''Darjeeling'', ritual for a singer preparing tea (1976) * ''Il était une fois'', pour violoncelliste raconteur/se (1977) * ''Dans la résonance du cri'', for piano (1978) * ''Rondo varié'', pour tubiste lecteur (1978) * ''Lovely Madeline'', ballad for a guitarist (1979) * ''Rhapsodie'', mimodrama for a bassoonist (1979) * ''Scherzando un poc''o, for flute quartet (1979) * ''Trio à cordes'' No 1 (1980) * ''Rêve d'amour'', action musicale d'après Franz Liszt pour contrebassiste narrateur, soprano, clarinette basse, chœur d'hommes et ensemble instrumental (1981) Création Radio-France, 30 October 1989 (éd. Durand). * ''Invocations'' for baritone and saxophone quartet on poems by Baudelaire and Huysmans (1981–1983) (Max Eschig publishing house) — State commission. * ''Monarch of Gods and Daemons'', parabole scénique pour un(e) saxophoniste jouant 5 instruments (1983) * ''Éclats'', for violin and viola (1984) commissioned by the Festival de La Rochelle * ''Intenso'', for viola and cello (1985) * ''Amoroso'', duetto for a clarinetist (1985) * ''Traces'' (''Trio à cordes'' No 2) (1986) premiere, Trio à cordes de Paris, festival d'Ambronay 1988 (éd. Durand). * ''Culbutes'', for 16 instruments (1986), Commission from Radio France. Premiere, 27 June 1987) * ''Infusoires'', for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1987) (éd. Durand) * ''Le Mont des oliviers'', cantata for soprano and basset horn on a poem by

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, commissioned by the GRAME (1987) * ''Élans'' for cello and piano (1988) (éd. Durand) * ''Le Chant du silence'' for baritone and orchestra (1992) Commission from Radio-France. Premiered January 9, 1993. * ''Les miracles de l'enfant Jésus'', for children's choir (1994) commissioned by the

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* ''Éveil'', for orchestra (1995) commission from ' * ''Lointains'' for clarinet flute, piano, harp and string quartet, "Hommage à

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". (1996) * ''La Chouette enrhumée'', lyrical tale after Oscar Wilde (1996) — State commission. * ''Salima sac à ruses'', comic opera for all audiences after '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (1999) — Commission from the Beaumarchais Foundation * ''Léon le caméléon'', musical tale for narrator and 17 musicians (2000), State commission. * ''Une larme du diable,'' Musical fantasy after Théophile Gautier for narrator and 7 musicians (2001) * ''De Barque à Barque'', 8 poems by

Yves Bonnefoy Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. He was pr ...

for mezzo and piano (2001) * ''Les Orages désirés'' romantic opera about Berlioz's childhood. Booklet by Christian Wasselin (2003) - commissioned by Radio France. * ''Après le pas,'' poem by for voice and piano (2004) * ''Les Chansons de Rabbi Moshé'', Jewish stories for baritone and piano (2005) * ''Pour garder le jour'', sevan poems by François Cheng for mixed ''a cappella'' choir (2006) * ''Sur les Hauts,'' for alto saxophone and harmony orchestra (2007) - Commissioned by the Conseil Général des Vosges. * ''Vision'', for soprano or tenor and piano, poem by Baudelaire (2007) - Commissioned by the city of Épinal. * ''Thoueris'', solo for

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(2007) * ''Marie!'' four poems by Ronsard for tenor and piano (2009) * ''String quartet'' (2010) * ''Écrit sur nuage,'' 7 poems by for recitation, piano, clarinet and cello (2012) * ''Humeurs'' for solo oboe (ed. L'ill aux roseaux) (2012) - Commissioned by the Association française du hautbois * ''Per amica silentia'', 4 poems by

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for mezzo or baritone and piano (2014) * ''Messe de Sainte-Adresse'', for mixed choir and organ (2012-2015) * ''Les Litanies de Satan,'' poem by Baudelaire for baritone and piano (2017) — Commission of the Francis Poulenc Academy.

Publications

Books

* ''Le piano, révélateur de l'orchestre chez Massenet'', series "Observatoire musical français, Série histoire de la musique et analyse" (), Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 2003 * — Prix Bernier de l’Institut ; Grand Prix des Muses.

Articles

; Music journalism: ''L'Est républicain'' (May/June 1972) ''L'Écran lorrain'' (1971–1974), ''Le Guide musical'' (1973–1975), ''Nouvelle Revue des Deux Mondes'' (1975), ''Harmonie'' (1975–1980), ''Lyrica'' (1975–1980) ''Opéra'' (1974–1976), ''Opéra International'' (1977–1978 / 1986–2005), ''Opéra Magazine'' (since 2005), ''

Le Monde de la musique ''Le Monde de la musique'' was a French monthly musical magazine published from 1978 to 2009 with a circulation of 20,000 copies in 2008. It was founded in 1978 by ''Le Monde'' and ''Télérama ''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and tel ...

'' (1978–1980 / 1990–2005), ''Mélomane (Radio France)'' (1991–2000), '' Diapason'' (since 2006), ''

'' (about 4000 articles from April 1975 to September 2014) ; Musicographic texts: * Literary and musical commentary, for ''L'Avant-Scène-Opéra'', of texts by Auber (''La Muette de Portici''), Berlioz (''Les Troyens'', ''Béatrice et Bénédict'', ''La Damnation de Faust''), Berg (''Lulu''), Bizet (''Les Pêcheurs de perles''), G. Charpentier (''Louise''), Chausson (''le Roi Arthus''), Debussy (''Pelléas et Mélisande''), Gounod (''Faust'', ''Mireille''), Hersant (''Le Château des Carpates''), Massenet (''Le Roi de Lahore'', ''Hérodiade'', ''Manon'', ''Le Cid'', ''Werther'', ''Esclarmonde'', ''Thaïs'', ''Le Portrait de Manon'', ''La Navarraise'', ''Sapho'', ''Grisélidis'', ''Don Quichotte'', ''Panurge'') Meyerbeer (''Les Huguenots'', ''Le Prophète''), Mozart ''(La clemenza di Tito)'', Reimann ''(Lear)'', Rossini (''Guillaume Tell''), Weber (''Euryanthe''). * Nearly two hundred texts for the opera house programs of the

Opéra national du Rhin The Opéra national du Rhin is an opera company which performs in Alsace, eastern France. It includes the Opéras in Strasbourg, in Mulhouse, where the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin, also known as the Ballet Du Rhin, is based, and in Colmar, ...

(50), the

Théâtre du Châtelet The Théâtre du Châtelet () is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a ...

(30), the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (16), the

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, the Massenet Festival in Saint-Étienne (analyses “format ''Avant-scène''” of ''Roma'', ''Ariane'', ''Marie-Magdeleine'', ''Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame''), of the Opéra de Montpellier (''Sigurd''); abroad:

La Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...

of Brussels, English National Opera;

Liceu The Gran Teatre del Liceu (, English: Great Theatre of the Lyceum), known as ''El Liceu'', is an opera house in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Located in La Rambla, it is the oldest running theatre in Barcelona. Founded in 1837 at another ...

of Barcelona,

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of Madrid, Operas of Geneva, Rome, Liège, Antwerp, Stuttgart. * More than two hundred texts for the symphonic hall programmes of the orchestras of Radio France, the Orchestre National de Lyon etc. * Collaborations: ''Guide de la Mélodie'' (

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, 1994); ''Dictionnaire Berlioz'' (Fayard, 2003), Larousse de la Musique (Condé, Deutsch, Kagel, Massenet, Critique musicale), the

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, the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians etc.

Recording notices

More than a hundred including: *

Ropartz Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor. His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A min ...

, '' Requiem'' - Catherine Dubosc, soprano; Jacqueline Mayeur, mezzo-soprano; Vincent Le Texier, bass; François-Henri Houbart, organ; Ensemble instrumental Jean-Walter Audoli, dir.

Michel Piquemal Michel Piquemal (born 15 April 1947) is a French choir conductor and conductor. He is also an operatic singer ( baritone). Biography Born in Paris, originally from Ariège, his parents were not musicians at all. Michel Piquemal wanted to pl ...

(1991, Adda 581266) * Berlioz, ''La damnation de Faust'' - Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Chung Myung-whun (April and May 1995 / June 1996,

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453 500-2) *

Cécile Chaminade Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944) was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. Ambroise Thomas said, "This is not a woman who composes, but a ...

, ''Mots d'amour'', mélodies -

Anne Sofie von Otter Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Early life Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedis ...

, mezzo-soprano;

Bengt Forsberg Bengt Forsberg (born 1952) is a Swedish concert pianist most famous for his numerous collaborations with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. He participated in her project to record songs written in the concentration camp of Terezín. Forsberg ...

, piano (2001, DG)

Publisher

Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) ...

, ''Mes'' ''Souvenirs'' (éd. Plume, 1992) * Weber, ''La Vie d'un musicien et autres écrits'' series "Musiques et musiciens",

Jean-Claude Lattès Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Claude Ades, an Italian electronic music producer * Jean-Claude Alibert (died 2020), a French racing driver * Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), a French compo ...

, 1986 traduit de l'allemand (sous le nom de Lucienne Gérardin), présentation et notes par G. Condé. * Berlioz, ''Cauchemars et passions'', textes inédits (series "Musiques et musiciens", Jean-Claude Lattès, 1981) * — nouvelle édition présentée, annotée et complétée par G. Condé ; Prefaces: * Berlioz, ', éd. Symétrie, 2014 * ''Lettres de Charles Gounod à Pauline Viardot,'' éd. Symétrie, 2015 * ''Fanny Mendelssohn'' by Françoise Tillard, éd. Symétrie 2007 * ''Gustave Charpentieri et son temps'' by Michela Niccolai, éd. Université de Saint-Étienne, 2013

Discography

* ''Premières mélodies du XXI'': ''De barque à barque'', poems by

;

Guillemette Laurens Guillemette Laurens (born 6 November 1957 in Fontainebleau, France) is a French operatic mezzo-soprano. Guillemette trained at the Academy of Toulouse and debuted as Baba in ''The Rake's Progress'' at Salle Favart. She took part in the premiere ...

, mezzo-soprano; Maria Belooussova, piano (2005, Maguelone) * ''mélodrames français'' by Caroline Gautier (Una corda) * ''La Chouette enrhumée'' (PIC) * ''Salima sac à ruses'' (Maguelone) * ''Infusoires''

References

Bibliography

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External links

Discography
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''Les Orages Désirés'', Gérard Condé, with Anne Rodier
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