Jérôme Dorival (born in 1952) is a French

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, composer and

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Biography

Born in Paris, Jérôme Dorival is one of the four sons of

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and art critic, Bernard Dorival. He studied at the

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with

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and Rémy Stricker, and at the Sorbonne with

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, Dominique Julia and Alphonse Dupront. His doctoral thesis in musicology deals with ''La Cantatille en France au XVIII'', under the direction of

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. As a researcher, he devoted himself especially to the pianist and pedagogue Hélène de Montgeroult, professor at the brand new Conservatoire in 1795 and composer. For the reissue of the scores of Montgeroult, Dorival founded the ''Éditions Modulation''. He is professor of music history at the Conservatoire de LyonÉquipe pédagogique
on conservatoire-lyon.fr. and in Lausanne. As a composer, he has been a member of the since 1985.Fiche Jérôme Dorival
on grame.fr.

Work

Compositions

* 1993: ''Le son des choses dans les ténèbres'', hommage to

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* 2001: ''La cathédrale'', nocturne for piano, hommage to

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Musicological writings

* * ''Le Concerto pour clavier : approches multiples, partition, histoire, art'', with Dominique Dubreuil and Daniel Gaudet, Aléas, 2001 . * (dir.) ''Les concerts à Lyon au 17e siècle'', Musée Gadagne, Musée historique de Lyon, 2004 * ; Articles: * (preface) ''Musique et notations'', Aléas, series "Collection Musique et Sciences", 1999 * « Le Plein du vide by Xu Yi, étude esthétique et analytique », in ''Tempus perfectum'' No 1 (August 2011), Symétrie, 24 pages , * « Paule de Lestang, chanteuse, pianiste et claveciniste : une musicienne aux multiples talents », in ''Tempus perfectum'' No 7, Symétrie, 27 pages , * « À propos du cas Montgeroult : réflexions sur la constitution et l’écriture des « grands récits » musicologiques », in Aline Tauzin, ''Musique, Femmes et Interdits'', Symétrie, , (pp. 119–146).

Discography

* ''Doubles 3'' composed with James Giroudon, in ''Musiques pour cordes'' - Ensemble instrumental, dir. Éric Sprogis (1992, Forlane UCD16664) * ''Le son des choses dans les ténèbres '', in ''À voix basse'' - ensemble Grame (1995, Grame GR005)

References

External links

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Jérôme Dorival, ''La Marquise et la Marseillaise''
on musicology.org
Jérôme Dorival: ''Hélène de Montgeroult – La Marquise et la Marseillaise''
on Anaclase {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorival, Jerome 1952 births Musicians from Paris Living people 20th-century French musicologists 21st-century French musicologists Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris French classical composers French male classical composers