Noël Lancien (24 December 1934 – 23 July 1999) was a French composer, conductor and music educator, first Grand

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1958.

Life

Born in Paris, spotted very early for his musical gifts, Lancien entered the Maîtrise de la Radio when it was created in 1945 and began composing. He joined the

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in rue de Madrid in 1949, and he obtained the First

in 1958 for his cantata ''Une mort de Don Quichotte''. He studied

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with

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

and

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with

Tony Aubin Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (8 December 1907 – 21 September 1981) was a French composer. Career Aubin was born in Paris. From 1925 to 1930, he studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau (composer), Samuel Rousseau (music theory), ...

and

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

, and won a second conducting prize in 1959. He was director of the Conservatoire de Toulouse from 1964 to 1970 and of the Conservatoire de Nancy from 1970 to 1997, and conductor of the

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during the same period. He directs half of the programs, and brings to Nancy soloists such as

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, Yuri Boukoff,

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, Annie Challan,

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, Daniel Wayenberg and

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. Lancien died in Mauvages (

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)

Works

*''Deux sonnets de Shakespeare'' for strings, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and mezzo-soprano, 1954 *''Le bal des champs de M. Desbordes-Valmor'' for voice and piano, 1955 *''Trois Ballades de François Villon'' for four mixed voices ''a capella'', 1955 *''Chanson de Clément Marot'' for Choir, 1956 *''Suite bretonne'' for flute, oboe, harp, string quartet, 1956 * ''Couples fervents et doux de A. de Noailles'' for voice and piano, 1956 * ''Le mariage forcé'', after Molière, 1956 * ''Petite Valse'' for piano, 1956 * ''Toccata'' for piano, 1956 * ''24 harmonisations de chansons populaires'' for Choir, 1956–74 * ''22e Ode de Ronsard'' for voice and piano, 1957 * ''La Fée Urgèle'', Cantata, 1957 * ''Vantardises d'un marin breton ivre de Max Jacob'' for voice and piano, 1958 * ''Sonate'' for piano and cello, 1958 * ''Chantefleurs et Chantefables de Robert Desnos'', 1958 * ''Le cimetière des fous de Paul Eluard'' for bass and orchestra, 1958 * ''Une mort de Don Quichotte'', cantata, 1958 * ''Petite valse'' for string quartet, 1959 * ''Thème et variations'' for cello and piano, 1960 * ''Quatre prières à la Vierge'' for soprano and orchestra, 1961 * ''Concerto'' for trumpet and string quartet, 1961 * ''Vers à mettre en chant de Boileau'' for baritone and orchestra, 1968 * ''Première Position'' for piano, 1968 * ''Vocalises'' for trumpet and piano, 1968 * ''Fuguette'' for piano, 1984 * ''Toute Petite Suite'' for guitar, 1986 * ''Ballade des Dames de Nancy d'après François Villon'' for four mixed voices, 1993 * ''Montes Gelboë, in memoriam

Robert Planel Robert Planel (2 January 1908 – 25 May 1994) was a French composer, music pedagogue and violinist. Life Born in Montélimar, Planel was the son of the founder (1903) and director of the music school in Montélimar, Alphonse Planel (1869-1947 ...

'' for saxophone and piano, 1994

References

External links

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