Pierrette Mari (born 1929) is a French composer and musicologist.

Life and career

Pierrette Mari was born in

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and studied music at the

Conservatory of Nice The Conservatoire Pierre Cochereau à rayonnement régional de Nice (C.R.R. de Nice) is a state-run regional music and dance conservatoire which serves the French city of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). It was founded by Adeline Ballet, a pianist, in 1916. ...

from 1943 to 1946. She entered the Paris Conservatory in 1950, where she studied with

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and

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 ...

. She won first prize in

counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

in 1953 and first prize in

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in 1954. In 1956, she received a scholarship to attend the Music and Theatre Conference in

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. After completing her studies, Mari wrote as a critic for newspapers and music magazines. She also published biographies of notable musicians, including

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and

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

. In 1977 Mari became a lecturer at the University of Paris, Sorbonne.

Awards

*1946: Prize of the City of Nice *1961: First Prize in French melody, the National Union of Arts

Works

Selected music compositions include: *''Psaumes'' for narrator and orchestra (1954) *''Divertissement'' for flute and orchestra (1954) *''Le Sous-Préfet aux champs'' (1956) *''Trois Mouvements'' for strings *''Concerto'' for guitar (1971) *''Les Travaux d'Hercule'' (1973) *''Dialogue avec Louise Labé'' for voice and strings (1979) *''Ciel de bruyère'' (Sky of Heather) for viola and piano (1981) *''Escalades sur un piano'' for piano, dedicated to Maurice Herzog *''Hommage à Jacques Toja'', for orchestra (2003) *''Dans l'espace figé'', melody on a poem by Andrée Brunin (2012) Literary works include: *''Olivier Messiaen'', 1965 *''Béla Bartók'', 1970 *''Henri Dutilleux'', 1974

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mari, Pierrette 1929 births Musicians from Nice 20th-century classical composers French classical composers French women classical composers Conservatoire de Paris alumni Living people 20th-century French composers 20th-century French women composers