François-René Tranchefort (30 June 1933 – 22 May 2019) was a contemporary French
musicologist
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Biography
Tranchefort has written, edited or directed, alone or in collaboration with other musicologists, a number of reference works on a wide range of themes related to classical music:
chamber music
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,
symphonic music
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, a ...
, piano,
harpsichord
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,
opera
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,
sacred music
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,
choral, and musical instruments.
''Ouvrages de François-René Tranchefort''
on Amazon. Among others, he has collaborated with Harry Halbreich
Harry Halbreich (Berlin, 9 February 1931 – Brussels, 27 June 2016) was a Belgian musicologist.Dust jacket biography of Harry Halbreich from #Halbreich2007, Halbreich (2007).Patrick Szersnovicz. Harry Halbreich (obituary). ''Diapason (magazine), ...
, Marc Vignal, Pierre-Émile Barbier, Adélaïde de Place, André Lischke, Jean-Alexandre Ménétrier, Alain Poirier, Jean-Louis Sulmon, Claire Delamarche, Michel Fleury, Erik Kocevar, Marie-Aude Roux, and Michel Parouty.
Selected bibliography
*1978: ''L'opéra 1, d'Orféo à Tristan'', series "Points", éditions du Seuil
*1978: ''L'opéra 2, de Tristan à nos jours'', series Points, éditions du Seuil
*1980: ''Les instruments de musique dans le monde 1'', Coll. « Points » (n° Mu 5), éditions du Seuil. Instruments de percussions, cordes.
*1980: ''Les instruments de musique dans le monde 2'', series "Points" (n° Mu 6), éditions du Seuil. Instruments à vent, électriques et électroniques mécaniques et automatiques.
*1983: ''L'Opéra'', éditions du Seuil.
* — Prize of the Académie Charles-Cros.
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References
External links
François-René Tranchefort
on Babelio
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20th-century French musicologists
2019 deaths
1933 births