Max Méreaux (born October 1946) is a French
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
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He was born in
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; ; Picard: ''Saint-Onmé'') is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Sa ...
, near
Calais
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, where he undertook his first music lessons. After gaining his
baccalaureate in
philosophy
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, Méreaux studied
musical analysis
Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to ans ...
at the
Paris Conservatoire
The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...
under
Jacques Castérède.
Méreaux is a
music teacher
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and educational advisor, and adheres to a particular interest in
"active teaching methods". Subsequently, Méreaux has composed several
didactic
Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain.
...
works.
He is known for his books on
musical therapy written in collaboration with Dr. Léon Bence. Additionally, Méreaux has composed several
chamber and
orchestra
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
l works.
Works
*''Pentacle'' pour orchestre symphonique.
*''Rituel'' pour orchestre d’harmonie et percussions.
*''Alturas de Macchu Picchu'' pour baryton et orchestre symphonique sur un poème espagnol de Pablo Neruda.
*''Hommage à Rameau'' (pour flûte, clarinette, trompette, piano et orchestre à cordes).
*''Concerto pour violon et onze instruments à cordes'' œuvre primée au Concours International de Composition Valentino BUCCHI de Rome en novembre 1981.
*''Concerto pour violon et douze instruments à cordes'' dedicated to
Tibor Varga
*''Cosmogonie'' pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette en la, basson, cor en fa, clavecin et quatuor à cordes.
*''Noctuor'' pour 2 hautbois, 2 clarinettes, 2 cors en fa et 2 bassons.
*''Solstice pour quintette à vent'' pour flûte, cor anglais, clarinette en si bémol, cor en fa et basson.
*''Divertimento'' pour 4 cors en fa.
*''Coïncidences'' quatuor à cordes.
*''Prélude et fugue'' pour quatuor de saxophones.
*''Sonate à trois'' pour clarinette en si bémol, violoncelle et piano.
*''Polysonance'' pour hautbois, harpe et violoncelle.
*''Moment'' pour orgue.
*''Sonatine'' pour piano.
*''Aria, toccata et fugue'' pour piano.
*''Élégie pour flûte à bec alto''.
*''Isthme'' pour flûte à bec ténor et guitare.
*''Melodia'' pour hautbois seul.
*''Entrelacs'' pour cor anglais et piano.
*''Lamento'' pour clarinette et piano.
*''Hymne'' pour cor seul.
*''Contemplation'' pour trompette seule.
*''Fata Morgana'' pour trompette et piano.
*''Psaume'' pour trombone seul.
*''Sibylle'' pour trombone et piano.
*''Arcane'' pour saxhorn basse en si bémol et piano.
*''Sonnet de Louise Labé'' pour voix de mezzo-Soprano et piano.
*''Te rogamus'' pour voix de Soprano et piano ou orgue.
*''Soledad'' pour violon seul.
*''Offrande'' pour violon et piano.
*''Préludes à trois légendes'' pour alto seul.
*''Idylle'' pour alto seul.
*''Invocation'' pour alto et piano.
*''Calligramme'' pour viole de gambe.
*''Melancholia'' pour violoncelle et piano.
*''Le gardien du seuil'' pour contrebasse et piano.
*''Sonatine pour guitare et piano''
Further reading
* Guide pratique de musicothérapie. Editions Dangles 1987
*
Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
The Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (Cdmc) is a French association based in Paris. Founded in 1977, it is an important resource centre for contemporary music.
Introduction
The Centre is a public documentation centre for cont ...
. Paris. Ressources : catalogue
* Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. Mediatheque
* Bibliothèque Nationale de France, catalogue général.
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1946 births
Living people
People from Saint-Omer
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
20th-century French classical composers
French male classical composers
Microtonal musicians
20th-century French male musicians