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'''Michel Rateau''' ( |
'''Michel Rateau''' (4 September 1938 [[Paris]] – 16 October 2020 [[Bois-Guillaume]]){{Sfn|"Nécrologie", October 25,|2020}} was a French composer known for his contributions to choral, orchestral, ensemble, and instrumental music. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Michel Rateau began studying [[ |
Michel Rateau began studying [[solfège]] and piano at the age of five at Notre Dame de France in [[Vanves]]. At the same age, he composed his first work in his parents' kitchen using everyday objects. |
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Rateau attended a number music courses throughout his childhood |
Rateau attended a number of music courses throughout his childhood, studying under Sister Marie-Laurent up to the age of 11; then taking private piano courses with the organist Jean Boguet up to the age of 15. He then attended the classes of [[Jacques Février]] and [[Jean Doyen]]. |
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Attracted to |
Attracted to Composition, Rateau enrolled in the [[Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris]] in 1959. He attended the classes of [[André Jolivet]] and [[Jean Rivier]] and begin studying under the supervision of the CNSM Professor of Harmony, [[Maurice Duruflé]]. He passed the Musical Education, [[Certificate of aptitude for secondary school teachers (France)|CAPES]] (upper national teaching diploma) in 1960 and carried out National Military Service in the Band of the [[93rd Infantry Regiment]] [[:fr:93e régiment d'infanterie (France)|(fr)]] at [[Fort Mont-Valérien]] from 1962 to 1964. |
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Rateau was awarded the First Prize |
Rateau was awarded the First Prize for Harmony in 1963 and the First Prize for Composition in 1966 from the [[Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris]]. In 1967 he won Premier Grand [[Prix de Rome]], a French national upper artistic award allowing the winner to spend time at the [[Villa Medici]] in Rome, Italy.{{Sfn|Busser, September 1,|1967|p=128}}{{Sfn|''Prix de Rome, 1960–1968''}} |
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Rataeu lived at the Villa Medici from 1968 to 1971. Shortly after his return to Paris, he turned his focus to sounds emitted by unconventional |
Rataeu lived at the Villa Medici from 1968 to 1971. Shortly after his return to Paris, he turned his focus to sounds emitted by unconventional instruments (such as bird cage, pipes, and tanks) and recorded them on magnetic tapes. This led to the score of "La Course" ("The Race") a ballet for the Paris [[Théâtre National Populaire]] (TNP) performed by Joseph Russillo’s company and a concert at the [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] within the frame of the A.R.C. (Animation, Research, Confrontation) ordered by [[Maurice Fleuret]]. Throughout these years, Rateau continued to compose orchestral scores. |
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As reported by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' in 1975, Rateau instigated a new musical style founded on what the composer called "sounds of nature and every-day life". The report said "he has recorded the sounds of printing machines, car engines, pots and pans, garden tools, and claims it is not [[musique concrete]] but music composed and arranged on tape by the elements producing the sound."{{Sfn|Kahn, December 20,|1975|p=51}} |
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In 1976, Rateau settled in [[Rouen]], and took up again his teaching activities at the Rouen IUFM (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres – i.e. University Institute for Teachers' training). He also taught at the Rouen Institute of Musicology from 1980 to 1989 and at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] from 1983 to 1990, as a teacher of harmony and analysis. |
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In 1976, Rateau settled in [[Rouen]], and resumed his teaching activities at the Rouen IUFM ([[Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres]] – ''i.e.'' University Institute for Teachers' Training). He also taught at the Rouen Institute of Musicology from 1980 to 1989 and at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] from 1983 to 1990, as a teacher of harmony and analysis. |
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In 1982 Rateau started the “Chants du Temps” (Time songs) for orchestra—he finished it in 1988. |
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In 1982 Rateau started the "Chants du Temps" ("Time Songs") for orchestra which he finished in 1988. |
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While teaching full-time, he had “Offrande Lyrique” (Lyrical offering) for violin and orchestra played in concert at the [[Salle Gaveau]] in Paris in 1984 by l'[[Ensemble Orchestral de Paris]] (The Paris orchestral group) conducted by [[Jean-Pierre Wallez]], with [[Gaëtane Prouvost]] as a solo violin – to his greatest joy, Maestros [[Olivier Messiaen]] and [[Henri Dutilleux]] attended this concert. The Rouen Chamber Orchestra played this work again in 1984 conducted by [[Jean-Pierre Berlingen]]. |
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While teaching full-time, he had "Offrande Lyrique" ("Lyrical Offering") for violin and orchestra played in concert at the [[Salle Gaveau]] in Paris in 1984 by [[Ensemble orchestral de Paris]] conducted by [[Jean-Pierre Wallez]] with [[Gaëtane Prouvost]] [[:fr:Gaëtane Prouvost|(fr)]] (born 1954) as a solo violin. To his joy, Maestros [[Olivier Messiaen]] and [[Henri Dutilleux]] attended this concert. The Rouen Chamber Orchestra played this work again in 1984, conducted by Jean-Pierre Berlingen. |
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For the 25th anniversary of Rouen University in 1991, he composed for the Nouvel ensemble Contemporain (The New Contemporary group): “A quatre” for flute, clarinet, violin and piano, created in concert in 1991. |
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For the 25th anniversary of the [[University of Rouen Normandy]] in 1991, Rateau composed a "Quatre" for flute, clarinet, violin and piano for the Nouvel ensemble Contemporain (The New Contemporary group), created in concert in 1991. |
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In 1992 Michel Rateau began “Les Chants du Temps” for the piano, his ''Journal Musical'' (Musical Diary), “a work in progress of unachievement”. The “Chants du Temps” returned to a very simple, quite purified, strongly melodic and contrapuntic form of writing, which is contrasting radically with the pioneering pieces he wrote in the years 1960-1970. It consists in a modulable composition in 15 volumes, each volume enclosing twelve books and each books twelve pages of music. Like a collection of poems according to his mood and his preferences, the reader-interpreter will choose pieces to be read or played without restraint. |
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In 1992 Rateau began "Les Chants du Temps" for the piano, his ''Journal Musical'' (''Musical Diary''), "A Work in Progress of Unachievement". "Chants du Temps" returned to a very simple, quite purified, strongly melodic, and [[contrapuntal]] form of writing, which contrasts radically with the pioneering pieces he wrote in 1960–1970. It consists of a modulable composition in fifteen volumes, each volume enclosing twelve books and each book containing twelve pages of music. Like a collection of poems, according to his mood and his preferences, the reader-interpreter will choose pieces to be read or played without restraint. |
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Part of the “Chants du Temps” was played in concert at the [[University of Strasbourg]] in April 2005, on the occasion of the Cultural Action Days. The Israeli pianist [[Gilead Mishory]] in concerts performed in Germany and Japan plays some extracts of this work also. |
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Part of the "Chants du Temps" was played in concert at the [[University of Strasbourg]] in April 2005, on the occasion of the Cultural Action Days. The Israeli pianist [[Gilead Mishory]] [[:de:Gilead Mishory|(de)]] (born 1960) has performed excerpts of this work in Germany and Japan. |
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== List of works == |
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* “Copeaux de lune” (Moon chips), for two pianos - Paris Biennal, [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] - 1966 (Editions Billaudot) - duration : 11 minutes. |
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* “Divertimento”, for two pianos - 1st prize of composition, [[Paris CNSM]] - 1966 - duration : 13 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Voyageur où t’en vas-tu ?” (Traveller, where are you going ?), Cantata on a poem of [[Rabindranath Tagore]], for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass and orchestra - Paris Opera Orchestra, Institut de France - 1967 - duration : 25 minutes |
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* “Divertimento Breve”, for orchestra – [[RAI]] Symphonic orchestra, Rome, 1968 - duration : 5 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Seuil” (Threshold), for a set of percussions - The RAI (television) percussions, Rome - 1969 - Work retransmitted on [[France Musique]] - duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Concerto”, for orchestra - the RAI (television) orchestra, Rome - 1970 - duration: 12 minutes |
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* “Sonnant” (Sounding), for Orchestra - order from Radio France - 1971 - duration: 12 minutes |
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* “Trois musiques pour un citoyen” ( Three musics for a citizen), for orchestra - order from [[Radio France]] - 1972 - Editions Billaudot - transcription for two pianos - duration: 18 minutes |
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* <u>Music on magnetic tape :</u> |
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** “La Course” (The Race), music for ballet represented at the Paris [[Théâtre National Populaire]] (TNP) by the [[Joseph Russillo]]’s company retransmitted on the television - 1970 - duration: 26 minutes |
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** “Cage”, “Tuiles”, “Outils de jardin”, “Tubulure”, “Mécaniques” (Cage, Tiles, Garden tools, Pipe, Mechanics) : musics played in concert at the [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] - 1975 - duration: 45 minutes |
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** “Enfances” (Childhoods) (15’), “Flûtes” (Flutes) (7’20), “Cloches” (Bells) (5’40), “Tintamarresque et Farce” (Noise and trick) (12’), “Concerto pour guitare” (Concerto for guitar) (25’), “Couvercles” (Covers) (4’30), “Pièces de voitures” (Car spare parts) (5’30), “Eléments de cuisine avec piano” (Kitchen elements with piano) (6’30), “La Bête” (The Beast) (2’40), “Temps-Monde” (Time-World) (13’) - 1973-1976 |
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* “Matinale” (Morning) (3’30), for flute and piano, “Sonnant” (Sounding) (3’10), for trumpet and piano - Instrumental piece ordered by A. Leduc Publisher, 1972 |
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* <u> Piece for Paris CNSM competitive examination :</u> |
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** “Fiction” for horn and piano - M.Eschig Publisher - 1974 - duration : 5 minutes |
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** “Dialogue avec l’oiseau La” (Dialogue with the A Bird) for flute and piano - M.Eschig Publisher - 1975 - duration : 5 minutes |
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** “Nature morte à la contrebasse” (Still-life with contrabass) - Salabert Publisher - 1981 -duration: 5 minutes |
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* “Comme Union” ( Like Union ) for brass quintet - Order from ARS NOVA, Conducted by [[Marius Constant]] - 1979 - duration: 15 minutes |
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* “Lumen” for strings - Rouen Chamber Orchestra, conducted by [[Jean-Claude Bernède]] - 1980 - duration: 20 minutes |
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* “Offrande Lyrique” (Lyrical offering) for violin and orchestra - ordered by the [[Paris Orchestral Group]] - 1981 - duration: 18 minutes |
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* “Chants du Temps” (Time songs) in four books for orchestra - 1982-1988 - duration: 1 hour 50 minutes |
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* “Audite” for orchestra - 1989 - duration: 11 minutes |
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* “Intervalle” (Interval) for strings - 1990 - duration : 5 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Ephphata” for orchestra - 1990 – duration : 7 minutes |
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* “Musique Geste Mouvement” (Music Gesture Movement) for two pianos - 1990 - duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “A quatre” (At four) for flute, clarinet, violin and piano - Created in concert by the New Contemporary Group on the 25th anniversary of Rouen University - 1991 - duration: 8 minutes 30 secondes |
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* “Chants du temps” (Time songs) for strings and wind instruments - 2007 - duration 40 minutes |
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* “Les Chants du Temps” (Time songs) for piano, « Work in course of unachievement » - started in 1992 - total duration : about 20 hours - 16th volume in progress |
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== Works == |
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<u>1966–1972</u>: |
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* “Copeaux de lune” (Moon chips), for two pianos – Paris Biennal, [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] (1966) – Editions Billaudot – duration: 11 minutes. |
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* “Divertimento”, for two pianos – 1st prize for composition, [[Paris CNSM]] (1966) – duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds |
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*"Voyageur où t'en vas-tu?" ("Traveler, Where Are You going?"), Cantata on a poem by [[Rabindranath Tagore]], for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, and orchestra – [[Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris]], Institut de France (1967) – duration: 25 minutes.{{Sfn|Busser, September 1,|1967|p=128}} {{OCLC|842337723}} (music score). |
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* “Divertimento Breve”, for orchestra – [[RAI National Symphony Orchestra]], Rome (1968) – duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Seuil” (Threshold), for a set of percussions – [[RAI]] (television) percussions, Rome (1969) – Work retransmitted on [[France Musique]] - duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Concerto”, for orchestra – [[RAI National Symphony Orchestra]], Rome (1970) – duration: 12 minutes |
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* “Sonnant” (Sounding), for Orchestra – order from [[Radio France]] (1971) – duration: 12 minutes |
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* “Trois musiques pour un citoyen” ("Three Musical Pieces for a Citizen"), for orchestra – order from [[Radio France]] (1972) – Editions Billaudot – transcription for two pianos - duration: 18 minutes |
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<u>Music on tape</u>: |
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* "La Course" ("The Race"), music for ballet represented at the Paris [[Théâtre National Populaire]] (TNP) by the Joseph Russillo’s company retransmitted on the television (1970) – duration: 26 minutes |
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* <u>1975: Music in concert at the [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] – duration: 45 minutes</u>: |
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<li>"Cage" ("Cage")</li> |
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<li>"Tuiles" ("Tiles")</li> |
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<li>"Outils de Jardin" ("Garden Tools")</li> |
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<li>"Tubulure" ("Pipe")</li> |
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<li>"Mécaniques" ("Mechanics")</li></ol></ol> |
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*<u>1973–1976</u>: |
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<li>"Enfances" ("Childhoods") (15:00)</li> |
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<li>"Flûtes" ("Flutes") (7:20)</li> |
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<li>"Cloches" ("Bells") (5:40)</li> |
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<li>"Tintamarresque et Farce" ("Noise and Trick") (12:00)</li> |
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<li>"Concerto pour Guitare" ("Concerto for Guitar") (25:00)</li> |
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<li>"Couvercles" ("Covers") (4:30)</li> |
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<li>"Pièces de Voitures" ("Spare Car Parts") (5:30)</li> |
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<li>"Eléments de Cuisine Avec Piano" ("Kitchen Elements With Piano") (6:30)</li> |
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<li>"La Bête" (The Beast) (2:40)</li> |
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<li>"Temps-Monde" ("Time-World") (13:00)</li></ol></ol> |
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<u>Other, 1972</u>: |
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* "Matinale" ("Morning") (3’30), for flute and piano. [[Éditions Alphonse Leduc]], publisher (1972) {{OCLC|30655251}}. |
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* "Sonnant" ("Sounding") (3’10), for trumpet and piano in C or B{{music|flat}} – Instrumental piece ordered by [[Éditions Alphonse Leduc]], publisher (1972). {{OCLC|32643497}}. |
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<u>Piece for Paris [[Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris|CNSM]] competitive examination</u>: |
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* "Fiction" for horn and piano – [[Max Eschig]], publisher (1974) – duration: 5 minutes.{{Sfn|Rekward,|1997|p=50}} {{OCLC|32182955|658363177}}. |
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* "Dialogue avec l’oiseau La" ("Dialogue With the Bird, 'La'{{-"}}) for flute and piano – [[Max Eschig]], publisher (1975) – duration: 5 minutes. {{OCLC|15169146|658372575}}. |
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* "Nature morte à la contrebasse" ("Still-Life With Contrabass") – [[Francis Salabert]], publisher (1981) – duration: 5 minutes. {{OCLC|50162774|895358251|658421652}}. |
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<u>Other, 1979–2007</u>: |
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* "Comme Union" ("Like Union") for brass quintet – Order from ARS NOVA, Conducted by [[Marius Constant]] (1979) – duration: 15 minutes |
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* "Lumen" for strings – Rouen Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jean-Claude Bernède (1980) – duration: 20 minutes |
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* "Offrande Lyrique" ("Lyrical Offering") for violin and orchestra – ordered by the [[Orchestre de chambre de Paris]] (1981) – duration: 18 minutes |
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* "Chants du Temps" ("Time Songs") in four books for orchestra (1982–1988) – duration: 1 hour 50 minutes |
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* "Audite" for orchestra (1989) – duration: 11 minutes |
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* "Intervalle" ("Interval") for strings (1990) – duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds |
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* "Ephphata" for orchestra (1990) – duration: 7 minutes |
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* "Musique Geste Mouvement" ("Music Gesture Movement") for two pianos (1990) – duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds |
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* "A quatre" ("At Four") for flute, clarinet, violin and piano – Created in concert by the New Contemporary Group on the 25th anniversary of [[University of Rouen Normandy]] (1991) – duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds |
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* “Chants du temps" ("Time Songs") for strings and wind instruments (2007) – duration 40 minutes |
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* “Les Chants du Temps" ("Time Songs") for piano, "Work in Course of Unachievement" (started in 1992) – total duration: about 20 hours – 16th volume in progress |
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==Bibliography== |
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* {{cite journal |ref={{SfnRef|Busser, September 1,|1967|p=128}} |date=September 1, 1967 |last1=Büsser |first1=[Paul] Henri (1872–1973) |author-link=Henri Büsser |title=Lá řévué Musicale: Concours de Rome de Compositíon Musicale à L’Académie Des Beaux-Arts |trans-title="Rome Competition of Musical Composition at the Academy of Fine Arts" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44593244 |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 13, 2024 |lang=fr |journal=[[La Revue des Deux Mondes]] |series="Littérature, Histoire, Arts et Sciences" |pages=128 }} {{LCCN|74646333}} (journal); {{JSTOR|44593244}} (article); {{OCLC|857954683|show=all}} (journal); {{OCLC|9978055651}} (article). |
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* {{cite magazine |ref={{SfnRef|Kahn, December 20,|1975|p=51}} |date=December 20, 1975 |last1=Kahn |first1=Henry, correspondent in Paris |title=From the Music Capitals of the World: Paris |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=87 |issue=51 |page=51 (column 3) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1975/1975-12-20-Billboard-Page-0051.pdf |access-date=October 5, 2022 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |via=World Radio History (worldradiohistory.com); David E. Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), [[Cleveland]]}} {{free access}} {{ISSN|0006-2510}}; {{OCLC|1532948|show=all}}. |
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* {{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|"Nécrologie", October 25,|2020}} |date=October 25, 2020 |title=Nécrologie". "Le Compositeur Rouennais Michel Rateau est Décédé |trans-title="Obituary". "Rouen Composer Michel Rateau Has Died" |url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/loisirs/necrologie-le-compositeur-rouennais-michel-rateau-est-decede-AM17390505 |url-access=subscription |lang=fr |series=''[[Paris-Normandie]]'' [[:fr:Paris-Normandie|(fr)]] |access-date=October 25, 2020}} {{ISSN|0999-2154}}; {{OCLC|472498041|show=all}}. |
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* {{Cite book |ref={{SfnRef|''Prix de Rome, 1960–1968''}} |title=Prix de Rome, 1960–1968. ''"1967 – Michel Rateau (1938–{{space|1}})"'' |url=http://www.musimem.com/prix-rome-1960-1968.htm |access-date=January 1, 2011 |lang=fr |publisher=Musica et Memoria }} Via → {{URL|www.musimem.com|www.musimem.com}}. {{free access}} ''see [[Prix de Rome]] in wikipedia''. |
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* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rekward,|1997|p=50}} |date=1997 |last1=Rekward |first1=Susan Jean (born 1966) |title=''"The Horn at the Paris Conservatoire and Its Morceaux de Concours to 1996". Appendix C: "Morceaux de Concours for Horn, 1897–1996"'' |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278364/m1/58/ |type=Masters Thesis |pages=47–53 |location=[[Denton, Texas|Denton]] |publisher=[[University of North Texas]] |via=[[University of North Texas Digital Library]] }} {{OCLC|38224306|928060501}}. |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 4 September 1938 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Paris |
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Michel Rateau (4 September 1938 Paris – 16 October 2020 Bois-Guillaume)[1] was a French composer known for his contributions to choral, orchestral, ensemble, and instrumental music.
Biography
[edit]Michel Rateau began studying solfège and piano at the age of five at Notre Dame de France in Vanves. At the same age, he composed his first work in his parents' kitchen using everyday objects.
Rateau attended a number of music courses throughout his childhood, studying under Sister Marie-Laurent up to the age of 11; then taking private piano courses with the organist Jean Boguet up to the age of 15. He then attended the classes of Jacques Février and Jean Doyen.
Attracted to Composition, Rateau enrolled in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 1959. He attended the classes of André Jolivet and Jean Rivier and begin studying under the supervision of the CNSM Professor of Harmony, Maurice Duruflé. He passed the Musical Education, CAPES (upper national teaching diploma) in 1960 and carried out National Military Service in the Band of the 93rd Infantry Regiment (fr) at Fort Mont-Valérien from 1962 to 1964.
Rateau was awarded the First Prize for Harmony in 1963 and the First Prize for Composition in 1966 from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. In 1967 he won Premier Grand Prix de Rome, a French national upper artistic award allowing the winner to spend time at the Villa Medici in Rome, Italy.[2][3]
Rataeu lived at the Villa Medici from 1968 to 1971. Shortly after his return to Paris, he turned his focus to sounds emitted by unconventional instruments (such as bird cage, pipes, and tanks) and recorded them on magnetic tapes. This led to the score of "La Course" ("The Race") a ballet for the Paris Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) performed by Joseph Russillo’s company and a concert at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris within the frame of the A.R.C. (Animation, Research, Confrontation) ordered by Maurice Fleuret. Throughout these years, Rateau continued to compose orchestral scores.
As reported by Billboard in 1975, Rateau instigated a new musical style founded on what the composer called "sounds of nature and every-day life". The report said "he has recorded the sounds of printing machines, car engines, pots and pans, garden tools, and claims it is not musique concrete but music composed and arranged on tape by the elements producing the sound."[4]
In 1976, Rateau settled in Rouen, and resumed his teaching activities at the Rouen IUFM (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres – i.e. University Institute for Teachers' Training). He also taught at the Rouen Institute of Musicology from 1980 to 1989 and at the École Normale de Musique de Paris from 1983 to 1990, as a teacher of harmony and analysis.
In 1982 Rateau started the "Chants du Temps" ("Time Songs") for orchestra which he finished in 1988.
While teaching full-time, he had "Offrande Lyrique" ("Lyrical Offering") for violin and orchestra played in concert at the Salle Gaveau in Paris in 1984 by Ensemble orchestral de Paris conducted by Jean-Pierre Wallez with Gaëtane Prouvost (fr) (born 1954) as a solo violin. To his joy, Maestros Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux attended this concert. The Rouen Chamber Orchestra played this work again in 1984, conducted by Jean-Pierre Berlingen.
For the 25th anniversary of the University of Rouen Normandy in 1991, Rateau composed a "Quatre" for flute, clarinet, violin and piano for the Nouvel ensemble Contemporain (The New Contemporary group), created in concert in 1991.
In 1992 Rateau began "Les Chants du Temps" for the piano, his Journal Musical (Musical Diary), "A Work in Progress of Unachievement". "Chants du Temps" returned to a very simple, quite purified, strongly melodic, and contrapuntal form of writing, which contrasts radically with the pioneering pieces he wrote in 1960–1970. It consists of a modulable composition in fifteen volumes, each volume enclosing twelve books and each book containing twelve pages of music. Like a collection of poems, according to his mood and his preferences, the reader-interpreter will choose pieces to be read or played without restraint.
Part of the "Chants du Temps" was played in concert at the University of Strasbourg in April 2005, on the occasion of the Cultural Action Days. The Israeli pianist Gilead Mishory (de) (born 1960) has performed excerpts of this work in Germany and Japan.
Works
[edit]1966–1972:
- “Copeaux de lune” (Moon chips), for two pianos – Paris Biennal, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1966) – Editions Billaudot – duration: 11 minutes.
- “Divertimento”, for two pianos – 1st prize for composition, Paris CNSM (1966) – duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds
- "Voyageur où t'en vas-tu?" ("Traveler, Where Are You going?"), Cantata on a poem by Rabindranath Tagore, for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, and orchestra – Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Institut de France (1967) – duration: 25 minutes.[2] OCLC 842337723 (music score).
- “Divertimento Breve”, for orchestra – RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Rome (1968) – duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
- “Seuil” (Threshold), for a set of percussions – RAI (television) percussions, Rome (1969) – Work retransmitted on France Musique - duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds
- “Concerto”, for orchestra – RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Rome (1970) – duration: 12 minutes
- “Sonnant” (Sounding), for Orchestra – order from Radio France (1971) – duration: 12 minutes
- “Trois musiques pour un citoyen” ("Three Musical Pieces for a Citizen"), for orchestra – order from Radio France (1972) – Editions Billaudot – transcription for two pianos - duration: 18 minutes
Music on tape:
- "La Course" ("The Race"), music for ballet represented at the Paris Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) by the Joseph Russillo’s company retransmitted on the television (1970) – duration: 26 minutes
- 1975: Music in concert at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – duration: 45 minutes:
- "Cage" ("Cage")
- "Tuiles" ("Tiles")
- "Outils de Jardin" ("Garden Tools")
- "Tubulure" ("Pipe")
- "Mécaniques" ("Mechanics")
- 1973–1976:
- "Enfances" ("Childhoods") (15:00)
- "Flûtes" ("Flutes") (7:20)
- "Cloches" ("Bells") (5:40)
- "Tintamarresque et Farce" ("Noise and Trick") (12:00)
- "Concerto pour Guitare" ("Concerto for Guitar") (25:00)
- "Couvercles" ("Covers") (4:30)
- "Pièces de Voitures" ("Spare Car Parts") (5:30)
- "Eléments de Cuisine Avec Piano" ("Kitchen Elements With Piano") (6:30)
- "La Bête" (The Beast) (2:40)
- "Temps-Monde" ("Time-World") (13:00)
Other, 1972:
- "Matinale" ("Morning") (3’30), for flute and piano. Éditions Alphonse Leduc, publisher (1972) OCLC 30655251.
- "Sonnant" ("Sounding") (3’10), for trumpet and piano in C or B♭ – Instrumental piece ordered by Éditions Alphonse Leduc, publisher (1972). OCLC 32643497.
Piece for Paris CNSM competitive examination:
- "Fiction" for horn and piano – Max Eschig, publisher (1974) – duration: 5 minutes.[5] OCLC 32182955, 658363177.
- "Dialogue avec l’oiseau La" ("Dialogue With the Bird, 'La'") for flute and piano – Max Eschig, publisher (1975) – duration: 5 minutes. OCLC 15169146, 658372575.
- "Nature morte à la contrebasse" ("Still-Life With Contrabass") – Francis Salabert, publisher (1981) – duration: 5 minutes. OCLC 50162774, 895358251, 658421652.
Other, 1979–2007:
- "Comme Union" ("Like Union") for brass quintet – Order from ARS NOVA, Conducted by Marius Constant (1979) – duration: 15 minutes
- "Lumen" for strings – Rouen Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jean-Claude Bernède (1980) – duration: 20 minutes
- "Offrande Lyrique" ("Lyrical Offering") for violin and orchestra – ordered by the Orchestre de chambre de Paris (1981) – duration: 18 minutes
- "Chants du Temps" ("Time Songs") in four books for orchestra (1982–1988) – duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
- "Audite" for orchestra (1989) – duration: 11 minutes
- "Intervalle" ("Interval") for strings (1990) – duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
- "Ephphata" for orchestra (1990) – duration: 7 minutes
- "Musique Geste Mouvement" ("Music Gesture Movement") for two pianos (1990) – duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds
- "A quatre" ("At Four") for flute, clarinet, violin and piano – Created in concert by the New Contemporary Group on the 25th anniversary of University of Rouen Normandy (1991) – duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds
- “Chants du temps" ("Time Songs") for strings and wind instruments (2007) – duration 40 minutes
- “Les Chants du Temps" ("Time Songs") for piano, "Work in Course of Unachievement" (started in 1992) – total duration: about 20 hours – 16th volume in progress
Bibliography
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Nécrologie", October 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Busser, September 1, 1967, p. 128.
- ^ Prix de Rome, 1960–1968.
- ^ Kahn, December 20, 1975, p. 51.
- ^ Rekward, 1997, p. 50.
References
[edit]- Büsser, [Paul] Henri (1872–1973) (September 1, 1967). "Lá řévué Musicale: Concours de Rome de Compositíon Musicale à L'Académie Des Beaux-Arts" ["Rome Competition of Musical Composition at the Academy of Fine Arts"]. La Revue des Deux Mondes. "Littérature, Histoire, Arts et Sciences" (in French): 128. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
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- Kahn, Henry, correspondent in Paris (December 20, 1975). "From the Music Capitals of the World: Paris" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 51 (column 3). Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via World Radio History (worldradiohistory.com); David E. Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland.
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- "Nécrologie". "Le Compositeur Rouennais Michel Rateau est Décédé" ["Obituary". "Rouen Composer Michel Rateau Has Died"]. Paris-Normandie (fr) (in French). October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020. ISSN 0999-2154; OCLC 472498041 (all editions).
- Prix de Rome, 1960–1968. "1967 – Michel Rateau (1938– )" (in French). Musica et Memoria. Retrieved January 1, 2011. Via → www.musimem.com. see Prix de Rome in wikipedia.
- Rekward, Susan Jean (born 1966) (1997). "The Horn at the Paris Conservatoire and Its Morceaux de Concours to 1996". Appendix C: "Morceaux de Concours for Horn, 1897–1996" (Masters Thesis). Denton: University of North Texas. pp. 47–53 – via University of North Texas Digital Library.
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