Henri Dutilleux

Henri Dutilleux (born January 22, 1916) is a French composer.

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January 22 - 1916 - French - Composer

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He was born in Angers, and studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from 1933 to 1938. He won the Prix de Rome in 1938, but did not complete the entire residency due to the outbreak of hostilities in Rome and Paris. Dutilleux worked for French Radio from 1943 to 1963 and taught at the École Normale de Musique from 1961. He was appointed professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1970. Some of his better-known students include French composers Gérard Grisey, Francis Bayer, and Canadian composer Jacques Hétu.

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Angers - Music - Paris Conservatoire - Prix de Rome - 1963 - École Normale de Musique - 1961 - 1970 - Gérard Grisey

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Dutilleux is one of the best known French composers of the second half of the 20th century, producing work in a style distinctly his own, but considered to be in the same tradition as Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Albert Roussel and others. Among his better known works are two symphonies (1950 and 1959), the cello concerto Tout un monde lointain (1970), the violin concerto L'arbre des Songes (1985), various chamber pieces including Ainsi la nuit (1976) for string quartet, and instrumental works. Dutilleux has disowned many of his earlier works, considering them unrepresentative of his compositional style.

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Maurice Ravel - Claude Debussy - Albert Roussel - Symphonies - 1950 - 1959 - Cello - Concerto - 1970 - Violin - 1985 - Chamber - 1976 - String quartet

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Henri Dutilleux is married to the French pianist Geneviève Joy.

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Sources:

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Caroline Potter, "Dutilleux, Henri" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. Ed. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell, New York, Grove's Dictionaries, 2001.

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Caroline Potter, Henri Dutilleux: His Life and Works. Aldershot (UK): Ashgate Publishing Company, 1997.

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