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Henri Dutilleux
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A French composer born in 1916 in Angers, Henri Dutilleux enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris in 1933, studying counterpoint and fugue with Noël Gallon, orchestra conducting with Philippe Gaubert, composition with Henri Busser, and music history with Maurice Emmanuel. He graduated with highest honors in harmony, counterpoint, and fugue, and received the Grand Prix de Rome in 1938 with his cantata L’anneau du Roi.
During this period he studied Vincent d’Indy's treatise on music and discovered Stravinsky, Bartók, and serialism, but always remained at the margins of these different aesthetic worlds. In 1942 he was appointed as choir conductor of the Paris Opera, and in 1945 became head of musical illustrations for Radio France, a position he held until 1963. This highly enriching experience allowed him to rub shoulders with all artistic movements.
Dutilleux was internationally renowned both as a composer and as a teacher. His teaching work was extensive: he became a composition professor at the École Normale Supérieure in 1961, then at the Conservatoire supérieur de Paris from 1970 to 1984. He was also invited abroad as a guest professor and lecturer on numerous occasions; twice, in 1995 and in 1998, he held a residency at the Tanglewood Music Center.
Henri Dutille
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Henri Dutilleux
French composer (1916–2013)
"Dutilleux" redirects here. For other uses, see Dutilleux (surname).
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| Born | Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (1916-01-22)22 January 1916 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 22 May 2013(2013-05-22) (aged 97) Paris, France |
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| Works | List of compositions |
Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (French:[ɑ̃ʁidytijø]; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and Ravel, but in an idiosyncratic, individual style. Among his best known works are his early Flute Sonatine and Piano Sonata; concertos for cello, Tout un monde lointain... ("A whole distant world") and violin, L'arbre des songes ("The tree of dreams"); a string quartet known as Ainsi la nuit ("Thus the night"); and two symphonies: No. 1 (1951) and No. 2 Le Double (1959).[1]
Works were commissioned from him by such major artists as Charles Munch, George Szell, Mstislav Rostropovich, the Juilliard String Quartet, Isaac Stern, Paul Sacher, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Simon Rattle, Renée Fleming, and Seiji Ozawa. In addition to composing, h