Ahmed Essyad (born 1939 inSalé)^[1] is a Moroccan composer of classical music.^[2]

Born inSalé, he studied at the conservatory ofRabat. He moved to France in 1962, where he continued studies withMax Deutsch. Interested in ethnomusicology, he focuses his research on orality and notation, as well as on musical time and pulsation. His music blends Berber oral tradition, serial writing, and Gregorian and modal influences.^[3] Essyad has composed several operas, includingL'eau forRadio France.

• Sultanes, electro-acoustic suite (1973)
• Identité, cantata (1975)
• Le collier des ruses (1977)
• L'eau, opera (1982)
• Le cycle de l'eau, for flutes and piano
• L'exercice de l'amour, light opera (1995)

• Grand Prix national de la musique (1994)

• 1939 births
• 20th-century composers
• People from Salé
• Living people

• CS1 French-language sources (fr)
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