Canadian composer
Gilles Tremblay ,OQ Quebec .
Early life and education [ edit ] Tremblay studied at the conservatories ofQuébec in Montréal and Paris (1954–61), where his teachers includedOlivier Messiaen (analysis),Andrée Vaurabourg-Honegger (counterpoint ),Yvonne Loriod (piano), andMaurice Martenot (inventor of theondes Martenot ).[ 1] [ 2] Stockhausen 'ssummer courses at Darmstadt , where he became interested inelectro-acoustic techniques.[ 3]
Tremblay returned to Quebec in 1961. He taught musical analysis at theCentre d'arts Orford [fr ] and at theConservatoire de musique du Québec in Quebec City.[ 3] Serge Arcuri [fr ] ,Raynald Arseneault ,Yves Daoust ,François Dompierre , Marc Hyland,Ramon Lazkano ,Robin Minard ,Éric Morin ,Silvio Palmieri ,Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux ,Isabelle Panneton [fr ] ,André Villeneuve ,Claude Vivier , and Wolf Edwards.[ 4]
Early in his career he performed as a specialist on the ondes Martenot.[ 5]
In 1991, he was made an Officer of theNational Order of Quebec .
Tremblay died August 4, 2017, atCôte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce .[ 2]
[ edit ] Mobile , for violin and piano (1962)Champs I , for piano and 2 percussionists (1965)Cantique de durées , for seven groups of instruments (1960)Sonorisation duPavillon du Québec , 24-channel electronic music (1967)Souffles (Champs II) , for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, 2 percussionists, and contrabass (1968)Vers (Champs III) , for 2 flutes, clarinet, trumpet, horn, 3 percussionists, 3 violins, and contrabass (1969)Jeux de solstices , for orchestra (1974)Oralléluiants , for soprano, bass clarinet, horn, 2 percussionists, and 3 contrabasses (1975)Fleuves , for piano, percussion, and orchestra (1976)Vers le soleil , for orchestra (1978)Le Signe du lion , for horn and tam-tam (1981)Triojubilus "À Raphaël" , for flute, harp, and cowbells (1985)Les Vêpres de la Vierge , for soprano and orchestra (1986)Musique du feu , for piano and orchestra (1991)L'arbre de Borobudur , for horn, 2 harps, double bass, ondes Martenot, 2 percussionists, and gamelan ensemble (1994)L'espace du coeur (Miron-Machaut) , for mixed voices and percussion (1997)Les pierres crieront , for cello and large orchestra (1998)A quelle heure commence le temps? , for baritone, percussion, piano, and orchestra (1999)L'appel de Kondiaronk: symphonie portuaire , environmental work for battle sirens and 2 locomotives (2000)String Quartet' Croissant' En partage (Concerto), for viola and orchestra (2002)L'eau qui danse, la pomme qui chante et l'oiseau qui dit la vérité ,Opéra féerie based on "The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird " (2009)1968. "Note pourCantique de durées ."Revue d'esthetique 21, nos. 2–4 ("Musiques nouvelles"): 51–58. Sources
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