Claude Ballif
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Claude Ballif was a French
composer.
His music is known as a combination of tonality (in the sense of Bartok
, for instance) and serialism
- a system that he named metatonality.
Claude Ballif was a committed pedagogue who taught composition and analysis at the Paris Conservatoire from 1971 to 1990. Following this, he taught the same subjects at the Sevran
conservatory. His pupils included Raynald Arseneault
, Nicolas Bacri
, Gérard Buquet
, Alexandre Desplat
, Joseph-François Kremer
, Philippe Manoury
, and Mehmet Okonsar
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
composer.
His music is known as a combination of tonality (in the sense of Bartok
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
, for instance) and serialism
Serialism
In music, serialism is a method or technique of composition that uses a series of values to manipulate different musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, though his contemporaries were also working to establish serialism as one example of...
- a system that he named metatonality.
Claude Ballif was a committed pedagogue who taught composition and analysis at the Paris Conservatoire from 1971 to 1990. Following this, he taught the same subjects at the Sevran
Sevran
Sevran is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Immigration:-Culture:Sevran is home to an important music and dance school, the Espace François Mauriac, also known as the conservatoire de Sevran...
conservatory. His pupils included Raynald Arseneault
Raynald Arseneault
Raynald Arseneault was a Canadian composer and organist. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his compositional output consists of more than 50 works. His style was particularly influenced by Ivan Wyschnegradsky and Giacinto Scelsi; both of whom he met with in Europe during the 1970s...
, Nicolas Bacri
Nicolas Bacri
Nicolas Bacri is a French composer. He has written works that include 6 symphonies, 8 string quartets, and 27 concertos.-Career:...
, Gérard Buquet
Gérard Buquet
Gérard Buquet is a tubist, conductor and composer, who was born in France.-Life:He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, and musicology at the Strasbourg University...
, Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat is a French film composer. He has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on The Painted Veil in 2006, and two Grammy nominations. In 2011, Desplat won his first British...
, Joseph-François Kremer
Joseph-François Kremer
Joseph-François Kremer is a French composer, conductor, violinist and musicologist.-Biography:Joseph-François Kremer was born in Lyon in 1954. Currently director of the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud of the City of Antony . He is associated with an original movement in Postmodernism, cited in the...
, Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury is a French composer.-Biography:Philippe Manoury was born in Tulle. His first composition studies were at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Gérard Condé and Max Deutsch. He continued his studies from 1974 to 1978 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Michel Philippot, Ivo...
, and Mehmet Okonsar
Mehmet Okonsar
Mehmet Okonsar is a Turkish-Belgian pianist, composer, conductor, writer and educator.- Biography :...
.