Henri Challan
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Henri Challan was a French composer
and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris
where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon
and Henri Büsser
and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936. That same year he won both the first and second prize at the Prix de Rome
. One of his notable pupils was Japanese composer Akira Miyoshi
.
His twin brother René Challan (1910–1978) was also a composer.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon
Jean Gallon
Jean Gallon was a French composer, choir conductor, and music educator. His compositional output consists of six antiphons for strings and organ, one mass, one ballet, and several art songs....
and Henri Büsser
Henri Büsser
Henri Büsser was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor.- Biography :Paul-Henri Büsser was born in Toulouse, of partly Teutonic ancestry. He entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1889; there he studied organ with César Franck and composition with Ernest Guiraud...
and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936. That same year he won both the first and second prize at the Prix de Rome
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
. One of his notable pupils was Japanese composer Akira Miyoshi
Akira Miyoshi
Akira Miyoshi is a Japanese composer.Miyoshi was a child prodigy on piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He studied French literature at the University of Tokyo, and then at the Paris Conservatory with Henri Challan and Raymond Gallois-Montbrun from 1955 to 1957. He was...
.
His twin brother René Challan (1910–1978) was also a composer.
Selected works
- Sonata for violin and piano (1936)
- Suite for bassoon and piano (1937)
- String Quartet
- Quintet for bassoon and string quartet
- Symphony (1942)
- Scherzo for orchestra
- Reflets for orchestra
- Concerto for violin and orchestra(1942)
- Variations for trumpet and piano (1959)
- Diptyque for viola and piano (1961)
- Ballade for cello and piano (1965)
- Variations for horn and piano (1967)
- Intermezzo for tuba or bass saxhornSaxhornThe saxhorn is a valved brass instrument with a conical bore and deep cup-shaped mouthpiece. The sound has a characteristic mellow quality, and blends well with other brass.-The saxhorn family:...
and piano (1970) - Reflets for double bass and piano (1972)
- Variation romantique for cello and piano (1975)