Michel Bosc
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Michel Bosc is a classical French composer born in Paris
in 1963. With various influences, his music (more than 200 opus) has tackled registers as diverse as symphonic, chamber of vocal music
, sacred music
, theatre music and orchestrations.
He composed seven symphonies (Mosaïques, Bernard Palissy, Pascale, Le Grand Meaulnes
, Loume, Providence, Jane Eyre
), about fifteen symphonic poem
s (including a cycle about forests Forêts d’été, Forêts d’automne, Forêts d’hiver, Forêts nocturnes and Forêts enneigées); two operas : La Fuga on a Spanish original libretto by Luis Eduardo Jimenez, Qateeni, a work in progress based on an assyrian libretto by Tony Khoshaba after William Daniel; and three concertos (two for piano).
About sacred music, he composed two oratorios : Le Testament de St Mexme, La Nef ardente (about St Jeanne Delanoue
) ; a mass, a requiem and Leçons de ténèbres.
His vocal music allows of numerous melodies, a cycle on Francis Jammes
’s texts: Tristesses, a cantata Ninos & Shamiram on an assyrian libretto by Yosip Bet Yosip.
Instrumentally, he composed or for various formations : trio, string quartet
, wind quintet
, brass quintet
, flute and harp, and especially for mandolin (La Harpe invisible, Le Tombeau de Gabriele Leone, Le Vent sur le lac, A l’ombre d’oliviers, Duetto Monetta).
His music, often qualified of “quintessentially French”, is hedonist ; and sometimes uses contemporary techniques, but it remains fundamentally tonal.
Bosc wrote some librettos of his melodies and cantatas, Symbolisme et dramaturgie de Maeterlinck dans Pelléas et Mélisande (ed. L'Harmattan, 2011), a collection of poems Cathédrales (ed. Loris Talmart, 1991), a book about French baroque music
Musique baroque française, splendeurs et résurrection and two novels, Marie-Louise - L'Or et la Ressource and Poste restante.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1963. With various influences, his music (more than 200 opus) has tackled registers as diverse as symphonic, chamber of vocal music
Vocal music
Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
, sacred music
Religious music
Religious music is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived inspiration from their own religion. Many forms of traditional music have been adapted to fit religions'...
, theatre music and orchestrations.
He composed seven symphonies (Mosaïques, Bernard Palissy, Pascale, Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the...
, Loume, Providence, Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre. An Autobiography under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was released the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York...
), about fifteen symphonic poem
Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
s (including a cycle about forests Forêts d’été, Forêts d’automne, Forêts d’hiver, Forêts nocturnes and Forêts enneigées); two operas : La Fuga on a Spanish original libretto by Luis Eduardo Jimenez, Qateeni, a work in progress based on an assyrian libretto by Tony Khoshaba after William Daniel; and three concertos (two for piano).
About sacred music, he composed two oratorios : Le Testament de St Mexme, La Nef ardente (about St Jeanne Delanoue
Jeanne Delanoue
Saint Jeanne Delanoue is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church from France and founder of the Congregation of St. Anne of Providence.-Early life:...
) ; a mass, a requiem and Leçons de ténèbres.
His vocal music allows of numerous melodies, a cycle on Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes was a French poet. Coming from an ancient family, he spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life...
’s texts: Tristesses, a cantata Ninos & Shamiram on an assyrian libretto by Yosip Bet Yosip.
Instrumentally, he composed or for various formations : trio, string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
, wind quintet
Wind quintet
A wind quintet, also sometimes known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players . The term also applies to a composition for such a group....
, brass quintet
Brass quintet
A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The most common instrumentation is two trumpets or cornets, one horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone....
, flute and harp, and especially for mandolin (La Harpe invisible, Le Tombeau de Gabriele Leone, Le Vent sur le lac, A l’ombre d’oliviers, Duetto Monetta).
His music, often qualified of “quintessentially French”, is hedonist ; and sometimes uses contemporary techniques, but it remains fundamentally tonal.
Bosc wrote some librettos of his melodies and cantatas, Symbolisme et dramaturgie de Maeterlinck dans Pelléas et Mélisande (ed. L'Harmattan, 2011), a collection of poems Cathédrales (ed. Loris Talmart, 1991), a book about French baroque music
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
Musique baroque française, splendeurs et résurrection and two novels, Marie-Louise - L'Or et la Ressource and Poste restante.