Nicole Marie Lachartre was a French

French people

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 music writer and composer. She was born in Paris

Paris

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 and studied at the Paris Conservatorie with Jean Rivier

Jean Rivier

Jean Rivier was a French composer of classical music.He composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments....

, Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality...

 and Andre Jolivet

André Jolivet

André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet's music draws on his interest in acoustics and atonality as well as both ancient and modern influences in music, particularly on instruments used in ancient times...

. She founded the Association pour la Collaboration des Interpretes et des Compositeurs to facilitate mixed electro-acoustic and instrumental performances. Lachartre published professional articles in journals including Journal of New Music Research and Diagrammes du monde. She died in Versailles

Versailles

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Works

Lechartre composed for music theater, solo instrument, chamber ensemble, tape and mixed electroacoustic and instrumental music. Selected works include:

• Pottcho I for flute
• Pottcho II for flute
• Music of Musicians Interrupted brass quintet
• Babylone malde, ou la nuit du thermomètre {1981} mini-opéra comique
• Viola Sonata (1964)
• Pianoforte Sonata (1965)
• Suicide cosmique (1970) for tape

Her publications include:

• "Les musiques artificielles." Diagrammes du monde 146 (April 1969): 1-96.