Alain Margoni (13 October 1934) is a French classical composer.

Life

Born in

Neuilly-Plaisance Neuilly-Plaisance () is a commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France. It is considered part of the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The composer Alain Margoni was born in Neuilly-Plaisance on 13 Octo ...

, Margoni studied

harmony In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by distinct pitches or tones coinciding with one another; harm ...

with Henri Challan,

counterpoint In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin ...

and

fugue In classical music, a fugue (, from Latin ''fuga'', meaning "flight" or "escape""Fugue, ''n''." ''The Concise Oxford English Dictionary'', eleventh edition, revised, ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson (Oxford and New York: Oxford Universit ...

with

Noël Gallon Noël Jean-Charles André Gallon (; 11 September 1891 – 26 December 1966) was a French composer and music educator. His compositional output includes several choral works and vocal art songs, 10 preludes, a ''Toccata'' for piano, a ''Sona ...

, orchestral

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

with

Louis Fourestier Louis (Félix André) Fourestier (31 May 1892 – 30 September 1976) was a French conductor, composer and pedagogue, and was one of the founders of the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris. Early years, compositions and prizes Fourestier was born in Mo ...

musical analysis Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to ans ...

with

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

and

Ondes Martenot The ondes Martenot ( ; , ) or ondes musicales () is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a lateral-vibrato Keyboard instrument, keyboard or by moving a ring tied to a wire, creating "wavering" sounds similar to a theremin. D ...

with

Maurice Martenot Maurice Louis Eugène Martenot (; October 14, 1898 – October 8, 1980) was a French cellist, a radio telegraphy, telegrapher during the first World War, and an inventor. Born in Paris, he is best known for his invention of the ondes Martenot, an ...

. at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

. In the competition for the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1957 and 1958 he won a second prize each and in 1959 the ''Premier Grand Prix'' with the

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

''Dans les Jardins d’Armide'' after Torquato Tasso's ''

Jerusalem Delivered ''Jerusalem Delivered'', also known as ''The Liberation of Jerusalem'' ( ; ), is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, l ...

''. After the four-year stay at the

Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in the historic ...

in Rome, he worked for nine years at the

Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...

, first as ''factotum musical'', later as musical director. He then held a chair in musical analysis at the Conservatoire de Paris. He also acted as a conferencier, conductor, improviser with the Ondes Martenot, pianist and music theorist and musical comedian, the latter with

Jérôme Deschamps Jérôme Deschamps (born 5 October 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is an actor, director and stage author, as well as a cinema actor and director associated with the Famille Deschiens troupe founded by Macha Makeïeff in 1978. In 2003 he was appointed ar ...

and Alain Germain. For Germain he wrote the music for the play ''Un piano pour deux pianistes'', in which he himself performed with Pascal Le Corre in 1987. In addition to some 150 film, television and dramatic music, Margoni composed a musical narrative about the discovery of America, an opera, an oratorio and numerous

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

works.

Works

* ''Après une lecture de Goldoni'', Fantasy in 18th century style for bass trombone, tuba or saxhorn and piano, 1964 * ''Après une lecture d’Hoffmann'', Improvisation for double bass and piano, 1967 * ''Après une lecture de Dreiser'' for bassoon and piano, 1969 * ''Quatre personnages de Calderon'' for guitar, 1972 * ''Cadence et danses'' for

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

and piano, 1974 * ''Séquence pour un hymne à la nuit'' for cello and piano, 1979 * ''Dialogue, détente et stretto'' for trumpet or

cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. There is also a soprano cor ...

and piano, 1980 * ''Trois eaux-fortes'' for viola and piano, 1982 * ''Danse ancienne (chaconne) et danse moderne'' for two harps * ''Le Petit livre de Gargantua'' for

tenor trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the air column inside the instrument to ...

and piano in three volumes, 1982 * ''Petit théâtre'' for oboe and piano, 1982 * ''Elégie'' for trombone and piano, 1983 * ''Sur un thème de John Bull'' for French horn and piano, * ''Dix Études dans le style contemporain'' for clarinet, 1983 * ''Les Caractères'', Variations for oboe and piano, 1984 * ''Variation et hommage'' for clarinet * ''Pierrot ou les secrets de la nuit'', Opera based on a libretto by Rémi Laureillard after

Michel Tournier Michel Tournier (; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the '' Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française'' in 1967 for '' Friday, or, The Other Island'' and the Prix Goncourt for '' The Erl-King'' ...

, 1990 * ''Premier Quatuor de saxophones'', 1991 * ''L'Ile des Guanahanis'', musical narration based on a libretto by Rémi Laureillard for one actor, choir and orchestra, 1992 * ''Promenades romaines'' for alto saxophone and piano, 1993–95 * ''L'Enfant des alpages'',

Oratorio An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...

for children's choir, instrumental ensemble and alpine horns, 1996 * ''Dix Études dans le style contemporain'' for Saxophone, 1999 * ''Sonate'' for

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

* soundtrack to the three-part television film ' by

Hervé Baslé Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''Charivius''. Anglicize ...

, 2001 * ''Quatre chants vénitiens'' for soprano, tenor saxophone and piano, 2001

External links

Alain Margoni
on Musimen
Dialogue autour d'Alain Margoni

Discography
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Alain Margoni's concerto 1st mvt
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