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Jean-Thierry Boisseau is a French composer, poet and author, born on 1949 at Buxerolles, (near Poittiers) France.

Biography

Jean-Thierry Boisseau began his studies in his native Poitiers, studying piano, harmony and improvisation with Jean-Albert Villard, Organist of the Poitiers Cathedral. He continued his studies at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. As the son of the famous French organ builder Robert Boisseau (notably the organ builder for the last reconstruction of the Organ at Notre Dames Cathedral in Paris), Jean-Thierry Boisseau was immediately attracted to a career in music. His compositional style was influenced greatly by working with the French composer Antoine Tisné and working with the music of Germaine Tailleferre of the Group des Six.

His catalog of musical works comprises many works for organ, including the Concerto for Organ, Percussion and Strings, "Petite Suite Liturgique"-a series of settings of Gregorian chant themes, and many works for solo organ, music for orchestra including the Acrostiche sur le Nom de CAGE, Le Jardin des Délices for Chamber orchestra, Opera and Cantatas, including L'Escalier de La Reine (text by Roland Nortel) based on the last days of the life of Marie-Antoinette and "It was the Best Of Times" a Cantata based on the opening of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, chamber music and works for solo instruments.

As a poet, he has written text for works by Carson Cooman, and Paul Wehage. His article on Lévi-Strauss and Music was included in the Cahier de L'Herne on the life of this great anthropologist. His extended essay on music and politics "Histoires de la Musique" was published by L'Harmatten in November 2005.

Selected works

"Acrostiche sur le nom de CAGE : Sinfonietta" for String Orchestra
"Arlequin" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
"Barbe Bleue" for Flute or C Trumpet and Piano (young performers)
"C*3" for Trumpet in Bb or C and Organ
Cantate "It Was the Best of Times" for SSATB Chorus, percussion and Organ (English text by Charles Dickens)
"Canzone" for Oboe and Harpsichord
"Cinq Episodes" for String Quartet
"Clair-Obscur" for Solo Horn
"La Complainte du Roi Renaud" for Medium Voice, Alto Saxophone and Piano
"Concerto" for Organ, Percussion and String Orchestra
"Coré" for Harp
"Dialogues sur les Pleins Jeux" for Organ
"Enfance" Five Songs for Soprano Voice and Piano (French Texts by Sapho, Bénédict Holley and Maurice Rollinat
"Epanalepse" for Four Horns and Organ
"L' Escalier de la Reine" Sacred Opera in One Act, based on the last days of Marie-Antoinette (French text by Jean-Pierre Nortel)
"Fantasie de Concert" for Band
"Hylé" for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano
"Incantation I" for Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone and Organ
"Introduction et Passacaille" for Wind Quintet
"Le Jardin des Délices" for Ten Instruments : Flute, Oboe, Clarinette in Bb, Bassoon, Horn in F, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass
"Litanie" for Guitar
"Mana" for Piano
"Mané-Thécel-Phares" for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon and Organ or Harpsichord
"Missa Brevissima" for Women's or Mixed chorus
"Ni le soleil hier, ni la lune demain" for Bass Clarinet and Piano
"Nocturne: in memorium Antoine Tisné"
"Paganini's At It Again!!" for Clarinet or Saxophone Sextet
"Petite Suite" for Piano
"Petite Suite Liturgique" for Organ
"Procession and Mascarade" for Piano
"Récit" for Oboe and Piano
"Saarana" for Organ
"Slaba-Lotja" for Accordion
"Sonatine: Un Américain à Tokyo" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
"Statuaire" for Trumpet and Organ
"Suite Transcaucasienne" for Solo Alto Saxophone or Clarinet
"Swen" for Postive Organ
"Tango Stretto" for SATB Saxophone Quartet
"Toccata" for Harpsichord
"Le Tombeau de Madame Tailleferre" for Three Pianos
"Le Trésor du Lagon Lointain" for Children's chorus, percussion and Piano
"Trois Mélodies Traditionales" for Medium Voice, Alto Saxophone and Piano
"Le Vent, Peut-être" for Brass Quintet
"The Way It Was Before" for Harp

Selected Biobliography

"Histoires de la Musique" L'Harmattan, ISBN : 2-7475-9521-8, novembre 2005, 184 pages

"La Question sans réponse : Claude Lévi-Strauss et la Musique" pp 274-282 Lévi-Strauss - L'Herne N° 82 L'Herne 2004 ISBN : 2-85197-096-8

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