Trois Noëls (1964)
Instrumentation: for organ
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Noël tonal (1964)
Instrumentation: for organ, glockenspiel and cymbal ad libitum
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Sérénade déconcertante (1964)
Instrumentation: for an "old fashioned harpsichord", sopranino saxophone, trumpet, violoncello and five-stringed double bass
1. Contrainte - 2. Etude d'asymétries - 3. Grotesques - 4. Libération
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Trois Sonnets de Pétrarque (1964)
Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and piano
Texts: Petrarca, Georges Nicole
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Les Choéphores (1965)
Circumstantial music
Instrumentation: for Orff instrumentarium with 2 cornets, 1 oboe, 1 guitar, 1 zithar (or 'piano punaisé' ) and recorded, sung voices
Intended for a school presentation of the tragedy of Eschyle.
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Noël bitonal (1965)
Instrumentation: for organ
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Le Petit Prince (1965)
Circumstantial music
Intended for performance by a school instrumental ensemble.
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Proverbe (1966)
Parody
Instrumentation: for three equal voices
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Deux petites pièces (1966)
Instrumentation: for one-part children's choir and Orff instrumentarium ad libitum
1. Un éléphant polytonal - 2. Chanson triste pour un fragment de "Sappho perdue"
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Pribaoutka (1966)
Instrumentation: for five identical voices a-cappella
Duration: 1' 00"
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Trois Noëls populaires (1966)
Instrumentation: for one-part children's choir and Orff instrumentarium
1. Tous les bourgeois de Chartres - 2. Au Saint Nau - 3. Noël pour l'amour de Marie
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Cercle vicieux (1968)
Instrumentation: for piano
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Messe brève (1968)
Instrumentation: for bass solo, mixed choir, 4 trombones, piano, 1 percussion and strings
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Cantate d'Inauguration du collège de Nyon-Marens (1969)
Instrumentation: for children's choir, spatialised tape recorder and Orff instrumentarium
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Prospectrum I (1970)
Music
Instrumentation: for one percussionist (plus improvised voice) and spatial electro-acoustic apparatus.
Based on the dadaistic poem 'Wolken' by Hugo Ball.
Duration: 11' 00"
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Le Dieu dans la Jarre (1971)
Scenic music
Instrumentation: for instrumental ensemble and sung interventions by actors
Intended for the satyric comedy "Le Dieu dans la Jarre" by Jean-Samuel Curtet.
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Prospectrum II (1971)
Music
Instrumentation: for piano and spatial electro-acoustic apparatus
Duration: 11' 00"
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Attendite popule (1973)
Instrumentation: for vocal quintet, flute, harp and organ
Transcription of a five-voice motet (1516) by Johannes Wannenmacher.
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Il pleut (1973)
Calligramme
Instrumentation: for vocal quintet (SATBBar(fal)B), flut, harp and organ
Texts: Guillaume Apollinaire
Text by Guillaume Apollinaire."Il pleut".
Duration: 3' 00"
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Trois Calligrammes (1973-1975)
Instrumentation: for vocal quintet (SATBar(+fals)B)
Texts: Guillaume Apollinaire
Voyage - Les Saisons - Reconnaissance
Duration: 9' 00"
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Poznan IV (1976)
Instrumentation: for large mixed a-cappella choir
Texts: Pierre Katz
Poem by Pierre Katz.
Duration: 7' 00"
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Les Sept contre Thèbes (1977)
Instrumentation: for eight female voices, bass clarinet, electronic organ, harpsichord, prepared piano, double-bass, percussion ensemble (with four players) and electronic tape ad libitum
Texts: Aeschylos (J.-S. Curtet)
Four tragic choruses from the tragedy by Aeschylus. French version by J.-S. Curtet.
Duration: 53' 00"
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Fluctuences I (1978)
Instrumentation: for twenty-four strings and percussion
Duration: 7' 00"
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Fluctuences II (1978/00)
Instrumentation: for 24 solo strings and 2 percussionists
New version.
Duration: 7' 00"
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Fluctuences III (1978/04)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2(pic).2.1.bcl.2/4.2.2.btbn.1/3perc/pf.hp/14.4.4.2)
This work is a revision of "Fluctuences I".
Duration: 11' 20"
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Toccata et fugue (1979)
Instrumentation: for organ
Duration: 6' 00"
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Incantation a 3 voix (1980)
Instrumentation: for clarinet solo and tape recorder
Three movements: 1. Solo, 2. Duo (second voice to the solo is recorded) 3. Trio (third voice to the duo is recorded).
Duration: 6' 00"
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Comment la souris reçoit une pierre sur la tête et découvre le monde (1980)
Scenic music
Instrumentation: for clarinet, bass clarinet, double bass, percussion, piano and synthesizer
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Gioco et Tarantella interrotta (1981)
Instrumentation: for four pianos
Duration: 5' 00"
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Agamemnon (1983)
Opera
Instrumentation: for soprano, counter-tenor, tenor, baritone, two speaking parts, choir and instrumental ensemble (1.1(bcl)0.0/1.1.2.0/pf/4perc.timp/2.0.2.1)
Texts: Aeschylos (J.-S. Curtet)
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Palme (1984/97)
Instrumentation: for soprano and piano
Texts: Paul Valéry
Poem by Paul Valéry.
Duration: 10' 00"
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Le Masque (1984/98)
Instrumentation: for haute-contre, bass solo, choir and orchestra (2.0.2.0/4.2.2.0/timp.5perc/str)
Texts: Edgar Poe
An extraordinary story by Edgar Allen Poe, a dramatic cantata for the modern times.
In the scenic version (60') a ballet troup is necessary.
Duration: 45' 00"
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Fugue à 4 voix (1985)
Pastiche of BACH
Instrumentation: for piano, vibraphone and marimba
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Incidences (1986)
Instrumentation: for violoncello solo
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Trois mouvements (1986)
Instrumentation: for organ and piano
Ping Pong - Pyramide - Ellipse.
Duration: 7' 30"
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Un Instant Seul (1989)
Instrumentation: for soprano, tenor, bass, choir and instrumental ensemble (1.0.1(bcl).0/1.1.btbn.0/4perc/pf/2.1.1.1)
Texts: Jean-Claude Grosset
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Cantate d'Inauguration (1992)
Instrumentation: for three-voice mixed choir and brass instruments (2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba)
Inauguration of the canton school of Lyon.
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Petra cantat (1994)
Cantate de lumière et d'ombres
Instrumentation: for bass solo, female vocal group, choir and large orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp.3perc/str)
Cantata in three parts:
Ad bonum montem - Cum bernenses hostes - Hodie.
Duration: 23' 00"
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La Grande Eclipse (1996)
Suite in seven songs
Instrumentation: for soprano and alto violin
Texts: Jean-Samuel Curtet
"Quand sera venu..." - "Nos mots..." - "C'est que nous écrivons..." - "Jubilation..." - "Quand sera..." - "Fausse mort..." - "Parole d'avenir".
Duration: 26' 00"
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Joutes rhapsodiques I (1996)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet and cymbalum
Based on the Hungarian melodies collected by Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok.
Duration: 25' 00"
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Joutes rhapsodiques II (1996)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet and piano
Based on the Hungarian melodies collected by Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok. Adaptation of version I.
Duration: 25' 00"
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Joutes rhapsodiques III (1996/98)
Instrumentation: for clarinet, violoncello and piano
Based on the Hungarian melodies collected by Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok. Adaptation of version I.
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Le Tour de la Matière (1996)
Instrumentation: for three trumpets (four players) and percussion
Open air music in four interchangable movements:
Watermusic - Turmmusik - Pseudomarche pour un anticortège - Effet de rouille.
Duration: 24' 00"
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Moments (Quatuor à cordes No 1) (1993-1997)
Duration: 16' 00"
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Vernissage (Quatuor à cordes No 2) (1995-1997)
Introduction, Toile I - Toile II - Toile III - Toile IV.
Duration: 12' 30"
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Quatre Etudes pour le piano (1997-1998)
Etu...delibération - Etu...deflection - Etu...detachement - Etu...derésonance.
Duration: 10' 30"
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Traces (Quatuor à cordes No 3) (1998)
Canon - A main levée - En rond - En ligne.
Duration: 16' 30"
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Passages (2000)
Concerto
Instrumentation: for violin and orchestra (1(pic).0.1(bcl).0/1.1.0.0/2perc/pf/str)
Duration: 18' 00"
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Le Bestiaire de Marie (2002)
Musical evocation
Instrumentation: for soprano, piano and small percussion, electric guitar, orator and computer prepared material
Texts: Jean-Samuel Curtet
Duration: 55' 00"
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Requiem poétique (Dona Requiem poetae) (2003/04)
Instrumentation: for soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed choir, male choir eighteen instruments (1(pic).0.1(bcl).1/1.1.2.1/timp.4perc(incl. piano)/2.1.1.1)
Texts: Jean-Claude Grosset
Duration: 65' 00"
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Les uns à coté des autres (2004)
Scenic music
Instrumentation: recording for synthesizer, clarinet, vibraphone and portable harmonium
For the sung interventions of an actress in an assembly of texts by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz.
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Garo, Edouard: Le Peri musikes de Philodème et la question de l'étique musicale, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne 1964
Garo, Edouard: Actualité de la question de l'ethos musical, in: Gymnasium Helveticum 25 (1971), S. 360-366
Garo, Edouard: Pourquoi le pentatonisme?, in: Gymnasium Helveticum 27 (1973), S. 131-136
Garo, Edouard: Les méthodes d'éducation musicale, in: Perspectives (août 1976) (1976), S. 14-17
Garo, Edouard (et al.): Image et son. Une expérience de corrélation visuelle et sonore, in: Perspectives, bulletin d'information du Département de l'instruction publique du Canton de Vaud (1978)
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