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Mariétan Pierre

(23. 09. 1935)

Mariétan Pierre
13, rue Buzelin
F-75018 Paris
France

Tel: +33 (0)1 42 09 53 56
Fax: +33 (0)1 42 09 53 56

Genre: Classical Music

Professional activity: Composers, Authors

Biography

* 23. 09. 1935.

Pierre Mariétan was born in Monthey. He studied at the conservatories of Geneva and Venice, at Cologne Music School under B.A. Zimmerman and at the Basel Academy of Music under Pierre Boulez and K. Stockhausen. He was a founder member of GERM (Group for Musical Studies and Realisations) and the Urban Acoustics and Music Laboratory of the Paris la Villette School of Architecture. He is a producer for Radio France's cultural broadcast 'Atelier de Creation Radiophonique'. He has travelled both as musician and lecturer in Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan.

Work list

IMAGES DU TEMPS (1964-1974)

Instrumentation: for instrumental ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two percussion and strings)

Material from the Radio France Library, Paris.

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

CHAMBER MUSIC No 1: Marques (1966)

Instrumentation: for violoncello and piano

Duration: var.
Manuscript

CHAMBER MUSIC No 2: Remémoration d'un ami commun (1969)

Instrumentation: for violin, piano and band

Duration: 18' 00"
Manuscript

CHAMBER MUSIC No 3: La bibliothèque des secondes (1979)

Instrumentation: for voice ad lib. and piano trio (or voice and two guitars, or voice and harp, or with electronic support)

Texts by Jean-Loup Philippe.Version 1: Optional voice, Violin, Violoncello and pianoVersion 2: Voice obligato and 2 guitarsVersion 3: Voice obligato and harpVersion 4: "Microdanses" with electronic support (DAT/CDR) (12'11)

Duration: var.
Manuscript

CHAMBER MUSIC No 4: Traces, bribes et autres fragments (1981)

Instrumentation: for violin and viola

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

CHAMBER MUSIC No 5: Fragments (1980)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

CHAMBER MUSIC No 6: Chamber music (1982)

Instrumentation: for a small group with undetermined instruments

Poems by James Joyce.

Duration: var.
Manuscript

D'INSTANT EN INSTANT (1976-1978)

Instrumentation: for instrumental ensemble (violin, violoncello, flute/piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar and piano)

No 1: Instantanés (1976); No 2: Intermezzi (1978); No 3: Inversions (1978). The work comprises of three sequences each one of fourteen pieces, which can be played either simultaneously or as a series. Duration: All three simultaneous: 14'; 2 sequences one after the other (or two simultaneous plus the third): 28'; All three as a series: 42'.

Duration: 14' 00"-42' 00"
Manuscript

UN AGE VA, UN AGE VIENT (1979)

Instrumentation: for choir (SATB) and orchestra (2.2.2.2/3.2.1.0/man.hp/3perc/str)

Duration: 26' 00"
Manuscript

QUIET AND STRONG (1985)

Instrumentation: for piano, 2 clarinets, trumpet, 2 horns, 3 percussionists, (speaker and sounds on CD ad libitum)

Duration: 21' 00"
Manuscript

BRUITS (1986)

Instrumentation: for speaker and instrumental ensemble (5hn.4tpt.3tbn.tba/3perc/pf/12.10.8.6)

Score and material in the Bibliothèque de Radio France, Paris.

Duration: 35' 00"
Manuscript

TRANSMUSIQUE I (1986)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, Microsystem (Yamaha CX5 M, Programm FM composer)

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript

TRANSMUSIQUE II: Par dela le temps, l'éspace (1988)

Instrumentation: for 2 pianos (one tuned a quarter-tone lower)

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

TRANSMUSIQUE III: Le faite ou l'entre-deux (1988)

Instrumentation: for piano and/or Microsystem Yamaha CX5 M (Programm FM composer)

Duration: 4' 30"-7' 50"
Manuscript

TRANSMUSIQUE IV (1988)

Instrumentation: for two Yamaha CX5 M (one a quarter tone lower than the other)

Realised in collaboration with Thierry Mariétan.

Duration: 8' 20"
Manuscript

TRANSMUSIQUE V (1989)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, 2 pianos (one tuned a quarter-tone lower), 2 microsystems Yamaha CX5 M (one a quarter-tone lower)

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript

PAYMUSIQUE 2 (1995)

Instrumentation: for string quartet, actor, sound operator, electronic sound sources (4-channel)

Duration: 25' 00"
Manuscript

Fragments scéniques, Part I (2009)

Instrumentation: for baritone and chamber orchestra

Duration: 19' 30"
Manuscript

Discography

Grammont Sélection 3 - Créations de l'année 2009 en Suisse (Grammont MGB Nr. CTS-M 125, 2010)