Henri Challan
Henri Edmond Émile Challan (12 December 1910 in Asnières – 18 February 1977 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris) was a French composer and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon and Henri Büsser and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936.
Henri Challan
- Full name
- Henri Edmond Émile Challan.
- Born
- 1910. · Asnières-sur-Seine.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- composer, music educator and university teacher.
- Movements
- classical music.
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris.
- Teachers
- Jean Gallon.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome.
- Languages
- French.
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Henri Edmond Émile Challan (12 December 1910 in Asnières – 18 February 1977 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris) was a French composer and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon and Henri Büsser and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936.
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That same year he won both the first and second prize at the Prix de Rome. One of his notable pupils was Japanese composer Akira Miyoshi and French organist Pierre Pincemaille. His twin brother, René Challan (1910–1978) was also a composer.
Henri Challan studied at Conservatoire de Paris. Training under Jean Gallon is recorded. Jean-Claude Henry, Pierre Pincemaille and Lucie Robert-Diessel are recorded as having studied under Henri Challan. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
• Sonata for violin and piano (1936) • Suite for bassoon and piano (1937) • String Quartet • Quintet for bassoon and string quartet • Symphony (1942) • Scherzo for orchestra • Reflets for orchestra • Concerto for violin and orchestra(1942) • Variations for trumpet and piano (1959) • Diptyque for viola and piano (1961) • Ballade for cello and piano (1965) • Variations for horn and piano (1967) • Intermezzo for tuba or bass saxhorn and piano (1970) • Reflets for double bass and piano (1972) • Variation romantique for cello and piano (1975)
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The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1910 at Asnières-sur-Seine. It is also recorded that henri Challan died in 1977 at 14th arrondissement of Paris. It is also recorded that henri Challan is recorded at birth as Henri Edmond Émile Challan.
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Asnières-sur-Seine.
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