Max Pinchard
Max Pinchard (21 July 1928 in Le Havre – 12 December 2009 in Grand-Couronne) was a 20th-century French composer and musicologist.
Max Pinchard
- Full name
- Max Julien Gaston Pinchard.
- Born
- 1928 · Le Havre.
- Died
- 2009 · Bois-Guillaume.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- conductor · musicologist · composer
- Education
- Conservatoire de Rouen
- Honours
- Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms · Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Languages
- French
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Max Pinchard. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3302269 · wikipedia · Max Pinchard
Encyclopédie VALÉORINE
Le dossier documentaire
Les énoncés marqués « Dossier documentaire » sont placés dans l’article à côté du passage qu’ils confirment. Chacun est lu dans les notices d’autorité des institutions nommées ici ; choisissez « Preuve » pour voir la notice d’où il est tiré, l’endroit précis et la date de lecture.
Institutions citées
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Chaîne de lecture complète (JSON)In this article
Biography
Biography
In addition to his activities as composer, Max Pinchard was also: • Teacher at Lycée François Ier du Havre as well as at the Rouen conservatory; • Director of the music conservatories at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Grand-Couronne and Petit-Couronne; • Music critic for the magazines Diapason, Revue du son, for more than twenty years; • Author of several books; • Conductor. He was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen. Max Pinchard was philosopher Bruno Pinchard's father.
Dossier documentaire
Max Pinchard (1928 – 2009) fut compositeur. La naissance de Max Pinchard est enregistrée en 1928, et le décès en 2009.
Symphonic orchestra
Symphonic orchestra
• Arche forte, Symphonic Movement No. 3 • Cheminement, Sinfonietta • La Forêt, le Fleuve, la Ville, Triptyque Symphonique • La Mort du Clown for orchestra • Mystérieux et Intense, A Variation on a Theme by Debussy for orchestra (1979) • Quadruple mouvement symphonique n°1 • Suite noble • Suite Symphonique d'après l'oratorio Sainte unité de Trois.
Chamber orchestra
Chamber orchestra
• Aux fêtes de la pluie for cello and chamber orchestra • Chorals polyphoniques I et II • De nuage et de vent Sinfonia for string orchestra • Double Concerto for viola, cello and string orchestra (1969) • Joyeusement Vôtre 5 instantanés for string orchestra • L'Autre Versant du Jour, Symphonic Movement No. 2 • Symphonie du Verseau, Symphony for string orchestra • Terre d'ombre, Choral for string orchestra
Chamber music
Chamber music
• Grand ciel voilé, 2 Pieces for viola and piano (1980) • L'eau des ombres, 2 Pieces for violin and viola (1976) • Prélude et petite danse for viola and cello (1966)
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Le Havre.
Birth place
Bois-Guillaume.
Death place
Publications
• 1957: • 1959: Connaissance de Georges Migot, Musicien Français, Éditions Ouvrières • 1963: Ma Discothèque Classique, Édition Marabout • 1964: Ma Discothèque de Variétés, Édition Marabout • 1967: A la Recherche de la Musique Vivante, Les Éditions de l'Atelier • Influence du Chant Grégorien sur la Musique, Éditions Labergerie-Mame • 1969: Encyclopédie des Musiques Sacrées, Tome II • 1971: Encyclopédie des Musiques Sacrées, Tome III • Les Musiciens de l'Espérance, André Caplet, Lili Boulanger, Jean Cartan, Éditions Labergerie-Mame
Honours
• Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1968) • Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1990)
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Max Pinchard, revision 1339378259 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Died at
1- Bois-GuillaumePlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 30 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
44,045 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Max MiddletonPerson
- Max MorathPerson
- Max NeuhausPerson
- Max NormanPerson
- Max PommerPerson
- Max RaabePerson
- Max ReboPerson
- Max RegerPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Max Pinchard?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.