Pierre Mercure
Illustration — Pierre Mercure Pierre Mercure (21 February 1927 – 29 January 1966) was a Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist, and administrator. Mercure was born in Montreal. His primary composition teacher was Claude Champagne.
Pierre Mercure
Photographe non identifié. · Pierre Mercure, [1945]. BAnQ Vieux-Montréal (MSS60). · Public domain
- Born
- 1927 · Montreal.
- Died
- 1966 · Avallon.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- composer · draftsperson
- Education
- Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal
- Teachers
- Nadia Boulanger
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Pierre Mercure Pierre Mercure (21 February 1927 – 29 January 1966) was a Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist, and administrator. Mercure was born in Montreal. His primary composition teacher was Claude Champagne.
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He also studied composition briefly with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and Luigi Dallapiccola at Tanglewood. Mercure began his composing career in the world of ballet, composing four ballets in a short period in 1948 and 1950, and going on to compose orchestral, chamber and electronic music as well. He sought to help the Canadian new music community progress to the level of their counterparts in European and American classical music, taking many trips to France to immerse himself in new music there. He died in a road traffic accident near Avallon, France, aged 38. He was married to actress Monique Mercure from 1949 to 1958.
Ballet • Dualité (1948) • La Femme archaïque (1949) • Lucrèce Borgia (1949) • Emprise (1950) • Improvisation (1961) • Incandescence (1961) • Structures métalliques I and II (1961) • Tétrachromie (1963) • Manipulations (1964) • Surimpressions (1964) Film • Walls of Memory (Mémoire en fête) - 1964 • La Forme des choses (1965) • Élément 3 (1965) Orchestral • Kaléidoscope (1948) • Ils ont détruit la ville (1950) • Cantate pour une joie (1955) • Divertissement (1957) • Triptyque (1959) • Lignes et points (1964) Chamber • Pantomime (1948) • H2O per Severino (1965) Electronic • Jeu de hockey (1961) • Répercussions (1961) • Structures métalliques III (1962) • Psaume pour abri (1963)
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Pierre Mercure died at Avallon.
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- 1.les Dupré, générations 7 à 10. www.claude.dupras.com.
- 2.Christophe Huss. Pierre Mercure, 50 ans après. Le Devoir. 28 janvier 2016. 2016-11-29.
- 3.Lyse Richer. Pierre Mercure. 22 septembre 2019.
- 4.Lyse Richer. Cantate pour une joie. 10 décembre 2013. 22 septembre 2019.
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- 6.Anthology of Canadian music: Pierre Mercure Canadian Music Centre Centre de Musique Canadienne. www.musiccentre.ca.
- 7.Rivest, Johanne. “ La représentation des avant-gardes à la semaine internationale de musique actuelle (Montréal, 1961) “. Canadian University Music Review / Revue de musique des universités canadiennes, vol. 19, no 1. 1998. p. 50-68.
- 8.Fonds Pierre Mercure (MSS60) - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
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- Dictionnaire de la musique. Bordas. 1970. BNF.
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