# Claude Pascal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claude_Pascal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claude_Pascal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Pascal > Source revision: 1323541321 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French composer}} thumb|Pascal (2002) '''Claude Pascal''' (Paris, February 19, 1921 – Paris, February 28, 2017) was a French [composer](/source/composer).[Marc Honegger](/source/Marc_Honegger), ''Dictionnaire de la musique: Tome 2, Les Hommes et leurs œuvres. L-Z.'' ed. Bordas 1979, p. 834. ({{ISBN|2-04-010726-6}}){{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2017/03/07/mort-du-compositeur-claude-pascal_5090254_1654986.html|title=Mort du compositeur Claude Pascal|first=Pierre|last=Gervasoni|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=7 March 2017|publisher=|accessdate=7 March 2017|via=Le Monde}} After studying at the [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris), he obtained the 1945 Premier [Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome) for the [cantata](/source/cantata), ''La farce du contre Bandier''. After a brief period as conductor of the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique), Pascal became professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1952, a position he held until his retirement in 1987. From 1969 to 1979 he worked as a music critic for ''[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro)'', and from 1983 to 1991 he was an expert on copyright issues at the Paris Court of Appeals.Havard de La Montagne, Denis. "[http://www.musimem.com/Pascal_Claude.htm Claude Pascal]". Musica et Memoria (French text), accessed 4 May 2014. Pascal's extensive work as a composer includes practically every [musical genre](/source/musical_genre). The discography of his works consists of more than thirty CDs. The musical estate of Claude Pascal is archived at the [Bibliothèque Nationale de France](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_Nationale_de_France).{{Cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13561431/claude_pascal/|title = Claude Pascal (1921-2017)}} ==Works== *''Quatuor à cordes'', 1943 *''Octuor'' for wind instruments, 1944 *''Sonatine'' for alto [saxophone](/source/saxophone) and [piano](/source/piano), 1947 *''1ère Sonate'' for [violin](/source/violin) and piano, 1947 *''Air varié'' for [contrabass](/source/contrabass) and piano, 1950 *''Pop-corn'' for violin and piano, 1951 *''Toccata'' for piano, 1952 *''Pastorale héroïque'' for [trombone](/source/trombone) and piano, 1952 *''Pièce'' for [oboe](/source/oboe) and piano, 1952 *''Sonatine'' for violin and piano, 1952 *''Impromptu'' for alto saxophone and piano, 1953 *''Improvisation en forme de canon'' for trombone and piano, 1958 *''Concerto'' for piano and [chamber orchestra](/source/chamber_orchestra), 1958 *''Concerto'' for cello and orchestra, 1959 *''Musique pour harpe'', 1960 *''Quatuor de saxophones'', 1961 *''Ouverture pour un conte de fées'' for orchestra, 1961 *''2ème Sonate'' for violin and piano, 1963 *''Ut ou do'', 5 pieces for [children's choir](/source/children's_choir), 1963 *''Sonate'' for [horn](/source/French_horn) and piano, 1963 *''Trois Légendes'' for [clarinet](/source/clarinet) and piano, 1963 *''Six Pièces variées'' for [flute](/source/flute) and piano, 1965 *''Six Pièces variées'' for clarinet and piano, 1965 *''Six Pièces variées'' for [trumpet](/source/trumpet) and piano, 1965 *''Sonate en 6 minutes 30'' for [tuba](/source/tuba), bass trombone, or [saxhorn](/source/saxhorn) and piano, 1966 *''Grave et Presto'' for cello and piano, 1966 *''Concerto'' for harp and orchestra, 1967 * Orchestration of [The art of fugue](/source/The_art_of_fugue) by [Johann Sebastian Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach) (with [Marcel Bitsch](/source/Marcel_Bitsch)), 1967 *''Suite'' for piano, 1970 *''Sonate'' for cello and piano, 1971 *''Quatre Etudes'' for piano, 1980 *''Triptyque ferroviaire'', 3 pieces for two-part children's choir, 1980 *''L'Invitation aux voyages'', 5 pieces for three-part choir, 1981 *''Portrait de l'oiseau-qui-n'existe-pas'', song for [soprano](/source/soprano) and piano, 1981 *''Sonatine'' for piano, 1982 *''Suite française'' for cello solo, 1982 *''J'ai voulu te rejoindre'', song for soprano and piano, 1982 *''Elégie'' for organ, 1986 *''Danse des Lutins'' for flute and piano, 1986 *''Offertoire'' for organ, 1986 *''Carnet de notes'', 74 progressive pieces for piano, 1987 *''Sonate'' for violin solo, 1990 *''60 Petites Etudes'' for piano, 1991 *''Trois Inventions'' for flute quartet, 1991 *''Framboise et Amandine, les jumelles de l'espace'', [comic opera](/source/comic_opera) for children, 1992 *''Piano-rétro'', 8 pieces for piano, 1992 *''Farfelettes'', 10 pieces for children's choir and one or two instruments, 1993 *''Paraphrase sur "The Entertainer"'' by [Scott Joplin](/source/Scott_Joplin) for clarinet or alto saxophone and piano, 1994 *''Quatre Farfelettes'' for voice and piano, 1998 *''Sonate'' for horn solo, 1997 *''Trio'' for soprano or tenor flutes, 1997 *''Concerto'' for flute and string orchestra, 1996 *''Trois Etudes-Caprices'' for [piano four-hands](/source/piano_four-hands), 1998 *''Partita'' for alto saxophone and piano, 1999 *''Scherzetto'' for saxophone quartet, 2002 *''Sonate'' for two flutes, 2002 *''Suite chorégraphique'', 5 pieces for saxophone quartet, 2003 *''Top-Model et Cie'', 3 songs for soprano and piano, 2003 *''Eléments de solfège'', 4 songs for voice and piano, 2003 *''Allegro, Choral et Fugato'' for horn quartet, 2004 *''Equinoxe'' for horn and piano, 2004 *''Notturno'' for violin and piano, 2005 *''Rituel tibétain'' for horn quartet, 2005 *''Sérénade'' for guitar, 2005 *''Concerto'' for alto saxophone and orchestra, 2006 *''Déjà 1 an !'', song for voice and piano, 2006 *''Atout Chœur'', 5 pieces for mixed choir and organ or piano, 2007 *''Entrée pour un mariage'', Paraphrase of the [Wedding March](/source/Wedding_March) by [Felix Mendelssohn](/source/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy) for flute and organ, 2007 == Bibliography == "Claude Pascal", in ''[Sax](/source/Adolphe_Sax), [Mule](/source/Marcel_Mule) & Co'', [Jean-Pierre Thiollet](/source/Jean-Pierre_Thiollet), H & D, 2004, {{pp.|159-160}}. {{ISBN|2 914 266 03 0}} == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.tobias-broeker.de/newpage43a94721 Archive] curated by Tobias Broeker {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pascal, Claude}} Category:Composers from Paris Category:1921 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni Category:Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Category:20th-century French classical composers Category:French male classical composers Category:French opera composers Category:Prix de Rome for composition Category:20th-century French male composers Category:21st-century French classical composers Category:21st-century French male composers Category:French male opera composers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Claude Pascal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Pascal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Pascal?action=history)). 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