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Three Motets Ii. Jesu Dulcis Memoria by Pierre Villette
Pierre Villette
Artist Biography For Pierre Villette
Pierre Villette 1926–1998 Was A French Composer Of Choral And Instrumental Music. Villette Was Born Into A Musical Family In 1926. He Studied With Maurice Durufle Before Attending The Paris Conservatoire. Pierre Boulez Was A Fellow Student But Their Careers Followed Very Different Paths. In 1957 Villette Was Appointed Director Of The Conservatoire In Besançon The Capital Of The Franche-Comté Region. He Was Dogged By Ill Health And Had A Lung Removed While Still In His Twenties. His Bad Health Forced Him To Move From Mountainous Besançon To A Warmer Climate And He Became Director Of The Academy At Aix En Provence In 1967. He Held This Position Until He Retired In 1987 And He Continued To Live In Provence Until His Death In 1998. Villette's Music Is A Product Of A French Musical Heritage That Includes Gabriel Fauré And Claude Debussy As Well As Francis Poulenc And Olivier Messiaen And A French Cultural Legacy That Includes Catholicism And The Order Of Saint Benedict. Villette Was Not Interested In The Avant-Garde Direction Taken By Boulez's Circle And Instead His Music Drew On Influences As Eclectic As Gregorian Chant Medieval Music Jazz He Composed An Orchestral Piece Titled Blues And Igor Stravinsky. His Catalogue Has Eighty-One Opus Numbers Full List Via This Link And He Wrote Chamber And Orchestral Music As Well As Better-Known Choral Works. Villette's Compositions Are Performed Around The World. His Choral Music Was Championed In England By Dr Donald Hunt In The 1970s When He Was Director Of Worcester Cathedral Choir And Villette's Hymne À La Vierge Which Is Probably His Best-Known Work Has Been Performed In The Annual Service Of Nine Lessons And Carols At King's College Cambridge. Choirs In The US Japan And Germany Are Also Familiar With Villette's Compositions. Strangely However He Has Never Been Widely Performed In His Native France Probably Because He Held Regional Positions In A Country Where Artistic Life Is Dominated By Paris.
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Biography - Pierre Villette
Pierre Villette 1926–1998 Was A French Composer Of Choral And Instrumental Music. Villette Was Born Into A Musical Family In 1926. He Studied With Maurice Durufle Before Attending The Paris Conservatoire. Pierre Boulez Was A Fellow Student But Their Careers Followed Very Different Paths. In 1957 Villette Was Appointed Director Of The Conservatoire In Besançon The Capital Of The Franche-Comté Region. He Was Dogged By Ill Health And Had A Lung Removed While Still In His Twenties. His Bad Health Forced Him To Move From Mountainous Besançon To A Warmer Climate And He Became Director Of The Academy At Aix En Provence In 1967. He Held This Position Until He Retired In 1987 And He Continued To Live In Provence Until His Death In 1998. Villette's Music Is A Product Of A French Musical Heritage That Includes Gabriel Fauré And Claude Debussy As Well As Francis Poulenc And Olivier Messiaen And A French Cultural Legacy That Includes Catholicism And The Order Of Saint Benedict. Villette Was Not Interested In The Avant-Garde Direction Taken By Boulez's Circle And Instead His Music Drew On Influences As Eclectic As Gregorian Chant Medieval Music Jazz He Composed An Orchestral Piece Titled Blues And Igor Stravinsky. His Catalogue Has Eighty-One Opus Numbers Full List Via This Link And He Wrote Chamber And Orchestral Music As Well As Better-Known Choral Works. Villette's Compositions Are Performed Around The World. His Choral Music Was Championed In England By Dr Donald Hunt In The 1970s When He Was Director Of Worcester Cathedral Choir And Villette's Hymne À La Vierge Which Is Probably His Best-Known Work Has Been Performed In The Annual Service Of Nine Lessons And Carols At King's College Cambridge. Choirs In The US Japan And Germany Are Also Familiar With Villette's Compositions. Strangely However He Has Never Been Widely Performed In His Native France Probably Because He Held Regional Positions In A Country Where Artistic Life Is Dominated By Paris.
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