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French composer and pianist

Pierre Lantier (30 April 1910 – 4 April 1998) was a French composer and pianist, and the husband of fellow composer Paule Maurice.

Born in Marseilles, Lantier was affiliated with the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1937, he won the prestigious Prix de Rome composition scholarship (a prize he shared with Victor Serventi).

One of Lantier's most widely known works is a Sicilienne for alto saxophone and piano. His many other chamber-music pieces include Andante et Scherzetto, for saxophone quartet; an Introduction, Romance, et Allegro, for bass trombone and piano; a sonata for trumpet and piano; and Euskaldunak, a sonata for alto saxophone and piano.

His larger-scale compositions include a Requiem (premiered in 1981), as well as three works for piano and orchestra. His music continues to be championed by present-day conductor Patrick Botti.

Pierre Lantier died on 4 April 1998 in Ollioules, in Southeastern France.

References

  1. "Program Notes (by Chris Rettie) to the album 'Fault Lines': West Point Saxophone Quartet". Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  2. "Prix de Rome 1930-1939" (in French). Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  3. Sax, Mule & Co, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, Paris, 2004, p.142. ISBN 2 914 266 03 0
  4. Lantier, P., Sicilienne pour saxophone alto et piano, Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1944.
  5. Hinson, Maurice (1993). Music for Piano and Orchestra: an Annotated Guide. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-253-20835-1. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  6. "Patrick Botti, Conductor: Repertoire". Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  7. "Obituaires:Le Panthéon des musiciens - De septembre 1997 à août 1998" (in French). Musica et memoria. Retrieved 2008-05-18.


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