Claude Pascal (Paris, February 19, 1921 – Paris, February 28, 2017) was a French composer .
After studying at the Paris Conservatoire, he obtained the 1945 Premier Prix de Rome for the cantata , La farce du contre Bandier . After a brief period as conductor of the Opéra-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 , and from 1983 to 1991 he was an expert on copyright issues at the Paris Court of Appeals.
Pascal's extensive work as a composer includes practically every musical genre. The discography of his works consists of more than thirty CDs.
Quatuor à cordes , 1943Octuor for wind instruments, 1944Sonatine for alto saxophone and piano , 19471ère Sonate for violin and piano, 1947Air varié for contrabass and piano, 1950Pop-corn for violin and piano, 1951Toccata for piano, 1952Pastorale héroïque for trombone and piano, 1952Pièce for oboe and piano, 1952Sonatine for violin and piano, 1952Impromptu for alto saxophone and piano, 1953Improvisation en forme de canon for trombone and piano, 1958Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra, 1958Concerto for cello and orchestra, 1959Musique pour harpe , 1960Quatuor de saxophones , 1961Ouverture pour un conte de fées for orchestra, 19612ème Sonate for violin and piano, 1963Ut ou do , 5 pieces for children's choir, 1963Sonate for horn and piano, 1963Trois Légendes for clarinet and piano, 1963Six Pièces variées for flute and piano, 1965Six Pièces variées for clarinet and piano, 1965Six Pièces variées for trumpet and piano, 1965Sonate en 6 minutes 30 for tuba , bass trombone, or saxhorn and piano, 1966Grave et Presto for cello and piano, 1966Concerto for harp and orchestra, 1967Orchestration of The art of fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach (with Marcel Bitsch ), 1967 Suite for piano, 1970Sonate for cello and piano, 1971Quatre Etudes for piano, 1980Triptyque ferroviaire , 3 pieces for two-part children's choir, 1980L'Invitation aux voyages , 5 pieces for three-part choir, 1981Portrait de l'oiseau-qui-n'existe-pas , song for soprano and piano, 1981Sonatine for piano, 1982Suite française for cello solo, 1982J'ai voulu te rejoindre , song for soprano and piano, 1982Elégie for organ, 1986Danse des Lutins for flute and piano, 1986Offertoire for organ, 1986Carnet de notes , 74 progressive pieces for piano, 1987Sonate for violin solo, 199060 Petites Etudes for piano, 1991Trois Inventions for flute quartet, 1991Framboise et Amandine, les jumelles de l'espace , comic opera for children, 1992Piano-rétro , 8 pieces for piano, 1992Farfelettes , 10 pieces for children's choir and one or two instruments, 1993Paraphrase sur "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin for clarinet or alto saxophone and piano, 1994Quatre Farfelettes for voice and piano, 1998Sonate for horn solo, 1997Trio for soprano or tenor flutes, 1997Concerto for flute and string orchestra, 1996Trois Etudes-Caprices for piano four-hands, 1998Partita for alto saxophone and piano, 1999Scherzetto for saxophone quartet, 2002Sonate for two flutes, 2002Suite chorégraphique , 5 pieces for saxophone quartet, 2003Top-Model et Cie , 3 songs for soprano and piano, 2003Eléments de solfège , 4 songs for voice and piano, 2003Allegro, Choral et Fugato for horn quartet, 2004Equinoxe for horn and piano, 2004Notturno for violin and piano, 2005Rituel tibétain for horn quartet, 2005Sérénade for guitar, 2005Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra, 2006Déjà 1 an ! , song for voice and piano, 2006Atout Chœur , 5 pieces for mixed choir and organ or piano, 2007Entrée pour un mariage , Paraphrase of the Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn for flute and organ, 2007
