Henri Challan Explained
Henri Edmond Émile Challan (12 December 1910 in Asnières – 18 February 1977 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris) was a French composer and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon and Henri Büsser and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936. That same year he won both the first and second prize at the Prix de Rome.[1] One of his notable pupils was Japanese composer Akira Miyoshi and French organist Pierre Pincemaille.
His twin brother, René Challan (1910–1978) was also a composer.
Selected works
- Sonata for violin and piano (1936)
- Suite for bassoon and piano (1937)
- String Quartet
- Quintet for bassoon and string quartet
- Symphony (1942)
- Scherzo for orchestra
- Reflets for orchestra
- Concerto for violin and orchestra(1942)
- Variations for trumpet and piano (1959)
- Diptyque for viola and piano (1961)
- Ballade for cello and piano (1965)
- Variations for horn and piano (1967)
- Intermezzo for tuba or bass saxhorn and piano (1970)
- Reflets for double bass and piano (1972)
- Variation romantique for cello and piano (1975)
Notes and References
- http://michelbaron.phpnet.us/biographies.htm Biography of Henri Challan at Michel Baron - Cours d'écriture
