Alfred Desenclos
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Alfred Desenclos (7 February 1912 – 3 March 1971) was a French composer of (modern) classical music. Desenclos was a self-described "romantic" whose music is highly expressive and atmospheric and rooted in rigorous compositional technique.
To support his large family (he was one of ten children), Desenclos had to renounce continuing his general studies and work as an industrial designer in the textile industry until the age of 20, but in 1929, he entered the Conservatory in Roubaix, France, to study piano. Until that time, he had played only as an amateur. He was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1932, where he won prizes in fugue, harmony, composition and accompaniment, supporting himself by fulfilling the role of 'maître de chapelle' (Kapellmeister) at the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
His sacred music belongs to the tradition begun by Saint-Saëns and continued by Fauré. He won the Prix de Rome in 1942, the year in which he co-wrote (with André Theurer) the music to the film The Blue Veil.
Desenclos was the director of his alma mater, the Conservatoire de Roubaix, from 1943 to 1950 (where one of his pupils was film-maker Claude Chabrol's favourite composer Pierre Jansen) and taught harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1967 to his death at the age of 59.
Desenclos's Messe de requiem was written in 1963 and published by Durand et Fils in 1967. In 1999, the piece was plagiarized by Atlanta-based composer Tristan Foison. Foison's mass was given its "American premiere" on 18 May 2001 in a performance by the Capitol Hill Chorale; soon after, the piece was discovered to be a note-for-note duplicate of Desenclos's.
The oeuvre of Alfred Desenclos, most of which was little-known outside the world of liturgic music during his lifetime, has enjoyed a strong revival in the concert hall and the recording studio over the last two decades, his 'Quatuor de saxophones' in particular establishing itself in the 20th century chamber music repertoire.
Alfred Desenclos's son Frédéric Desenclos (1961-) is an instrumentist who has performed internationally and currently is the organist at the Chapelle Royale of the Palace of Versailles.
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- Grave et Presto - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Suite Bergamasque: Prélude - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅰ. Allegro - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Suite Bergamasque: Menuet - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅱ. Canzona variee：Andante - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅱ. Canzona variee：Variation Ⅰ：meme mouvement - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Suite Bergamasque: Passepied - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Pavane pour une infante défunte - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅱ. Canzona variee：Variation Ⅱ：con anima - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Theme. Andante - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅱ. Canzona variee：Variation Ⅲ：a la Schumann, Grave - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation I. Poco più animato (Andante con moto) - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅱ. Canzona variee：Variation Ⅳ：a la Chopin, Allegretto - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅱ. Canzona variee：Variation Ⅴ：Scherzo, Presto - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation II. Più vivace (Vivace) - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation III. Con moto - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.109: Ⅲ. Finale：Allegro moderato - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Quatuor pour Saxophones: Ⅰ. Allegro non troppo - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation IV. Andante con moto (Andante) - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation V. Vivace (Poco presto) - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Quatuor pour Saxophones: Ⅱ. Andante - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation VI. Vivace - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Quatuor pour Saxophones: Ⅲ. Poco largo, ma risoluto-Allegro Energico - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.102: Ⅰ. Avec une sage decision - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation VII. Grazioso - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Variation VIII. Presto non troppo (Poco presto) - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.102: Ⅱ. Vif - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.102: Ⅲ. Assez lent - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56: Finale. Andante - for - Alfred Desenclos
- Saxophone Quartet Op.102: Ⅳ. Anime sans exces - for - Alfred Desenclos
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