Guy Sacre
Guy Sacre is a French composer, pianist and musical critic.
Biography
He is best known for writing La Musique de piano, a critical census of a large part of the piano repertoire, dealing with some 4,000 works by 272 composers.In his compositions, Guy Sacre tries to reconnect with the French musical tradition: he is the author of Vingt-Quatre préludes and Mélodies after poems by Paul Verlaine, Jean Cocteau and Guillaume Apollinaire.
With Billy Eidi he created the association "Contrechants" intended to rediscover an unknown repertoire.
Guy Sacre is also author of radio broadcasts and conferences centered on themes of musical and literary aesthetics, such as "la musique et les éléments", "Vigny et le silence", "Apollinaire poète du souvenir", and the "masques et bergamasques" which gather Fauré and Debussy around Verlaine and Watteau.
Critical works
La Musique de piano, Paris, éditions Robert Laffont, series "Bouquins", 1998Compositions
Non-exhaustive listWorks for piano
- 1982: Thème varié
- 1979: Piccolissima-Sérénade
- 1981–1982 : Deuxième Sérénade
- 1989: Variations sur une mazurka de Chopin
- 1993: 24 Préludes
- Chansons enfantines
Vocal music
- 1976: Cartes postales
- 1980–1982: Clair-Obscur for baritone and piano
- 1982: L'Exécution for baritone and piano
- 1978–1982: Six poèmes de "Vocabulaire" for voice and piano
- 1986–1990: "L'Album de Poil de Carotte" for voice and piano Cinq Poésies de Georges SchehadéCinq Poèmes de Guillaume ApollinaireSept Phrases pour ÉventailsSix Nouveaux ÉventailsTrois Poèmes de VerlaineTrois Poèmes de Robert DesnosQuatre Exemples tirés des "Nécessités de la vie"Trois Poésies de Georges Schehadé
- ''Mauvais Cœur''