Pierre Lantier

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.[1] In 1937, he won the prestigious Prix de Rome composition scholarship (a prize he shared with Victor Serventi).[2][3]

One of Lantier's most widely known works is a Sicilienne for alto saxophone and piano.[4] 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.[5] His music continues to be championed by present-day conductor Patrick Botti.[6]

Pierre Lantier died on 4 April 1998 in Ollioules, in Southeastern France.[7]

  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.