Le ROUX, Maurice
Le ROUX, Maurice
Le ROUX, Maurice, French conductor, composer, and writer on music; b. Paris, Feb. 6, 1923; d. Avignon, Oct. 19, 1992. He was a student at the Paris Cons. (1944–52) of Philipp and Nat (piano), Fourestier (conducting), and Messiaen (analysis), and also had private instruction in dodecaphonic techniques with Leibowitz. From 1951 he was active with the French Radio and Television in Paris, where he later was music director of its lOrchestre National de 1ORTF from 1960 to 1968. After serving as musical councillor of the Paris Opéra (1969–73), he was inspector general of music in the Ministry of Culture (1973–88). He utilized serial procedures in his compositions. Among his works were the ballets Le Petit Prince (1949) and Sables (1956), incidental music, film scores, the orch. scores Le Cercle des métamorphoses (1953) and Un Koan (1973), and piano pieces, including a Sonata (1946). He publ. in Paris Introduction à la musique contemporaine (1947), Monteverdi (1947), La Musique (1979), and Boris Godounov (1980).
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