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Claude Ballif
12+ albums
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Claude Ballif (May 22, 1924 in Paris - July 24, 2004 in Poissons) was a French composer. Claude Ballif was born in 1924. His musical training was set back both by the family situation (following the military postings of his father, a superior officer, notably in Madagascar and in Bordeaux) and by the course of history (the Second World War). The basis of his general culture and his understanding of music were formed when, after preliminary, thorough, music studies at the Bordeaux Conservatory between 1942 and 1948, he entered the Paris Conservatory in 1948 (notably studying composition with Tony Aubin and musical analysis with Olivier Messiaen). In 1951, already utterly smitten with his freedom, he left without the slightest diploma. From 1954 to 1959, he was profitably settled in Germany; thanks to a bursary from the DAAD he studied at the Berlin Conservatory with Boris Blacher and Josef Rufer. He then took part in the Darmstadt summer classes for three years running where he met Berio, Maderna, Luigi Nono and Stockhausen. It was, finally, at this time that he completed a theoretical study of his own musical language, metatonality. On his return to France, Claude Ballif worked with Pierre Schaeffer at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales of the ORTF. He subsequently began an eminent career as a teacher, first at the National Reims Conservatory, then at the Paris Conservatory, where, from 1971 to 1990, he was the successor to Olivier Messiaen in the analysis class. During the
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An anthology of noise and electronic music vol. 5 - fifth a-chronology 1920-2007
An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007
An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 (Disc 1)
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An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music: Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007
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An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 [Disc 1]
Ballif : Pièces pour piano & sonates
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Les Visiteurs de l'aventure concrete
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An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music-Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 (Disc 1)
Ballif : Intégrale de l'oeuvre pour percussions, vol.1
Ballif : La danse de caractère
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Roots of Electronica Vol. 5, European Avant-Garde, Noise and Experimental Music