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André Tubeuf

1930 – 2021

French musicologist and music critic

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Lived 1930 – 2021 (aged 90). André Tubeuf was a French musicologist, music critic, biographer, philosopher and writer.

André Tubeuf (18 December 1930 – 26 July 2021 ) was a French writer, philosopher, and music critic.

Biography Training Tubeuf was born in Smyrna (today İzmir), Turkey. A condisciple in Beirut, Lebanon, France, of Salah Stétié and Robert Abirached, Tubeuf came to Paris, France, after the war and performed his khâgne at the lycee Louis-le-Grand, where he joined Dominique Fernandez, Michel Deguy, Jacques Derrida and his cousin Pierre-Jean Rémy.

In 1950, Tubeuf was received at the École normale supérieure, rue d'Ulm, where he first followed the teaching of Michel Alexandre (himself a pupil of Alain), then that of Louis Althusser and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and became friends with Gérard Granel.

In 1951, with Maurice Clavel, Tubeuf translated Electra by Sophocles for Silvia Monfort.

An agrégé in philosophy, Tubeuf taught this subject in philosophy class and then in Classes préparatoires littéraires (khâgne) at the lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges in Strasbourg, from 1957 to 1992.

In 1972, he joined the Ministry of Culture in the cabinet of Jacques Duhamel, to deal with musical matters; he pursued this experience in 1975 in the office of Michel Guy.

Writer From 1976, Tubeuf mainly collaborated with the magazine Le Point, but also at Avant Scène Opéra, Harmonie and Lyrica, then Diapason and finally Classica. In addition, he was a regular lecturer, such as at the Salzburg Festival, and radio broadcaster.

After Romain Rolland, André Suarès and Vladimir Jankélévitch, of whom he was the pupil, he renewed the genre of musical literature in France, escaping the novelistic genre, without falling into musicology.

In addition to his essays on Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven,

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Employers
Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges (Strasbourg), Ministry of Culture of France
Awards
Commander of the National Order of Merit; Prix de l'essai; Prix de la critique; Prix Pelléas
Also known as
Andre Tubeuf

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Frequently asked questions

Who was André Tubeuf?

French musicologist and music critic (1930-2021)

When was André Tubeuf born?

André Tubeuf was born on 18 December 1930 in İzmir.

When did André Tubeuf die?

André Tubeuf died on 26 July 2021 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.

What was André Tubeuf's occupation?

André Tubeuf was a musicologist, music critic, biographer, philosopher and writer.

What nationality was André Tubeuf?

André Tubeuf was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: André Tubeuf

· Wikidata: Q2848722

· DBpedia: André Tubeuf

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