Claude Pascal

Claude Pascal (Paris, February 19, 1921 – Paris, February 28, 2017) was a French composer.

After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, he obtained the 1945 Premier Prix de Rome for the cantata, La farce du contre Bandier.

Pascal's extensive work as a composer includes practically every musical genre. The discography of his works consists of more than thirty CDs. The musical estate of Claude Pascal is archived at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Works Quatuor à cordes, 1943 Octuor for wind instruments, 1944 Sonatine for alto saxophone and piano, 1947 1ère Sonate for violin and piano, 1947 Air varié for contrabass and piano, 1950 Pop-corn for violin and piano, 1951 Toccata for piano, 1952 Pastorale héroïque for trombone and piano, 1952 Pièce for oboe and piano, 1952 Sonatine for violin and piano, 1952 Impromptu for alto saxophone and piano, 1953 Improvisation en forme de canon for trombone and piano, 1958 Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra, 1958 Concerto for cello and orchestra, 1959 Musique pour harpe, 1960 Quatuor de saxophones, 1961 Ouverture pour un conte de fées for orchestra, 1961 2ème Sonate for violin and piano, 1963 Ut ou do, 5 pieces for children's choir, 1963 Sonate for horn and piano, 1963 Trois Légendes for clarinet and piano, 1963 Six Pièces variées for flute and piano, 1965 Six Pièces variées for clarinet and piano, 1965 Six Pièces variées for trumpet and piano, 1965 Sonate en 6 minutes 30 for tuba, bass trombone, or saxhorn and piano, 1966 Grave et Presto for cello and piano, 1966 Concerto for harp and orchestra, 1967 Orchestration of The art of fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach (with Marcel Bitsch), 1967 Suite for piano, 1970 Sonate for cello and piano, 1971 Quatre Etudes for piano, 1980 Triptyque ferroviaire, 3 pieces for two-part children's choir, 1980 L'Invitation aux voyages, 5 pieces for three-part choir, 1981 Portrait de l'oiseau-qui-n'existe-pas, song for soprano and piano, 1981 Sonatine for piano, 1982 Suite française for cello solo, 1982 J'ai voulu te rejoindre, song for soprano and piano, 1982 Elégie for organ, 1986 Danse des Lutins for flute and piano, 1986 Offertoire for organ, 1986 Carnet de notes, 74 progressive pieces for piano, 1987 Sonate for violin solo, 1990 60 Petites Etudes for piano, 1991 Trois Inventions for flute quartet, 1991 Framboise et Amandine, les jumelles de l'espace, comic opera for children, 1992 Piano-rétro, 8 pieces for piano, 1992 Farfelettes, 10 pieces for children's choir and one or two instruments, 1993 Paraphrase sur "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin for clarinet or alto saxophone and piano, 1994 Quatre Farfelettes for voice and piano, 1998 Sonate for horn solo, 1997 Trio for soprano or tenor flutes, 1997 Concerto for flute and string orchestra, 1996 Trois Etudes-Caprices for piano four-hands, 1998 Partita for alto saxophone and piano, 1999 Scherzetto for saxophone quartet, 2002 Sonate for two flutes, 2002 Suite chorégraphique, 5 pieces for saxophone quartet, 2003 Top-Model et Cie, 3 songs for soprano and piano, 2003 Eléments de solfège, 4 songs for voice and piano, 2003 Allegro, Choral et Fugato for horn quartet, 2004 Equinoxe for horn and piano, 2004 Notturno for violin and piano, 2005 Rituel tibétain for horn quartet, 2005 Sérénade for guitar, 2005 Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra, 2006 Déjà 1 an !, song for voice and piano, 2006 Atout Chœur, 5 pieces for mixed choir and organ or piano, 2007 Entrée pour un mariage, Paraphrase of the Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn for flute and organ, 2007