Georges Bœuf

Georges Bœuf (21 December 1937 – 25 August 2020) was a French composer, musician, and saxophonist. He composed operas and film scores, among others. Life Born in Marseille, Bœuf studied at the (CRRM). of which he became president in 1974. In 1988, he founded the composition class at the CRRM, which was first directed by Pierre Barbizet. He composed La Chant de la Nature for the permanent exhibition in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. Bœuf composed an opera titled Verlaine Paul, based on the work of poet Franck Venaille. It was shown at the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy on 29 October 1996, with the baritone François Le Roux in a lead role. It was given a reprise in 2003 at in Marseille with a new staging by . Further reading * Michel Chion (et al.), “Georges Bœuf”, in La musique électroacoustique, Presses universitaires de France, 1982, * Golo Föllmer, Roland Frank, Folkmar Hein, Dokumentation elektroakustischer Musik in Europa, Inventionen ‘92, Berlin, 1992 * Maurice Hinson et Wesley Roberts, “Georges Bœuf”, in Guide to the Pianist’s Repertoire, Indiana University Press, 2013 (4th ed. revised), Sources * Encyclopédie Larousse de la Musique, Georges Bœuf * L’Ex