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Maurice Ohana (June 12, 1913 – November 13, 1992 in Paris) was a French composer. ==Life and career== Ohana was born in Casablanca, Morocco (during the French protectorate). His father, an Andalusian of Sephardic-Jewish descent, had been born in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, while his mother had Andalusian-Castilian origins.〔〔Rae (2000), p. 2〕 Ohana inherited British citizenship from his father.〔 〕 He originally studied architecture, but abandoned this in favour of a musical career, initially as a pianist. He studied under Alfredo Casella in Rome, returning to France in 1946. Around this time he founded the "Groupe Zodiaque", which fought against prevailing musical dogma. His mature musical style shows the influence of Mediterranean folk music, particularly the Andalusian ''cante jondo''. In 1976 he took French citizenship.〔 Ohana's output includes the choral works ''Office des Oracles'' and ''Avoaha'' (1992), three string quartets (1963, 1980, 1989), and two suites for ten-string guitar: ''Si le jour paraît...'' (1963)〔(''Si le jour paraît...'' )〕 and ''Cadran lunaire'' (1981-2),〔(''Cadran lunaire'' )〕 as well as a ''Tiento'' for six-string guitar (1957).〔(''Tiento'' )〕 He also wrote operas entitled ''Syllabaire pour Phèdre'' and ''La Celestina''. He is also known for his extensive use of microtonality; for example, third- and quarter-tones in pieces like ''Le Tombeau de Debussy'' and ''Si le jour paraît...''. He was influenced by the use of microintervals in the ''cante jondo''.〔Jedrzejewski, Franck. 2003. ''Dictionnaire des musiques microtonales'' ("Dictionnary of microtonal music"), Paris, L'Harmattan, ISBN 2-7475-5576-3; Bayer Francis. 1981. ''De Schönberg à Cage : Essai sur la notion d'espace dans la musique contemporaine'', Paris, Klincksieck, ISBN 2-252-02329-5〕 Ohana rarely composed for large symphony orchestra: ''Synaxis'' (1966), ''Livre des Prodiges'' (1979) and ''T'Harân-Ngô'' (1973-1974). He composed two cello concertos, one piano concerto and a guitar concerto (1950–58; dedicated to Narciso Yepes).〔Halbreich, Harry. 1997. ''An Andalusian from Paris to New Orleans'', liner notes of CD-release 1C1039 on Timpani Records.〕〔Liner notes to the Narciso Yepes recording〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maurice Ohana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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