Louis-Noël Belaubre

Biography

Prizes

• 1962: Chamber Music Prize at the Monaco "Concours de Composition Musicale"
• 1965: Ballet Music Prize of Geneva
• 1972: First prize of music composition of the Stroud composition
• 1980: Chevillon-Bonnaud Composition Prize of the Fondation de France for his entire piano work
• Winner of the Viotti International Piano Competition
• Winner of the Munich International Piano Competition

  Works

• 15 Sonatas: No 1, Op. 5; No 2, Op. 9; No 3, Op. 14, No 4, Op. 18; No 5, Op. 55; No 6, Op. 56; No 7, Op. 74; No 8, op. 80; No 9, Op. 82; No 10, Op. 83 ; No 11, Op. 94 ; No 12, Op. 96 ; No 13, Op. 103; No 14, Op. 104 ; n° 15, Op. 108
• 3 Thèmes et variations: "sur un air hongrois"; "sur un chant d’amour du Pays basque"; "sur un thème original"
• Poétique du piano 47 pieces in 6 volumes : Élégie, Fileuse, Questions et réponses, Bagatelle, Marche, Romance, La mélancolie, Lamento, Berceuse, Entendu dans un cauchemar, Lunaire, Lydienne, Rêverie extatique, Ode funèbre, Fugace, Rondo-musette, Choral profane, Impatiences, Errances, Divagations, Gymel, Ariette, Enharmonies, Romance du gai savoir, Strépitoso, Envolées, Traduit du silence, Chant pour le matin, Furioso, Prélude, Ricercare, Burlesque, Fugue aux tons opposés, Fugue à sujet modulant, Canon à la seconde mineure, Caprice, Ricercare aux tons opposés, Prelude and fugue, Cinq moments musicaux, Toccata.
• 20 Pièces faciles d'après des chants du folklore du midi de la France
• 8 Pièces brèves
• 12 Inventions
• Cadences for concertos by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven
• Sonate for piano 4 hands
• Humoresque, for 2 pianos
• Sonate for 2 pianos
• Dialogue for 2 pianos
• Prélude et fugue for 2 pianos
• 7 Préludes for piano 4 hands
• 14 Nouvelles Pièces brèves

• Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
• Chants du Pays de Beaune for cello and piano
• Fantasmagories for clarinet and piano
• Grand duo-Sérénade for two cellos, or bassoon and cello
• Romances du Gai Savoir for flute, viola and harp, version for flute, clarinet and piano
• Pastorale for celle and piano
• String Quartet No. 1
• 3 Nocturnes for piano and percussions
• Sonata for cello
• Les 3 Saisons for flute and piano ; version for guitar, flute, and cello
• 6 Moments musicaux for violin and cello
• Dialogue for piano and analog synthesizer
• Variations sur un air anglais for viola and piano
• Rêverie for bassoon and piano
• Fugue for three clarinets and bass clarinet
• 10 Pièces concertantes for solo violin
• Quatre Bagatelles for violin and viola
• Jéricho, toccata for two trumpets and large organ
• Concert en trio for flute, viola and piano
• Sonata for cello and piano
• Sonata for tenor recorder and piano
• Trio for piano, violin and cello

• 20 Pièces concertantes for harpsichord
• Passacaille for organ
• Livre des Préludes for organ
• Danses vives et mélancoliques for guitar
• Berceuse for 2 guitars
• Les Amours de Don Perlimplin, suite for violin and guitar

• 6 Poèmes de Rolland Pierre, for four-part mixed choir
• 3 Madrigaux italiens, for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor and bass

• 3 Poèmes de Goethe, for tenor or soprano and piano
• 3 Chansons françaises, for high voices and concertante piano
• 7 Chants du pays de Beaune, for vocal quartet and piano
• Le Tombeau de Louisa Paulin, Prelude and five songs for viola voice, clarinet, cello and piano, or viola voice, oboe and strings
• Matins d'été for medium voices and piano
• Ode à Jean de La Fontaine for two sopranos, baritone, bass, mixed choir and piano concerto
• 6 Mélodies françaises pour soprano ou ténor et piano
• Cantique du Soleil of Saint Francis of Assisi, for choirs of children or women with two equal voices, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano
• Cantique du Soleil version for soprano and grand organ
• 2 Chants Spirituels, for high voices and piano
• 3 Madrigaux italiens, for 5-part mixed choir
• 4 Poems by Antonio Machado for mezzo and piano

• Concerto pour flûte et cordes
• Adagio et rondo for two pianos and orchestra
• Concerto No 1 for piano and orchestra
• Concerto No 2 for piano and ten instruments
• Concerto No2 version for piano and orchestra
• Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre à cordes, after Boccherini's sonata in C major
• Concerto pour violon et orchestre
• Dialogue for piano and orchestra
• Symphonie concertante for two cellos, or bassoon and cello
• Symphonie concertante No 2 for oboe, piano and string orchestra
• Symphonie concertante No 3 for guitar, harpsichord and string orchestra
• Symphonie concertante No 4 for violin, viola and orchestra
• Symphonie No 1
• Symphonie No 2
• Suite extraite de l’École des Pickpockets

• Cantique du Soleil, for children's or women's choirs with two equal voices, organ and string orchestra

• L’École des Pickpockets, ballet in 3 tableaux for large orchestra
• Les rêves de Camille, féérie for narrator, children's choir with 3 equal voices, synthesizer and orchestra

  Transcriptions

• Mozart: Sonata for piano 4 hands K. 521 transcribed for cello and piano
• Boccherini: Sonata in C major for cello and bass transcribed in concerto for cello and string orchestra
• Bach: 7 organ pieces transcribed for piano
• Bach: 12 organ chorals transcribed for two pianos
• Bach: 6 organ chorals transcribed for 2 oboes and piano or organ
• Bach: 6 organ chorals transcribed for oboe and piano or organ
• Haendel: Sonate for 2 violins and basstranscribed for 5 cellos

  Notable recordings

• Romances du gai savoir, Le tombeau de Louisa Paulin, Ode pour Jean de La Fontaine, Éditions L'Empreinte digitale; Louis-Noël Belaubre, 1999

  Works

• Louis-Noël Belaubre, Pour un cinquième âge de la musique, essay, Paris, L’Harmattan, series "Musiques en question", 2016, 280 p.
• Louis-Noël Belaubre, Petit dictionnaire analytique, critique et polémique de musique; précédé de Trois essais sur l'invention musicale, Sampzon, Delatour, 2004, 228 p.
• Louis-Noël Belaubre, Traité de technique et de pédagogie du piano, Sampzon, Delatour, 2004, 137 p.