
Alain Bancquart
French composer born 20 June 1934 in Dieppe; died 26 January 2022 in Paris.
At the Paris Conservatory, Alain Bancquart studied violin, viola, chamber music, counterpoint, and fugue, as well as composition with Darius Milhaud and then Louis Saguer. From 1961 to 1973, he was the third-chair violist at the Orchestre national de France. He became musical director or the Orchestres de régions de l’ORTF (Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française) in 1973–1974, and then of the Orchestre national de France in 1975–1976. In 1977, he was named Inspector of Music at the Ministry of Culture. He kept this role until 1984, and was simultaneously the producer of Perspectives on the Twentieth Century at Radio France. There he met the composer Ivan Wyschnegradsky, who would influence his work on microtonality, which was driven by “the need for a clean break with the tonal system.”1
In 1984, Marc Bleuse called on Bancquart to redesign the composition curriculum of the Paris Conservatory and to open a composition class. The same year, he created the Collectif de recherche instrumentale de synthèse sonore alongside Hugues Dufourt and Tristan Murail. Their objective was to better understand the impact and musical potential of the new electronic technologies that were still little studied.
In 1977, Bancquart also participated in the creation of the Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine and in 1978 in that of the association Musique française d’aujourd’hui, whose mission is to produce sound and video recordings of contemporary French classical music. In 1995, Bancquart stepped down from his role at these institutions but remained responsible for a seminar called “New Intervals” at the Paris Conservatory.
Bancquart’s compositions are notable for their micro-intervals, as evident from his 1968 piece Thrène I, which uses essentially quarter tones, to his 1995 work Solitude du Minotaure, which features sixteenth tones played on a customized piano conceived by the composer Julián Carrillo. Bancquart described his work as “composing fields of durations by anamorphoses.”2 Widely used in visual art of the Renaissance, anamorphosis describes an image that is distorted unless viewed from a particular angle. Bancquart’s reference to this concept hints that he imagined music visually.
“Without mysticism, there is no music, because to create is an ethic,” wrote Paul Méfano to accompany a monographic disc dedicated to his friend. Bancquart claimed to be an atheist, but indeed a large part of his catalog “reconnects in the text with the sense of the sacred.”3 His works are often based on mystical texts, notably those of the Christian poet Jean-Claude Renard (Cinq Dits de Jean-Claude Renard, 1986–1987), Saint John of the Cross (Veiled Erotic, 1974–1975), the Book of Revelation (Symphony No. III, 1983), and Paul Claudel’s “Cantique de Mesa” from Partage de Midi (Symphony No. V, 1991–1992), as well as the Egyptian Book of the Dead (Ceremonial II and V, 1984–1985). Almost all his other texts, which are either set to music or written to accompany the composition of a piece, are by his wife, the poet Marie-Claire Bancquart. Examples include Strophes (1970), Magique circonstancielle (1975), L’amant déserté (1978), Les tarots d’Ulysse (1984), Icare (1997), Au grand lit du monde (2009), Le cri peut être tendre, aussi (2013), Symphony No. 8, Viendrait peut-être Qui (2018), and Mo(r)t (2020).
Bancquart was awarded the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) Grand Prix and the Grand Prix National de Musique. His compositions are published by Henry Lemoine.
1. Quoted by Pierre Gervsasoni in “La mort du compositeur Alain Bancquart,” Le Monde, 31 January 2022.↩
2. Alain Bancquart, Musique: habiter le temps (Lyon: Éditions Symétrie, 2003), 74↩
3. Jean-Marc Chouvel, “Texte et musique dans l’œuvre de Alain Bancquart: Autour d’une analyse – Les Cinq dits de Jean-Claude Renard,” Les Cahiers du CIREM 28–29 (June–September 1993): 67.↩
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- Solo (excluding voice)
- Etude pour délire for piano (1966-1967), 10 mn, Jobert
- Ma Manière de chat for harp (1978), 12 mn, Jobert
- Ma manière de double for violin (1980), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour alto (1983), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial I for solo flute (1984-1985), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Grande Mélodie for solo flute (1988), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour piano n°1 (1988), 18 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière de nuit for flute (1989), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour flûte second version of the alto sonata (1989), 20 mn
- Caprice pour violon (1991), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Étrennes for harp (1992), 10 mn, Jobert
- ...Vous devenez une île heureuse... for solo viola d'amore (1997), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Contrefable d'Ariane for soprano saxophone (1997), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Dans le rêve d'Ariane for violin (1997), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Labyrinthe/miroir for solo piano (1997), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Fragments d'Icare for solo cello (1998), 13 mn, Ricordi
- Tresses pour Martine for piano (1999), 27 mn, Jobert
- elec Habiter l'Ambre for piano in 1/16th of a tone and tape (2000), 15 mn, Jobert
- Dans le rêve d'Ariane for violin (2001), 20 mn, Ricordi
- ...Vous devenez une île heureuse... second version, for solo cello (2002), 14 mn, Ricordi
- elec Amour grand terrible champ critique for percussion and electronics (2003), 55 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°2 (2005), 18 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°2 in half-tone (2009)
- Sonate pour piano n°3 (2010), 15 mn
- Le livre de Pierre for cello (2013), 30 mn
- Etude 237 for piano (2014), 10 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°4 (2015), 30 mn
- Le livre du corps for flute (2017), 35 mn
- Le livre du doute 3, Chaque matin bouge la mort for viola (2018), 12 mn about
- SONA(te) for violin (2018), 16 mn
- Sonate n°5 for piano in 1/4th of a tone (2019), 13 mn
- Noiriissime, sonate n°6 for piano in 1/4th of a tone (2020), 25 mn
- Chamber music
- Ecorces II for violin, clarinet, horn and piano (1966), 14 mn, Jobert
- Possibles for violin, clarinet and piano (1966-1967), 15 mn, Jobert
- Thrène I for string trio (1968), 10 mn, Jobert
- Made in USA octet (1970), 17 mn
- Une et désunie for double string trio (1970), 14 mn, Jobert
- Rosace for string quartet (1972), 25 mn, Jobert
- Thrène II for string trio (1977), 14 mn, Jobert
- Duo for flute and cello (1980), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial III for string trio (1984-1985)
- Cérémonial IV for flute and string trio (1984-1985), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Duo for viola and harp (1985), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Mémoire string quartet n°2 (1985), 27 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour deux pianos (1985), 16 mn, Ricordi
- Concert en sextuor for clarinet, horn, violin, cello, percussion and synthesizer (1993), 27 mn, Ricordi
- Livre pour deux orgues (Hommage à Olivier Messiaen) (1992-1993), 42 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière de nuages for wind quintet (1994), 25 mn, Ricordi
- Ricercar I string quartet n°3 (1994), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Ricercar II for two cellos (1994), between 10 mn and 30 mn about , Ricordi
- Solitude du minotaure for piano in sixteenth tone, two violas d'amore and two pianos in quarter tone (1995), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Dédale for cello and harp (1997), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Fil d’Ariane for two percussions (1997), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Jeux de monstre for clarinet, viola d'amore and cello (1997), Ricordi
- Minotaure for clarinet and cymbalum (1997), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Portrait de Minotaure, avec Labyrinthe for viola d'amore and bassoon (1997), Ricordi
- Vol d’Icare for flute and electric guitar (1997), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Epilogue for clarinet and cello (1998), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Respiration. Silence string quartet n°4 (2001), 20 mn, Jobert
- Regarde la Rivière for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, double bass and percussion (2002), 18 mn, Jobert
- Transparences d’après Francis Picabia for violin and cello (2002), 20 mn
- Quatuor V (2005), 18 mn
- Autoportrait aux miroirs string quartet n°6 (2009), 25 mn
- Polyphonie étrange for two pianos (2011), 18 mn
- Toucher l'obscur for violin, cello, flute and clarinet (2013)
- Racines for four pianos in 1/4th of a tone (2014), 12 mn 25 s
- Carcieri d'Invenzione for cello octet (2016), 28 mn
- Le livre du doute 1, Dialogue de l'oubli for flute in G and cello (2017), 13 mn
- Le livre du doute 5, Mémoire de l'improbable for string quartet (n°7) (2017), 14 mn
- Monologue du double for violin and viola (2018), 11 mn 30 s
- Vertical du secret for string trio (2018), 14 mn 33 s
- Après for deux pianos in 1/4th of a tone (2019), 10 mn
- Quatuor à cordes n°8, Explorer l’incertain (2020), 11 mn
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Sève for 4 Ondes Martenot, 4 saxophones, 4 bass trombones, 4 pianos and strings (1961), 20 mn, Inédit
- Symphonie en trois mouvements (1963), 25 mn, Jobert
- Ombre éclatée for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1966-1967), 16 mn, Jobert
- Passages for orchestra (1966-1967), 14 mn, Jobert
- Palimpsestes for orchestra (1968-1969), 11 mn 30 s, Jobert
- Simple for orchestra (1973), 20 mn, Jobert
- Symphonie n°I (1979-1980), 35 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie n°II for orchestra (1981), 18 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie n°IV for orchestra (1986-1987), 25 mn
- Desiderio improbable architectures, for orchestra (1996), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie n°6, en souvenir de Louis Saguer for flute orchestra (2006)
- Terre énergumène for ten instruments (2007-2008), 12 mn
- Symphonie n°7 Lecture des ténèbres, for string orchestra (2009), 30 mn
- Au présent des oiseaux for ten instruments (2010), 5 mn 20 s
- Vers le silence for ten flutes (2012)
- Il y a trace de nous for instrumental ensemble (2014), 9 mn 20 s
- Concertant music
- La naissance du geste for piano and string orchestra (1962), 15 mn, Jobert
- Concerto pour alto et orchestre (1965), 20 mn, Jobert
- Jeux pour Lumière for string trio and orchestra (1968-1969), 18 mn, Jobert
- Explosante-Fixe for harp and wind quintet (1972), 15 mn, Jobert
- Baroques for viola and orchestra (1973), 20 mn, Editions Françaises de Musique
- Ïles for violin and orchestra (1973), 25 mn, Jobert
- D'une fougère bleue les veines for cello and orchestra (1978), 20 mn, Ed. Musicales Transatlantiques
- Ma manière d'oiseau for flute and ensemble (1978), 15 mn, Jobert
- Symphonie concertante for harp and ensemble (1980), 18 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie de chambre for flute, cello and orchestra (1980), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Nocturne for solo string trio, three flutes, three oboes, three clarinets, three bassoons and four horns (1986-1987), 30 mn, Ricordi
- Diurne for solo flute and strings (1988), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Diurne version for flute and string quartet (1988)
- Ma manière d'arbre I - De l'étrange circulation de la sève for guitar and 24 flutes (1989), 18 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière d'arbre II - Du lent sommeil des feuilles for viola and ensemble (1991-1992), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Concerto pour violon et 15 instruments (1993), Ricordi
- elec Ma manière d'arbre III - Le grand calcul des arbres concerto for violin and instrumental ensemble (1992-1993), 24 mn, Ricordi
- Plain chant for solo flute and strings (1994), 40 mn, Ricordi
- Labyrinthe-miroir for solo piano and eight instruments (1997), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Diurne for flute and string quartet (2003), 20 mn, Ricordi
- La mort viendra et elle aura tes yeux concerto for violin and flute orchestra (2010), 20 mn
- Travail de deuil for flute and ensemble (2011), 12 mn
- Violente Vie concerto for cello and flute orchestra (2013), 21 mn
- In fine for harp and twelve flutes (2018), 60 s
- In fine II for harp and string quartet (2018), 11 mn
- Encore une ombre for violin and wind orchestra (2020), 11 mn
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- stage La quête d'Orphée dramatic oratorio in four scenes and an interlude (1962), 30 mn, Inédit
- Strophes for mixed choir and six instruments (1970), 20 mn, Jobert
- Érotique voilée for soprano, flute, clarinet and cymbalum (1974-1975), 17 mn, Jobert
- Magique circonstancielle for mezzo-soprano, narrato, 3 percussionists, 2 harps and strings (1975), 35 mn, Editions Françaises de Musique
- Animal-mal for contralto, flute, trumpet, violin, vibraphone, marimba and harp (1977), 9 mn, Jobert
- L'amant déserté for soloists, narrator and ensemble (1978), 60 mn, Jobert
- Symphonie n°III (1983), 40 mn, Ricordi
- elec Les tarots d'Ulysse for soprano, tenor and baritone, viola and flute soloists, children's choir, harp, 2 percussions, 2 synthesizers and tape (1984), 30 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial II for flute and narrator (1984-1985), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial V for flute, narrator and string trio (1984-1985), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Cinq Dits de Jean-Claude Renard for soprano, string trio and three clarinets (1986-1987), 37 mn, Ricordi
- Entre désert et anges for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1991-1992), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière d'ombre for bass voice, flute and clarinet (1991-1992), 16 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie N° V for solo baritone and orchestra (1991-1992), 1 h 5 mn
- Icare monodrama for baritone and five cellos (1997), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Quand nasture se desnature for female voice, cello and harpsichord (2000-2001), 20 mn, Jobert
- Au grand lit du monde for narrator and flute (2009), 15 mn
- Lettre pour X for reciter, solo cello, violin, viola and double bass (2012), 21 mn 15 s
- Le cri peut être tendre, aussi for narrator and piano (2013), 14 mn 30 s
- Oratorio for reciter and cello (2015), 45 mn
- Symphonie n°8, Viendrait peut-être Qui for nine voices and large orchestra (2018), 30 mn
- Mo(r)t for narrator, instrumental ensemble, orchestra and choirs (2020), 16 mn 10 s
- A cappella vocal music
- À la mémoire de ma mort for mixed choir (1976), 18 mn, Jobert
- Voix for 12 mixed voices (1981), 18 mn, Ricordi
- Suite au dieu lune for six male voices (1988), 16 mn, Ricordi
- Lumière d'eau Ricercar 3, for two sopranos (1999), 20 mn, Ricordi
- elec Meurtre for vocal quartet and magnetic tape (1999), 33 mn, Ricordi
- Le horla for bass voice (2004)
- Unspecified instrumentation
- Prologue (1998), 23 mn, Ricordi
- Livre du Labyrinthe cycle in 6 parts for various instruments (1994-1999), 2 h 5 mn
- 2020
- Encore une ombre for violin and wind orchestra, 11 mn
- Mo(r)t for narrator, instrumental ensemble, orchestra and choirs, 16 mn 10 s
- Noiriissime, sonate n°6 for piano in 1/4th of a tone, 25 mn
- Quatuor à cordes n°8, Explorer l’incertain, 11 mn
- 2019
- Après for deux pianos in 1/4th of a tone, 10 mn
- Sonate n°5 for piano in 1/4th of a tone, 13 mn
- 2018
- In fine for harp and twelve flutes, 60 s
- In fine II for harp and string quartet, 11 mn
- Le livre du doute 3, Chaque matin bouge la mort for viola, 12 mn about
- Monologue du double for violin and viola, 11 mn 30 s
- SONA(te) for violin, 16 mn
- Symphonie n°8, Viendrait peut-être Qui for nine voices and large orchestra, 30 mn
- Vertical du secret for string trio, 14 mn 33 s
- 2017
- Le livre du corps for flute, 35 mn
- Le livre du doute 1, Dialogue de l'oubli for flute in G and cello, 13 mn
- Le livre du doute 5, Mémoire de l'improbable for string quartet (n°7), 14 mn
- 2016
- Carcieri d'Invenzione for cello octet, 28 mn
- 2015
- Oratorio for reciter and cello, 45 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°4, 30 mn
- 2014
- Etude 237 for piano, 10 mn
- Il y a trace de nous for instrumental ensemble, 9 mn 20 s
- Racines for four pianos in 1/4th of a tone, 12 mn 25 s
- 2013
- Le cri peut être tendre, aussi for narrator and piano, 14 mn 30 s
- Le livre de Pierre for cello, 30 mn
- Toucher l'obscur for violin, cello, flute and clarinet
- Violente Vie concerto for cello and flute orchestra, 21 mn
- 2012
- Lettre pour X for reciter, solo cello, violin, viola and double bass, 21 mn 15 s
- Vers le silence for ten flutes
- 2011
- Polyphonie étrange for two pianos, 18 mn
- Travail de deuil for flute and ensemble, 12 mn
- 2010
- Au présent des oiseaux for ten instruments, 5 mn 20 s
- La mort viendra et elle aura tes yeux concerto for violin and flute orchestra, 20 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°3, 15 mn
- 2009
- Au grand lit du monde for narrator and flute, 15 mn
- Autoportrait aux miroirs string quartet n°6, 25 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°2 in half-tone
- Symphonie n°7 Lecture des ténèbres, for string orchestra, 30 mn
- 2008
- Terre énergumène for ten instruments, 12 mn
- 2006
- Symphonie n°6, en souvenir de Louis Saguer for flute orchestra
- 2005
- Quatuor V, 18 mn
- Sonate pour piano n°2, 18 mn
- 2004
- Le horla for bass voice
- 2003
- elec Amour grand terrible champ critique for percussion and electronics, 55 mn
- Diurne for flute and string quartet, 20 mn, Ricordi
- 2002
- ...Vous devenez une île heureuse... second version, for solo cello, 14 mn, Ricordi
- Regarde la Rivière for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, double bass and percussion, 18 mn, Jobert
- Transparences d’après Francis Picabia for violin and cello, 20 mn
- 2001
- Dans le rêve d'Ariane for violin, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Quand nasture se desnature for female voice, cello and harpsichord, 20 mn, Jobert
- Respiration. Silence string quartet n°4, 20 mn, Jobert
- 2000
- elec Habiter l'Ambre for piano in 1/16th of a tone and tape, 15 mn, Jobert
- 1999
- Livre du Labyrinthe cycle in 6 parts for various instruments, 2 h 5 mn
- Lumière d'eau Ricercar 3, for two sopranos, 20 mn, Ricordi
- elec Meurtre for vocal quartet and magnetic tape, 33 mn, Ricordi
- Tresses pour Martine for piano, 27 mn, Jobert
- 1998
- Epilogue for clarinet and cello, 9 mn, Ricordi
- Fragments d'Icare for solo cello, 13 mn, Ricordi
- Prologue, 23 mn, Ricordi
- 1997
- ...Vous devenez une île heureuse... for solo viola d'amore, 14 mn, Ricordi
- Contrefable d'Ariane for soprano saxophone, 6 mn, Ricordi
- Dans le rêve d'Ariane for violin, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Dédale for cello and harp, 14 mn, Ricordi
- Fil d’Ariane for two percussions, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Icare monodrama for baritone and five cellos, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Jeux de monstre for clarinet, viola d'amore and cello, Ricordi
- Labyrinthe-miroir for solo piano and eight instruments, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Labyrinthe/miroir for solo piano, 14 mn, Ricordi
- Minotaure for clarinet and cymbalum, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Portrait de Minotaure, avec Labyrinthe for viola d'amore and bassoon, Ricordi
- Vol d’Icare for flute and electric guitar, 14 mn, Ricordi
- 1996
- Desiderio improbable architectures, for orchestra, 14 mn, Ricordi
- 1995
- Solitude du minotaure for piano in sixteenth tone, two violas d'amore and two pianos in quarter tone, 20 mn, Ricordi
- 1994
- Ma manière de nuages for wind quintet, 25 mn, Ricordi
- Plain chant for solo flute and strings, 40 mn, Ricordi
- Ricercar I string quartet n°3, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Ricercar II for two cellos, between 10 mn and 30 mn about , Ricordi
- 1993
- Concert en sextuor for clarinet, horn, violin, cello, percussion and synthesizer, 27 mn, Ricordi
- Concerto pour violon et 15 instruments, Ricordi
- Livre pour deux orgues (Hommage à Olivier Messiaen), 42 mn, Ricordi
- elec Ma manière d'arbre III - Le grand calcul des arbres concerto for violin and instrumental ensemble, 24 mn, Ricordi
- 1992
- Entre désert et anges for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière d'arbre II - Du lent sommeil des feuilles for viola and ensemble, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière d'ombre for bass voice, flute and clarinet, 16 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie N° V for solo baritone and orchestra, 1 h 5 mn
- Étrennes for harp, 10 mn, Jobert
- 1991
- Caprice pour violon, 10 mn, Ricordi
- 1989
- Ma manière d'arbre I - De l'étrange circulation de la sève for guitar and 24 flutes, 18 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière de nuit for flute, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour flûte second version of the alto sonata, 20 mn
- 1988
- Diurne for solo flute and strings, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Diurne version for flute and string quartet
- Grande Mélodie for solo flute, 14 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour piano n°1, 18 mn, Ricordi
- Suite au dieu lune for six male voices, 16 mn, Ricordi
- 1987
- Cinq Dits de Jean-Claude Renard for soprano, string trio and three clarinets, 37 mn, Ricordi
- Nocturne for solo string trio, three flutes, three oboes, three clarinets, three bassoons and four horns, 30 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie n°IV for orchestra, 25 mn
- 1985
- Cérémonial I for solo flute, 17 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial II for flute and narrator, 17 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial III for string trio
- Cérémonial IV for flute and string trio, 17 mn, Ricordi
- Cérémonial V for flute, narrator and string trio, 17 mn, Ricordi
- Duo for viola and harp, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Mémoire string quartet n°2, 27 mn, Ricordi
- Sonate pour deux pianos, 16 mn, Ricordi
- 1984
- elec Les tarots d'Ulysse for soprano, tenor and baritone, viola and flute soloists, children's choir, harp, 2 percussions, 2 synthesizers and tape, 30 mn, Ricordi
- 1983
- Sonate pour alto, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie n°III, 40 mn, Ricordi
- 1981
- Symphonie n°II for orchestra, 18 mn, Ricordi
- Voix for 12 mixed voices, 18 mn, Ricordi
- 1980
- Duo for flute and cello, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Ma manière de double for violin, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie concertante for harp and ensemble, 18 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie de chambre for flute, cello and orchestra, 17 mn, Ricordi
- Symphonie n°I, 35 mn, Ricordi
- 1978
- D'une fougère bleue les veines for cello and orchestra, 20 mn, Ed. Musicales Transatlantiques
- L'amant déserté for soloists, narrator and ensemble, 60 mn, Jobert
- Ma Manière de chat for harp, 12 mn, Jobert
- Ma manière d'oiseau for flute and ensemble, 15 mn, Jobert
- 1977
- Animal-mal for contralto, flute, trumpet, violin, vibraphone, marimba and harp, 9 mn, Jobert
- Thrène II for string trio, 14 mn, Jobert
- 1976
- À la mémoire de ma mort for mixed choir, 18 mn, Jobert
- 1975
- Magique circonstancielle for mezzo-soprano, narrato, 3 percussionists, 2 harps and strings, 35 mn, Editions Françaises de Musique
- Érotique voilée for soprano, flute, clarinet and cymbalum, 17 mn, Jobert
- 1973
- 1972
- Explosante-Fixe for harp and wind quintet, 15 mn, Jobert
- Rosace for string quartet, 25 mn, Jobert
- 1970
- Made in USA octet, 17 mn
- Strophes for mixed choir and six instruments, 20 mn, Jobert
- Une et désunie for double string trio, 14 mn, Jobert
- 1969
- Jeux pour Lumière for string trio and orchestra, 18 mn, Jobert
- Palimpsestes for orchestra, 11 mn 30 s, Jobert
- 1968
- Thrène I for string trio, 10 mn, Jobert
- 1967
- Etude pour délire for piano, 10 mn, Jobert
- Ombre éclatée for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 16 mn, Jobert
- Passages for orchestra, 14 mn, Jobert
- Possibles for violin, clarinet and piano, 15 mn, Jobert
- 1966
- Ecorces II for violin, clarinet, horn and piano, 14 mn, Jobert
- 1965
- Concerto pour alto et orchestre, 20 mn, Jobert
- 1963
- Symphonie en trois mouvements, 25 mn, Jobert
- 1962
- La naissance du geste for piano and string orchestra, 15 mn, Jobert
- stage La quête d'Orphée dramatic oratorio in four scenes and an interlude, 30 mn, Inédit
- 1961
- Sève for 4 Ondes Martenot, 4 saxophones, 4 bass trombones, 4 pianos and strings, 20 mn, Inédit
Liens Internet
- Site du compositeur : www.alainbancquart.com
- Henry Lemoine : www.henry-lemoine.com
(liens vérifiés en juin 2022).
Bibliographie
- Alain BANCQUART, Il y a trace de nous, Paris, Delatour, 2020.
- Alain BANCQUART, « Quelques années fructueuses », in Danielle COHEN-LEVINAS (ed.), Vingt-cinq ans de creation musicale contemporaine : L’Itinéraire en temps reel, Paris, Harmattan 1998.
- Alain BANCQUART, Qui voyage le soir, Paris, Inactuelles, 2011.
- Alain BANCQUART, Musique : Habiter le temps (préface de Franck C. Yeznikian), Lyon, Éditions Symétrie, 2003.
- Les Cahiers du CIREM (28-29), juin-septembre 1993, numéro consacré à Alain Bancquart :
- Julien DE GERANDO, « Alain Bancquart, Sonate pour piano : Esquisse analytique et reflexions esthetiques », p. 125-141
- Michel RIGONI, « La cinquième symphonie, Partage de Midi : La longue durée dans l’histoire de la symphonie », p. 153-170
- Michel FISCHER, « Thrène 2 et la Grande mélodie : Du constructivisme à l’explicatif », p. 81-111
- Alain FERON, « Les trois quatuors à cordes d’Alain Bancquart », p. 143-152
- Hugues DUFOURT, « Alain Bancquart : La forme et le fond », p. 171-174
- Jean-Marc CHOUVEL, « Texte et musique dans l’oeuvre de Alain Bancquart : Autour d’une analyse - Les Cinq dits de Jean-Claude Renard », p. 67-80
- Pierre-Albert CASTENET, « Les postulats primordiaux et le paradigme de modernité », p. 113-123
- Alain BANCQUART, « Musique : Imaginaire, combinatoire - Essai sur la composition en micro-intervalles », p. 9-66
- Pierre-Yves ARTAUD, « Le temps retrouvé », p. 125-126
- Nicolas ROBERT, « La combinatoire systématique de l’imaginaire », in Digraphe (65), septembre 1993, p. 74-78.
- Marie-Claire et Alain BANCQUART, « Les tarots d’Ulysse », in Les écrivains français et l’opéra, Cologne, DME 1986, p. 287-293.
Discographie
- Alain BANCQUART, Racines, dans « Pianos Quart De Ton », 1 CD Shiiin, 2018, shiiin10.
- Alain BANCQUART, Prologue ; Icare ; Labyrinthe/Miroir ; Solitude du Minotaure ; Meurtre ; Epilogue, dans « Le Livre Du Labyrinthe », 2 CD Mode, 2003, mode120-21.
- Alain BANCQUART, « Amour Grand Terrible Champ Critique », Roland Auzet : percussions, 1 CD Tschann Libraire Musique, 2003, TLM 0903-01.
- Alain BANCQUART, Habiter l’ambre, Martine Joste : piano, dans « The Carrillo 1/16 Tone Piano », 1 CD zeitklang, 2003, ez-14016.
- Alain BANCQUART, Sonate pour flûte, pour flûtes en ut, alto et basse, Pierre-Yves Artaud : flûte, dans « Recital », 1 CD 2e2m, 1995, 2e2m 1004.
- Alain BANCQUART, De l’étrange circulation de la sève, dans « Taïra / Bancquart / Goubaïdoulina / Mennesson / Louvier », 1 CD Adda, 1992, 581257.
- Alain BANCQUART, D’une fougère bleue les veines ; Grande mélodie ; Cinq dits de Jean-Claude Renard, dans « Alain Bancquart - Ensemble 2E2M/Dir. Paul Méfano », 1 CD Adda, 1990, 581272.
- Alain BANCQUART, Symphonie n°1, Orchestre National de France, Leif Segerstram : direction, dans « Symphonie N°1 / Duo Pour Flûte Et Violoncelle », 1 vinyle Erato, 1984, STU 71549.
- Alain BANCQUART, « Thrène 1 Et 2 / L’Amant Déserté », 1 vinyle Sappho, 1978, S 001.