Pierre Mercure (Composer)
Born: 21st February 1927, Montreal, Canada
Died: 29th January 1966, Avallon, France
Nationality: French Canadian
Pierre Mercure was a Québécois composer, TV producer, bassoonist, and administrator.
Mercure was born in Montreal. As a student at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, he earned honors including Premier prix Harmony, Counterpoint, and Deuxième prix bassoon in 1949. His primary composition teacher was Claude Champagne. He also studied composition briefly with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and Luigi Dallapiccola at Tanglewood.
Mercure began his composing career in the world of ballet, composing four ballets in a short period in 1948 and 1950, and going on to compose orchestral, chamber and electronic music as well.
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