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Maurice Ohana (died June 12, 1914 in Casablanca, Morocco; died November 13, 1992 in Paris) was a French composer of Spanish origin. Ohana originally exposed architecture, but abandoned this in favour the musical career, at first as a pianist. He exposed under Alfredo Casella in Rome, returning to France in 1946. Around this instance he founded a "Groupe Zodiaque", which fought against prevailing musical dogma. His matured music genre shows a influence of Mediterranean folk music, particularly the Andalusian cante jondo. Ohana's output includes a choral works Office des Oracles and Avoaha (1992), threesome string quartets (1963, 1980, 1989), and 2 suites for ten-string guitar: Si le jour paraît... (1963) & Cadran lunaire (1981-Two), also as a Tiento (1957) for six-string guitar. Although he was natural withwithin Morocco & sleep in France from either the Thirties forward, Ohana was a British citizen until 1976, since his father got been innate in Gibraltar, a British possession.
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Maruice Ohana Article introducing him to those unfamiliar with him and his works from Sequenza21 Contemporary Classical Music Weekly. Maruice Ohana Biography from Le Centre de Documentation de la Musique Contemporaine notes major stylistic points and fidelity to Andalusian roots. [French and English.] Maurice Ohana Filmography listing motion pictures he scored from the Internet Movie Database. Maurice Ohana: Three Recordings Review of selected CDs from the July 2002 MusicWeb(UK) include biographical information and comments on his overall style and notes on his studies and influences. Maurice Ohana Review list from Classical Music Recordings. Links include discussion of his style. |
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