Bernard Galais

Youth Galais was born on 20 January 1921 in Le Havre. His mother introduced him to music, with solfège and piano. In 1934, Galais joined Marcel Tournier's class, His 80th birthday is celebrated at the International Association of Harpists and Friends of the Harp by the performance of several of his pieces during a concert exclusively dedicated to him, with students from all over France. == Catalogue ==

For harp solo • 20 petits préludes (Harposphère, 1990) • 6 petites pièces (Billaudot, 1995) • 8 morceaux en 2 recueils (Harposphère, 1988) • 12 études mélodiques (Billaudot, 2000) • Rêverie (Combre, 1996) • Quatrain (Combre, 1996) • Au bord du lac (Combre, 1996) • Ponctuation (Harposphère, 1988) • Mister Piroët (Harposphère, 1992) For harp ensembles • Paysages II (International Music Diffusion, 1994) • Petite suite médiévale (Harposphère, 1995) • Dialogue (International Music Diffusion, 1994) • Défilé (Harposphère, 1995) Harp with other instruments • Barcarolle (Harposphère, 1995), • Nocturne (International Music Diffusion, 1994) • Sérénade, sicilienne, finale (Harposphère, 1996) • Musique révolutionnaire pour harpe révolutionnaire (Harposphère, 1989) • Final pour une fête (Harposphère, 1990) == Transcriptions ==

Galais transcribed works such as Handel's concerto in B flat by reorchestrating it and giving it a cadence for Marielle Nordmann. He also transcribed sonatas by François-Joseph Naderman the Divertimento No 2 by Paul Arma, the Nocturne in E major by Glinka and he composed cadenzas for the concertos in G minor and B flat major by Krumpholz. == Discography ==

• 1970: Trois siècles de harpe - three vinyls in a box set, Vega • 1970: Bernard Galais, série de transcriptions pour la harpe, Vega. == References ==