Claude Charlier, Bach in colour
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Organist Claude Charlier was born in Godarville, Belgium.
He studied organ at the Royal Conservatory of Mons under Marcel Druart and took private lessons in harpsichord from Charles Koenig for two years.
In 1971, he was awarded a prize by the Belgian Foundation for Musical Talent.
He obtained a degree in musicology from the Free University of Brussels in 1977, and in 1990 he completed a PhD in philosophy and literature, specialising in musicology, at the same institution: Polythematism and Formal Structure in the Art of Fugue, in which he developed his interest in Baroque music, more specifically in the fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach, which he has performed many times in his career as an organist.
His thesis was awarded a prize by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Belgium in 1994.
In 2009 he undertook the publication of a series of analyticallycoloured scores "Bach en couleurs"
Claude Charlier gives lectures and leads debates at all levels on the fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach in academies, music schools, conservatories and universities
Claude Charlier's English publications
J.- S. Bach in colour : The Well-Tempered Clavier I, BWV 846-869. A colour edition, carefully considered and justified according to the analytical criteria used in the eighteenth century. Structural analysis by Claude Charlier.
J.- S. Bach in colour : The Well-Tempered Clavier II, BWV 870-893. A colour edition, carefully considered and justified according to the analytical criteria used in the eighteenth century. Structural analysis by Claude Charlier.
The Inventions BWV 772 - 786, « Bach en couleur », Éditions Jacquart, Godarville, juin 2009 (comments in French and English)
The Art of the Fugue (BWV 1080), Transcription of the Four-Part Counterpoints using treble and bass Clefs, for the organ, by Claude Charlier.
The Art of Fugue (BWV 1080), Transcriptions of the Conterpoints for two Pianos or Piano four hands, by Claude Chartier.
The Art of Fugue (BWV 1080), Transcription of the four-part Counterpoints, using treble and bass clefs, "For the mind and for the eyes". Structural analysis. Éditions Bach en Couleur 2018.
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