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William SHELLER

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William Sheller (civil William Hand), born July 9, 1946 in Paris, is a French singer and composer. Willie Nelson, whose real name is William Hand, was born July 9, 1946 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. When he was 3 years old, his family decides to try his luck in the U.S. and install s hand in a small town in Ohio. Tiny, William alongside the greatest American jazz musicians, friends of his parents that it requires listening to the sitting very still and quiet so as not to disturb. Which left him thereafter an allergy to the profound and definitive jazz. At the age of seven, William returns to France. It is supported by his mother's family working in the middle of the theater: his grandmother, usher at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees and his grandfather, chief designer at the Opera Garnier, allow him to attend to hundreds shows, as well as side room backstage at the "backstage" in the strict sense. So that in ten years, William has already decided his fate: he wants to become "a little Beethoven or nothing". His parents approve the project without restriction, saying "it would end like this". The apprentice composer s first initiates at the piano to provide support for his compositions, then he is a master in the person of Yves Margat, former student of Gabriel Fauré. It teaches him not only the piano and composition, but also Latin, philosophy, history, literature, etc.. In 2nd class, William finally left the school to complete his musical education. Launched in the composition of serial music, which the deeply bored, he is preparing seriously for the Prix de Rome. But the Beatles are coming unintentionally alter this trajectory clear: a day when the piano was being repaired, William s will lead to a girlfriend who made him listen to music "modern". It starts with the disks, and a few hours later, he left everything to go to rock. To the despair of his teacher who said, "But with the baggage you have, you still go n do the acrobat". Then to William's Deputy Worst ("Worst"), a rock band Nice specializes in concert-bound galleys stamps miserable. Very young William had chosen the stage name Sheller, by mixing the surnames of the two writers "Schiller" and "Shelley". In 1968, he finally knows success with My year is a day, Irresistible song he had composed the music. This song, also sung by Dalida in French and Italian, will travel around the world. The money earned will be immediately reinvested in the making of a wedding mass psychedelic offered in 1969 as a gift to a couple of friends. Marketed in 1972, Lux aeterna "was sold as lions in cages" (sic) to only 2000 copies. C but today has become a revered cult album of the Japanese and fans of underground oddities. My year is after a day, William tries to sing on three 45 rpm. Faced with failure, he waives the interpretation and continues its work of arranger, orchestrator and composer for a variety of singers or movie soundtracks (Erotissimo, my friend Too little) As Lux aeterna had touched the ear of Barbara, it offered him in 1973 to install s home to make arrangements for his album The Wolf. C was she who suggested he get back to singing, and helps to find a record company. Albums "pop" to symphony concerts. In 1975, William released his first album with the help of musicians of the rock group Alice. Rock n dollars, mockery falsely written in English 5 minutes became a hit and propelled its author into the infernal wheel of showbiz, TV shows in playback and full of teen magazines gullible. Three albums released in three years. In 1979, worn and deeply unhappy with the media so far removed from life aspirations, cutting bridges and William moved to Los Angeles to record the album Nicolas. A few months later, in fall 1980, he will discover the pleasure of making the scene, which will save him morally and give new direction to his career. After a few concerts in the provinces, William made his debut on stage in Paris May 4, 1981 at Bobino. A year later he crowd for the first time the stage of the Olympia, which will result in his first live album. In 1982 after a customs problem, William is forced to occur only at the piano without her band. A little later, he is also experimenting with the piano quintet and string quartet along with the Belgian ensemble Halvenalf. But c is from 1987, Universe, that William can finally give free rein to his musical aspirations mixing art music and popular song, being completely free of content from his album. In Elsewhere, released in 1989, William and happily mix of symphonic music with a piece inspired by the Imperial Japanese music. Willie Nelson has composed many orchestral pieces created on stage at concerts or festivals such as classic French Suite, created at the Montpellier Festival in 1985. In May 1990 he gave a series of concerts at the Palais des Congress in Paris with a symphony orchestra of 70 musicians, under the direction of Louis Langrée. On this occasion has created his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, under the bow of Jean-Philippe Audin, already principal cellist of Elsewhere. In 1991, the album piano solo voice Sheller, totally against the grain of popular electronic music, a huge success. A brand new title, A happy man, is needed immediately as the emblematic song Sheller. S fear of autocaricaturer, William did not restate, s but offers a good slice of hard rock with Albion in 1994, registered in England. It was not until in 2000 up to listen absurd machines, the first electronic music shellerienne experience coupled with real strings, on surrealist texts. November 11, 2000 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, takes place the longest concert of his career, William has performed nearly four hours on the top stories in his repertoire. In April 2003, The Parisii Quartet recorded a set of pieces for string quartet written by William. In 2004, the latter composed a symphony commissioned by the Classical Music Festival of Sully-sur-Loire. The work has been created June 5, 2004 by Ostinato orchestra, under the direction of Jean-Luc Tingaud. The same year, Willie Nelson returns to the piano-voice offering Epistles, following melodies recorded in very stripped him and his own piano. The recording was in fact quite difficult. There was always a noise from disturbing it and as he did not want to cut and make connections, he said it 30 times for a single song. In early 2005, he made an extensive tour with the orchestra to celebrate his thirty years of success. This gives rise to the first DVD of his career, at the Cirque Royal Parade, recorded in Brussels in March 2005. At the end of that year, William Sheller leaves for a second tour, this time accompanied by the Quartet Stevens. In October 2006 seems Ostinato, a CD dedicated to the symphonic music of Willie Nelson, performed by the Orchestre Ostinato. Then, on 1 October 2007 seems William Sheller and Stevens Quartet live CD version of two concerts with piano and string quartet, recorded in December 2005 in Lannion. In October 2008 he released his latest album, Avatar, reviving a style pop rock progressive.
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cover Rock'N Dollard Robert Martin
Rock'N Dollard
William SHELLER
Arr : Thierry MULLER
Publisher : Robert Martin
Genre : Orchestra
Group : Wind band
Style & options : French light music
Set Wind Band (SHEL04730-BA) : 139,94
Full score (SHEL04730-CO) : 39,14

cover Rock'N Dollard Difem
Rock'N Dollard
William SHELLER
Arr : BERNSTEIN BRUCE
Publisher : Difem
Genre : Orchestra
Group : Wind band
Style & options : French light music
Set Wind Band (DIF397318-BA) : 103,19