According to Radio France, the French musicologist Roger Tellart, a specialist in the music of Monteverdi and Schütz as well as the madrigal, has died in Paris at the age of 82. As a knowledgeable journalist, he also wrote articles for Radio Suisse Romande.
Born in Paris in 1932, Tellart, who wrote standard French works on Schütz and the madrigal, was Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a member of the Académie Charles-Cros. His book on Claudio Monteverdi, published by Fayard in 1997, was awarded the Grand Prix de la Critique.
As Radio Suisse Romande writes in his biography, he worked for a long time as a contributor to the Parisian magazine "La Croix - L'Événement". He also wrote for "Diapason", "La Lettre du Musicien" and the international review "Goldberg", which was published in Spain. He also regularly contributed to Radio Suisse Romande and Radio-France.
