René Guillou

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René-Alfred-Octave Guillou (born October 8, 1903 in Rennes , † December 14, 1958 in Paris ) was a French composer.

After a few years at the Conservatory in his native city, Guillou studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau , Charles-Marie Widor and Henri Busser . In his third participation in the competition for the Prix ​​de Rome , he won the Premier Grand Prix in 1926 with the cantata L'Autre mère .

In addition, since 1920 Guillou was the successor of Jacques de la Presle organist at the large organ of the Notre Dame de Versailles church, restored by Merklin . In 1923 he played the organ part in a performance of the oratorio Marie-Madeleine by Jules Massenet . In 1926 he handed the position over to Madeleine Heurtel , a niece of Léon Boëllmann and daughter of the director of the Ecole Niedermeyer , in order to begin his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, which was linked to the Prix de Rome.

During his stay in Rome until 1930 he created u. a. his habenera for violin and orchestra; also composed Guillou a. a. two symphonies and other orchestral works, chamber music and songs. His brother Ernest Guillou became known as a conductor and composer.

Works

  • Les Amants de Vérone , Cantata, 1924
  • L'Autre mère , cantata, 1926
  • Élégie for viola (or English horn) and piano, 1927
  • Habanera for violin and orchestra, premiered in 1927 at the Lamoureux Concerts
  • Pièces for piano, 1927
  • Assise for piano, 1928
  • Puisque j'ai mis ma lèvre based on a poem by Victor Hugo , premiered in 1928 at the Académie de France à Rome
  • Mezzogiorno - Midi sur Rome premiered in 1929 at the Lyceum Romano
  • Andante symphonique for organ, 1929
  • Cortège de nonnes for organ, 1929
  • Loetitia Pia for organ, 1929
  • Nocturne mystique for organ, 1929
  • Diurnes for piano, 1929
  • Plein air for piano, 1929
  • Quatre pièces for piano, 1929
  • Suite des motifs de terroir for piano, 1929
  • Trois pièces for violin and piano, 1931
  • Adagio et Suite for piano and violoncello, WP 1934
  • Ballad for bassoon and piano, 1936
  • Hymne de la Bretagne à Paris , premiered at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris
  • Anthem funèbre , premiered at the Concerts Colonne 1938
  • Sonatina for alto saxophone, English horn or horn and piano, 1946
  • Symphony en la mineur , 1948
  • Mon nom est Rolande , Legend for French Horn and Piano, 1950
  • Second Symphonie en ut majeur , premiered 1956 under Pierre-Michel Le Conte
personal data
SURNAME Guillou, René
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guillou, René-Alfred-Octave (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Rennes
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1958
Place of death Paris