Émile Marcelin (composer)

Émile Lucas Marcelin (born December 12, 1906 in Le Havre , † April 18, 1954 in Tourcoing ) was a French composer.

Life

The son of the tenor Émile Marcelin studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Jean and Noël Gallon and with Henri Busser . After prizes in harmony, counterpoint, fugue and conducting at the Conservatoire, Marcelin won the First Second Grand Prix de Rome in 19322 with the cantata Le Pardon .

In 1935 he was appointed director of the Saint-Quentin Conservatory . The beginning of the Second World War interrupted his musical career, and from 1939 Marcelin headed a department of medical soldiers. He came into German captivity, from which he was released after 18 months in 1942. He then took over the management of the Tourcoing Conservatory, which he held until his death, and also headed the Société des concerts du conservatoire de Tourcoing and the Harmonie municipale founded in 1854 .

Marcelin composed symphonic works, including a symphonic poem after the water lilies by Claude Monet and a suite brève , a suite for piano and flute (premiered in 1943), songs with piano and orchestra accompaniment as well as chamber music works, etc. a. Suites for oboe and piano and for flute and piano and a string trio. He has received several awards for his compositions: the Prix ​​Clamageran-Hérold , three times the Prix ​​Yvonne de Gouy d'Arsy (1931–33), the Prix ​​Lili Boulanger and the Prix ​​Georges Hüe (1933).

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