Émile Vuillermoz
Émile Vuillermoz , actually Émile-Jean-Joseph Vuillermoz (born May 23, 1878 in Lyon , Département Rhône ; † March 2, 1960 in Paris ) was a French film and music critic.
Life
After finishing school in his hometown, Vuillermoz learned the organ and piano while studying law and literature. He later went to Paris and became a student at the Conservatoire de Paris ; Among other things, he learned harmony with Antoine Taudou and composition with Gabriel Fauré .
Through his acquaintance with Ravel , he came into contact with the artists' association Les Apaches and also became a member there. In 1909 Vuillermoz founded the Société musicale indépendante and until 1911 he acted as publisher for the journal “Revue musicale” of the Société internationale de musique . He also wrote regularly for newspapers and magazines such as "L'Eclair", "L'Illustration", "Le Mercure", " Le Temps " and the like. a. Vuillermoz is considered France's first film critic. In addition to his purely journalistic work as a film and music critic or his books, a small compositional work was created over the years.
Through music he made the acquaintance of Ravel and became a member of the Les Apaches artist group .
Vuillermoz died a quarter of a year before his 82nd birthday in Paris and found his final resting place there.
Works (selection)
- Compositions
- Auvergne-danses. Bourrée de Chapdes-Beaufort .
- Chansons franco-canadiennes .
- Dix Morceaux Mélodiques .
- Jardin d'amour .
- Books
- Arthur Honegger . Galérie Charpentier, Paris 1943 (together with Arthur Hoérée , Maurice Manuel , Romain Rolland and Paul Claudel ).
- Claude Debussy ("Debussy"). Limpert-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1957 (The great composers of the 20th century; 1).
- Clotilde et Alexandre Sakharoff Édition Centrales, Lausanne 1933.
- Chopin amoureux . Édition Palatine, Geneva 1960 (formerly La vie amoureuse de Chopin ).
- Gabriel Fauré . Flammarion, Paris 1960.
- histoire de la musique. Les grandes études historiques . Fayard, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-253-01394-3 (reprint of the Paris 1949 edition).
- Musiques d'aujourd'hui Édition Cres, Paris 1923.
- Visages de musiciens . Alignan, Paris 1920.
- Quelques pas de danse , with illustrations by Serge Ivanoff - L'Illustration n ° 4944 - December 4, 1937.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pascal M. Hay: Le Temps du Cinéma. Émile Vuillermoz, Père de la Critique Cinématographique; 1910-1930 . L'Harmattan, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7475-5257-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vuillermoz, Émile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vuillermoz, Émile-Jean-Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film and music critic and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1960 |
| Place of death | Paris |