Alexandre Denéréaz
Alexandre Denéréaz (born July 31, 1875 in Lausanne ; † July 25, 1947 there ) was a Swiss organist and composer.
After studying at the Lausanne Conservatory, Denéréaz went to Dresden in 1892 at the Royal Conservatory for Music and studied piano with Carl-Heinrich Doering (1834–1916), organ with Paul Janßen (1852–1921) and composition with Felix Draeseke (1835–1913) ). In 1896 he received the first prize for composition for his work “Première symphonie”.
Back in Lausanne in 1896 he was appointed organist in the Saint-François church, an office that he held until his death. In addition to his church service, he will organize large concerts here, at which the musical elite of the time will perform, such as Joseph Joachim , Pablo Casals , Pablo de Sarasate , Eugène Ysaÿe , Jacques Thibaud ...
Also in 1896 he succeeded his former professor Charles Blanchet at the Lausanne Conservatory. He taught harmony, analysis of chant, counterpoint, the fugue, composition and organ. At the same time he was a private lecturer at the University of Lausanne from 1918 to 1945. He leads the mixed choir in Sainte-Cécile, with which he performs the great oratorios, and the male choir of the Recréation d'Yverdon. In 1899 he was a founding member of the l'Association des musiciens suisses (Swiss music society).
In 1903 he composed the cantata pour le centenaire de l'indépendance vaudoise (cantata for centenary independence). In the same year he wrote the music “La Dîme” based on a text by René Morax, which the latter performed with great success in his Théâtre du Jorat à Mézières.
His most important publication is “La musique et la vie intérieure” (the music and the inner life). About this book he was in correspondence with Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot, among others . In it he describes the development of musical art from its beginnings to the present. - among other things is on several times gef. colored, lith. Family tree tables depict the entire history of music. It has an excellent chapter devoted to the spirit of music in the Middle Ages and music of the Renaissance.
He composed more than one hundred and thirty works, including four symphonies , several symphonic poems , a piano, a violin and a cello concerto, string quartets , cantatas , choral works, organ and piano pieces and songs . From 1920 Ernest Ansermet regularly performed his works with the Orchester de la Suisse Romande.
Fonts
- Les Harmonies du monde (Lausanne 1918),
- L'évolution de l'art musical depuis ses origines jusqu'à l'époque moderne , Lausanne 1919.
- Rythmes humains et rythmes cosmiques publishing house; Vaney-Burnier, Lausanne 1931.
- Cours d'harmonie Published by Foetisch, Paris-Lausanne 1937.
- Lucien Bourguès et Alexandre Denéréaz: La musique et la vie intérieure . Publisher: George Bridel, Lausanne, 1914. Reissued after WWI by F. Alcan, Paris 1921 - in the Internet Archive - online
- Works by Alexandre Denéréaz, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, July 31, 1875. Volume five of the Central Archives for Swiss. Tonkunst. Published in 1945.
Source
Individual evidence
- ↑ La musique et la vie intérieure Table of contents on books.google.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denéréaz, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1947 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |