Alexandre Georges

Alexandre Georges

Alexandre Georges (born February 25, 1850 in Arras , † January 18, 1938 in Paris ) was a French organist, music teacher and composer.

Georges studied from 1863 to 1870 at the École Niedermeyer with Gustave Lefèvre and Eugène Gigout . He then became organist at the Saint-Jean-Saint-François church , and from 1877 at the Sainte-Clotilde church . There he met César Franck , who had been titular organist at the same church. In 1899 he finally succeeded Albert Mahaut at St-Vincent-de-Paul . He also taught composition at the École Niedermeyer.

As a composer, Georges emerged with both church music and secular works. His oratorios La Passion and Notre-Dame de Lourdes were performed frequently in Paris and other cities; he also composed a requiem and a mass à la gloire de Notre-Dame des Flots . Songs based on texts by Anna de Noailles and Jean Richepin , the Légende bretonne and the song collections Petites poèmes au bord de l'eau and Chansons de Miarka became famous . Georges was also successful as an opera composer.

Stage works

• Le Printemps , comic opera, 1890
• Alceste , incidental music, 1892
• Axel (Libretto: Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ), 1894
• Le Nouveau Monde (Libretto: Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam), (1895)
• Myrrha , Roman Sainete , 1895
• Charlotte Corday , Opera, 1901
• Miarka (Libretto: Jean Richepin ), Comédie lyrique, 1905
• Sangre y sol (Sang et Soleil) , Opera, 1912
• La Marseillaise ou le chant de Guerre de l'Armée du Rhin , Opera, 1923
• Balthazar ou La Fin de Babylone (Libretto: Charles Grandmougin ), opera, 1925
• La Maison du Pêché (Libretto: Marcelle Tinayre ), Opera (unprinted and not listed)
• Aucassin et Nicolette , Comédie-lyrique (unprinted and not listed)

swell

• Musica et Memoria - Alexandre Georges
• List of the stage works by Alexandre Georges based on the MGG at Operone

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Alexandre Georges in the International Music Score Library Project