Alexis de Castillon

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Alexis de Castillon

Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor (born December 13, 1838 in Chartres , † March 5, 1873 in Paris ) was a French composer .

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Alexis de Castillon enjoyed extensive musical training, including piano lessons from the composer and pianist Charles Delioux de Savignac (1825–1915), who was also teaching Albéric Magnard at the time. Alexis de Castillon soon played the organ in the local band. Family tradition required him to attend the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1856 . He became a sub-lieutenant in the 10th regiment of cuirassiers and lancers of royal rank. There he also attended the Cercle de l'Union artistique , which was founded by Prince Poniatowski in May 1860. In 1861, after completing his training at the academy, Alexis de Castillon took lessons again, this time with Victor Massé (1822–1884). On the advice of his friend Henri Duparc (1848–1933), he moved to César Franck in 1869 . He destroyed all of his works and began under Franck's direction with the composition of a piano quintet, his new Opus 1.

In 1870 he had to go to the Franco-German War for a year , including the battle of Le Mans . In 1871, sick and weak, he finally found his way back to composing.

Joël-Marie Fauquet presented the formalistic tendency of the compositions, which were characterized by their originality, which is particularly noticeable in the Violin Sonata Op. 6 and the Piano Quartet Op. 7. The piano works, for example Cinq Pièces dans le style ancien op. 9, are partly archaic. In February 1871 Romain Bussine , Camille Saint-Saëns and Henri Duparc founded the Société Nationale de Musique . Alexis de Castillon became the first secretary. The premiere of his piano concerto dedicated to Camille Saint-Saëns at the Pasdeloup Concerts in 1872 was derisively laughed at by the audience.

In the fall of 1873, Alexis de Castillon fell ill again and did not recover. He died on March 5th in his Paris apartment on rue Bayard. At his funeral in Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot , Camille Saint-Saëns played improvisations on the second theme from Castillon's piano concerto.

Works

  • 1863–64 Quintette pour piano, 2 violons, alto et violoncelle (quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola and violoncello) op. 1
  • ca.1865 Cinq airs de danse pour orchester
  • ca.1865 Fugues dans le style libre (Fugues in free style) op.2
  • 1865 Première symphonie (First Symphony)
  • 1865 Premier Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle (Piano Trio No. 1) op.4
  • 1867 Première Suite pour piano (First Piano Suite) op.5
  • before 1867 Premier Quatuor à cordes (String Quartet No. 1) op.3 No. 1
  • c. 1868 Cinq Pièces dans le style ancien (Five pieces in the old style) op.9
  • before 1868 Deuxième Quatuor à cordes (String Quartet No. 2) op.3 No. 2
  • 1868 Sonate pour piano et violon (Sonata for piano and violin) op.6
  • 1868–73 Six Poésies d'Armand Silvestre (Six Poems by Armand Silvestre) op. 8
  • 1869 Deuxième Suite pour piano (Second Piano Suite) op.10
  • 1869 Quatuor pour piano, violon, alto, et violoncelle (Quartet for piano, violin, viola and violoncello) op.7
  • ca.1869 Six Valses humoristiques (Six humorous waltzes) op.11
  • 1871 Concerto pour piano et orchester (Concerto for piano and orchestra) op.12
  • 1871 Torquato Tasso
  • 1872 Esquisses symphoniques (symphonic sketches) op.15
  • 1872 mass
  • 1872 Orchestration de l'Impromptu en do mineur de Franz Schubert (orchestration of the Impromptus in C minor by Franz Schubert)
  • 1872–73 Deuxième trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle (Piano Trio No. 2) op.17
  • 1872–73 Pensées fugitives pour piano

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personal data
SURNAME Castillon, Alexis de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castillon de Saint-Victor, Marie-Alexis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Chartres
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1873
Place of death Paris