André Lavagne
André Lavagne (born July 12, 1913 in Paris ; † March 21, 2014 there ) was a French composer .
Life
Lavagne had first lessons from his father, the composer Edmond Lavagne . He studied piano with Isidore Philipp , counterpoint and fugue with Noël Gallon and composition with Jean Roger-Ducasse at the Conservatoire de Paris . With the cantata L'Anneau du roi based on a text by Elise Vollène , he won the first Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1939 .
In 1935 he became a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, and from 1941 he was inspector for music lessons in Paris schools. In the following year, he became Secretary General of SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique). As the musical general director of the educational institutions of the Legion of Honor , he organized major concerts every year from 1964, with François Mitterrand assisting him several times as vice-president of the Amis du musée de la légion d'honneur . Lavagne also wrote as a music columnist for Figaro and the Rhône-Alpes magazine .
Lavagne was active as a composer from 1928. He composed operas, orchestral works, piano music, choral works and songs as well as film music.
Works
- Concert dans un parc for piano and orchestra, 1938
- Comme ils s'aiment , comic opera, libretto by Marcel Belvianes based on Honoré de Balzac's novel Les petites misères de la vie conjugale , 1939
- Le pauvre juggler , ballet, WP 1940
- Concerto romantique for cello and orchestra, 1942, premiered by Paul Tortelier and the Orchester Lamoureux under Eugène Bigot
- Kermesse , ballet based on a book by Constantin Tcherkas , 1943
- Valse Caprice for piano, 1947
- Corinne , Opera, 1956
- Psaume 41 for soprano, mixed choir and ordhester, 1962
- Concerto pour la Veillée Pascale for organ, brass quintet, timpani and choirs, premiered in 1967 by Jean Guillou at the Saint-Eustache church under the direction of Émile Martin
- Etude baroque: grande étude de concert pour piano , 1971
- Endymion , symphonic poem
- Nox , symphonic poem for voice and orchestra based on a poem by Charles Leconte de Lisle , world premiere at the Lamoureux Concerts
- Spectacle rassurant for voice and orchestra
- Poeme d'Adonis
- Vision de la 4 e églogue for 19 strings
- Trois preludes for piano
- Boîte de couleurs for piano
- Le Jour for three voices
- La nuit blanche for voice and piano
- Trois mélodies sur des poèmes de Ronsard
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: Au pays où fleurit l'oranger - Director: Jean Mineur ,
- 1943: Féries nocturnes - Director: Paul de Roubaix ,
- 1947: Les tous petits de la ferme - Director: Marco de Gastyne ,
- 1949: Un chien et Madame - Director: Marcel Martin ,
- 1950: Au fil de la Charente - Director: Marc Magnien ,
- 1950: L'amour maternel chez les animaux - Director: Jean Mineur,
- 1951: Dakar, escale atlantique - Director: Jean-Jacques Méhu ,
- 1951: Un amour de parapluie - Director: Jean Laviron (with Louis de Funès ),
- 1956: Dernières fumées - Director: Albert Guyot ,
- 1958: La guêpe maçonne - Director: André Stenner ,
- 1960: Aventure à Alger - Director: Jacques Chabannes ,
Web links
- André Lavagne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- André Lavagne on musimem.com (French)
supporting documents
- ↑ Biography: André LAVAGNE (1913-2014) , French , on musimem.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lavagne, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 2014 |
| Place of death | Paris |