Bernard Crocé-Spinelli

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Bernard-Louis Crocé-Spinelli (born February 18, 1871 in Paris , † June 1, 1932 in Bordeaux ) was a French composer and music teacher.

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Bernard Crocé-Spinelli was born in Paris to the jeweler Hector Crocé-Spinelli and the pianist Mathilde Bernard-Laviolette, a student of Félix Le Couppey . One of his cousins ​​was the aeronaut Joseph Crocé-Spinelli , who was killed in a balloon ascent to 8,600 m in 1875.

Crocé-Spinelli received his first training from his mother before entering the Paris Conservatory in 1884 at the age of thirteen . There he studied composition with André Gedalge . In 1897 he won the First Seconde Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Frédégonde based on a text by Charles Morel . His first composition was published in 1892, and in 1898 the baritone Jean Bartet sang the world premiere of his three Poèmes chantés at the Cirque des Champs-Elysées as part of Concerts Lamoureux conducted by Camille Chevillard .

In 1902 he succeeded Louis Deffès as head of the Conservatory of Toulouse. During his twelve-year tenure here, he built an orchestra of international standing, whose repertoire included the works of contemporary composers in addition to classical and romantic music. He also composed a number of piano and chamber music works here.

After Jules Pennequin's resignation in 1914, he succeeded him as head of the Bordeaux Conservatory, while Aymé Kunc took over his position in Toulouse. Here he also directed the Association des Concerts Classiques . Crocé-Spinelli was hardly active as a composer at this time, but in 1928 the play Le Cid et Eucharis and its incidental music was performed with great success at the city's Grand Théâtre .

Works

  • Chant élégiaque for violin and piano, 1892
  • Frédégonde , cantata, 1897
  • Le Pendu joyeux song for baritone and piano (text by Jean Richepin ), 1898
  • Poèmes chantés , 1898
  • Sur un nuage , song for soprano and piano (text by Rachel Ulmo-Laurier ), 1899
  • Marche assyrienne for orchestra
  • Suite héraldique , 1900
  • Poussière d'Orient for orchestra
  • Rhapsody roumaine , 1901
  • Terrienne , Lied (text by Jean Richepin), 1901
  • 3 Pieces pour piano , 1903
  • 6 Pieces brèves pour piano , 1903
  • Solo de concours for trombone and piano, 1903
  • Feuillet d'album for piano, 1904
  • Les Fileuses for contralto and female choir, 1904
  • Pour Bilitis, Pour Chlotis, Pour Kysé - 3 pieces pour violon et piano , 1904
  • 7 Rêves de fillette for piano, 1908
  • Novelette for cello or violin and piano, 1909
  • Incidental music for Le Cid et Eucharis , 1928

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Bernard Crocé-Spinelli in the International Music Score Library Project