Camille Chevillard
Paul Alexandre Camille Chevillard (born October 14, 1859 in Paris , † May 30, 1923 in Chatou ) was a French composer and conductor.
Life
The son of cellist Pierre Alexandre Chevillard studied piano at the Paris Conservatory . In 1895 he founded the Chevillard- Hayot - Salmon trio . In 1887 he assisted Charles Lamoureux in his first performance of Lohengrin in Paris. From 1897 he often represented Lamoureux as director of the Lamoureux Concerts , after whose death in 1899 he succeeded him as director of the concerts. He conducted a. a. the world premiere of Claude Debussys Nocturnes (1900 and 1901) and La mer (1905).
Chevillard composed chamber music and symphonic works, incidental music and songs.
Honors
- 1902: Officer of the Legion of Honor
Works
- Piano trio
- Piano quartet
- Piano quintet
- Sonata for violin and piano
- Sonata for cello and piano, premiered in 1896
- Variations for piano
- Etude chromatique for piano
- Ballade symphonique , 1889
- Quatre petites pièces , 1893
- Le chène et le roseau , symphonic poetry
- Fantaisie symphonique
- Music for Édouard Schuré's drama La Rousalka , premiered in 1903
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chevillard, Camille |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chevillard, Paul Alexandre Camille (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1923 |
| Place of death | Chatou |