Charles-René

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Charles Olivier René Bibard , called Charles-René , (born May 10, 1863 in Paris , † around 1940) was a French music teacher and composer.

Charles-René studied composition with Léo Delibes and piano with Antoine François Marmontel at the Conservatoire de Paris with Maurice Emmanuel , Camille Erlanger , Richard Mandl and Spiro Samara . In 1884 he won the first Second Grand Prix de Rome behind Claude Debussy with the lyrical scene L'enfant prodigue based on a text by Edouard Guinaud .

He then worked in Paris as a composition and piano teacher. From 1887 to 1889 he taught Maurice Ravel in counterpoint, harmony and composition. In addition to a series of piano arrangements for the piano competitions at the Conservatoire, Charles-René u. a. Piano pieces ( Esquisses poétiques , Veillée de décembre , Le voyageur , Caprice romantique , Trois valses-caprices ), chamber music (a sonata for piano and violin, stanzas for horn and piano), a Fantaisie de concert for violin and orchestra, Deux pièces for cello and orchestra, the orchestral suite Reflets du Nord , two masses and two motets ( Panis Angelicus and Inviolata ).

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