Déodat de Séverac

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Joseph-Marie Déodat de Séverac (born July 20, 1872 in Saint-Félix-Lauragais , Haute-Garonne ; died March 24, 1921 in Céret , Pyrénées-Orientales ) was a French composer .

Life

place of birth

Déodat de Séverac received his first music lessons from his father, the painter Gilbert de Séverac . After finishing school in Toulouse and studying at the conservatory there, he went to Paris in 1896 to continue his studies at the Conservatoire . In 1897 he moved to the newly founded Schola Cantorum . There were Vincent d'Indy and Albéric Magnard his composition teacher. He received organ lessons from Alexandre Guilmant . For a while he worked as an assistant to Isaac Albéniz , then returned to southern France and devoted himself exclusively to composition.

The grave of Déodat de Séverac

plant

Déodat de Séverac's music shows influences from impressionism , but it is particularly strongly influenced by the musical tradition of his homeland, the Languedoc . It is close to folk music, but without making use of direct borrowings from it. His song and choral compositions are based partly on texts in Provencal and Catalan , partly on poems in French, for example by Verlaine or Baudelaire .

His piano compositions, which often have pictorial titles, are best known outside France. These include the En Languedoc , En Vacances and Cerdaña suites . His catalog of works also includes two operas ( Le Cœur du moulin , premiered in 1909 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris , and Héliogabale , premiered in Béziers in 1910 ), three symphonic poems , organ works and chamber music .

Discography

  • Michelle Leclerc : Séverac - L'Oeuvre intégrale pour orgue . Aeolus 2002.
  • Jordi Masó : Déodat de Séverac: Piano works . Vol. 1 Naxos 8.572427, 2001; Vol. 2 Naxos 8.572428, 2012; Vol. 3 Naxos 8.572429, 2012.
  • Jean-Yves Ossonce / Orchester Symphonique de la Region Center-Tours: Deodat de Séverac: Le Coeur du Moulin , Opera, Timpani, 2009.
  • Francois-Michel Rignol : Déodat de Séverac: Oeuvres pour piano , piano works, Solstice, 2008.
  • Izumi Tateno : Déodat de Séverac: Piano Works , Warner Classics / Apex, 2004.
  • Izumi Tateno : Sunflower Sea. Piano Works by Déodat de Séverac , 2 CDs, Warner Classics / Finlandia 8573-87181-2, 2001.
  • Olivier Vernet : Déodat de Séverac: Le Lyre de l'Âme , organ music, Ligia, 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Séverac, Déodat de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Séverac, Joseph-Marie Déodat de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Félix-Lauragais
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1921
Place of death Ceret