Claude Delvincourt

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Claude Delvincourt (1935)

Claude Delvincourt (born January 12, 1888 in Paris , † April 5, 1954 in Orbetello ) was a French composer.

Life

Claude Delvincourt studied law from 1906 at the Paris Conservatory with Georges Caussade counterpoint, with Léon Boëllmann , Henri Büsser and with Charles-Marie Widor composition. In 1913 he won second prize in the competition for the Prix ​​de Rome with the cantata Yanitza . His stay in Rome was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, he committed himself to army service and suffered a serious wound in 1915. From 1919 he continued his stay in Rome.

In 1926 he was elected to succeed by Ludovic Pane organist at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre . In 1931 he was appointed director of the Versailles Conservatory , followed by Jean Hubeau in 1941 . In 1941, during the German occupation, he succeeded Henri Rabaud as head of the Paris Conservatory. By founding the Orchester des Cadets du Conservatoire , he succeeded in saving over sixty students from the Conservatory for several years from being obliged to work in Germany. He was also active in the resistance organization Front National des Musiciens , which included musicians such as the pianist Marie-Louise Boëllmann (daughter of his teacher), Jacques Chailley , Roger Désormière and Irène Joachim . In 1954 he was killed in a traffic accident on the trip to Rome for the premiere of his string quartet.

Works

  • Quintets for strings and piano, 1907
  • Thestylis for voice and orchestra, 1907
  • Hodie Christ natus for choir, oboe, bassoon and organ, 1909
  • Aurore for four-part female choir and piano or orchestra, 1910
  • Acis et Galathée , cantata, 1910
  • Nuit tombante for mixed choir or vocal quartet and piano or orchestra, 1911
  • Yanitza , cantata, 1911
  • La Source for choir and piano or orchestra, 1912
  • Fulvia , cantata, 1912
  • Sommeil d'enfant , 1912
  • Faust et Hélène , cantata, 1913
  • Typhaon , symphonic poem, 1914
  • Sérénade ( Radio-Sérénade ), 1914
  • Six poèmes de Maurice d'Assier , 1918
  • Ave Verum for solos, choir, string quintet and organ, 1918
  • Boccaceries , piano suite, 1922
  • Croquembouches , piano suite, 1926
  • Offrande à Siva , 1926
  • Le Bal vénitien for orchestra, 1927
  • Poème choréographique , 1931
  • Chansons de la ville et des champs , 1933
  • La Croisière Jaune , soundtrack for a documentary about the Croisière Jaune , 1934
  • Ce monde de rosée for voice and piano (orchestral version 1934)
  • 4 Chansons de Clément Marot for voice and piano, 1935
  • La femme à barbe , musical farce, 1936
  • Images pour les Contes du temps passé for piano four hands, 1936
  • Automne , symphonic poem for choir and orchestra, 1937
  • Oedipe Roi Music for the play by Sophocles , 1939
  • Un éventail, un sourire , 1942
  • Lucifer ou Le Mystère de Caïn , Mystery Play, 1948
  • Le bourgeois gentilhomme (stage work after Molière ), Paris, 1948
  • Salut Solennel for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra, 1953
  • String Quartet , (1953)
  • Pater Noster , (premiered 1955)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae on the Musica et Mémoria website
  2. ^ Alain Louvier:  Delvincourt, Claude. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
personal data
SURNAME Delvincourt, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 5th 1954
Place of death Orbetello