Ernest Guiraud
Ernest Guiraud (born June 23, 1837 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † May 6, 1892 in Paris ) was a French composer.
Life
The son of the émigré composer Jean-Baptiste-Louis Guiraud (1803–1864), studied from 1853 to 1854 at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Fromental Halévy and Antoine François Marmontel and in 1859 won the Prix de Rome for the cantata Bajazet et le joueur de flûte . From 1860 to 1862 he stayed in Rome with his college friend Georges Bizet . From 1870 to 1871 he took part in the Franco-German War as a volunteer. From 1876 he taught harmony, from 1880 composition at the Conservatoire. His students included Paul Dukas , Camille Saint-Saëns , Erik Satie , André Gedalge and Claude Debussy .
He emerged primarily as a composer of operas . He also arranged the opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach , composed recitatives to Bizet's dialogue opera Carmen and arranged the second Arlésienne suite by Bizet. His writing Traité d'instrumentation also became famous .
Works
- David , Opera, 1846
- En Prison , Opera comique, around 1859
- Gli avventurieri , melodramma giocoso, around 1862
- Sylvie Opera comique, 1862
- La Coupe du roi de Thulé , Opera 1868–69
- Le Kobold Opera, 1870
- Madame Turlupine , Opera comique, 1872
- Piccolino , Opera comique, 1876
- Le Feu , Opera, premiered March 9, 1879; Paris.
- Galante aventure , Opera comique, 1882
- Caprice for violin and orchestra, 1885
- Chasse fantastique , symphonic poem, 1887
- Frédégonde , Drame lyrique, acts 1–3 orchestrated by Paul Dukas, acts 4 and 5 and ballet in act 3 composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1895
Web links
- List of the stage works by Ernest Guiraud based on the MGG at Operone
- Sheet music and audio files by Ernest Guiraud in the International Music Score Library Project
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SURNAME | Guiraud, Ernest |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1837 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana |
DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1892 |
Place of death | Paris |