Fernand de La Tombelle
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Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand Fernand Fouant de La Tombelle (born August 3, 1854 in Paris , † August 13, 1928 at Fayrac Castle in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle ) was a French organist and composer.
Live and act
Fernand de La Tombelle had piano lessons in his childhood from his mother Louise Gueyraud, a student of Sigismund Thalberg and Franz Liszt . From the age of eighteen he took private organ and harmony lessons from Alexandre Guilmant . At the Conservatoire de Paris he studied counterpoint, fugue and composition with Théodore Dubois . For his compositions he received two gold medals at the Grand Prix Pleyel .
In the following years he performed as a concert organist all over France. In 1896 he founded the Paris Schola Cantorum with Vincent d'Indy , Charles Bordes , Alexandre Guilmant, G. de Boisjolin, Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray and Edmond de Polignac , where he taught harmony until 1904. His students included u. a. Déodat de Séverac , Blanche Selva , Jean Vadon , Marc de Ranse , Auguste Leguenant and Louis Boyer .
In addition to music, La Tombelle, who was interested in many things, was active as a writer and columnist, sculptor and painter, art photographer, ethnomusicologist and astronomer. His wife Henriette Delacoux de Marivault became known as a writer under the pseudonym Camille Bruno .
Works
- Crux , oratorio
- Les sept Paroles du Christ , oratorio
- L'Abbaye , oratorio
- Le rêve au pays bleu ,
- Yannick
- La Magdaléenne
- L'apothéose de la cité
- La muse fleurie
- La Roche aux fées
- Impressions naturelles , orchestral suite
- Livres d'images , orchestral suite
- Tableaux musicaux , orchestral suite
- Suite féodale
- Antar , symphonic poem
- Sainte-Cécile , cantata
- Sainte-Anne , cantata
- Jérusalem , cantata
- Jeanne d'Arc , cantata
- Sancta Maria succurre miseris
- Benedicta do it
- Tantum ergo
- Ave verum
- Adoro te submissive
Web links
- Works by Fernand de La Tombelle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fernand de La Tombelle on Musica et Memoria
- Pupils of Alexandre Guilmant
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Tombelle, Fernand de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Tombelle, Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand Fernand Fouant de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1928 |
| Place of death | Castelnaud-la-Chapelle |