Joseph Noyon
Joseph Noyon (born October 3, 1888 in Cherbourg , † October 5, 1962 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French church musician and composer.
Life
As a teenager, Noyon played the organ of the Sainte-Trinité church in his hometown and was a student of Charles de Bériot , Paul Viardot , Alfred Marichelle and Henri Dallier at the Ecole Niedermeyer and Paul Vidal at the Conservatoire de Paris . His participation in the competition for the Prix de Rome was prevented by the outbreak of the First World War .
He worked as organist at the great organ of the chapel of Saint-Cloud, later as Kapellmeister at the Church of Notre-Dame in Auteul, choirmaster at Radiodiffusion Française and finally conductor at Saint-Honoré-d'Eylau .
Noyon composed numerous church music works, including several masses ( Mass en l'honneur de sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus , Mass en l'honneur de saint Augustin , Mass de la Nativité , Mass Pax Christi ), seventy motets , choirs, hymns and three great cantatas . Important piano compositions were written after the First World War, including Impromptu , Ouverture de concert , Les heures roses and Danses grecques .
After a long break, Noyon turned back to instrumental music in 1947. During this time, works such as the Arioso for violin and strings, an Elégie for horn, organ and piano, a Lamento for cello, an Aria for string quartet, an organ concerto, a Divertissement Pastoral for oboe, the Esquisses normandes for wind quartet, a Nocturne and the Marche funèbre .
Compositions
Joseph Noyon composed more than 400 works, mostly sacred music, including:
- Hymn à la nuit (La Nuit de Rameau), for a cappella choir
- L'enfance de l'Immaculée for soloists, female choir, organ and orchestra ( dedicated to Rose-Marie Paillet )
Motets
- Cantate Domino , for mixed choir, 2 organs, trumpets and trombones
- In Me Gratia (motet à la Sainte Vierge) for 4-part male choir
- Jérusalem acclame , for choir, soloists and organ
- Laudate Dominum in sanctis (Ps. 150) for 2 voices and organ
- Panis Angelicus for mixed choir and organ
- Notre Père, qui êtes aux cieux , for 4 voices and organ
- Tantum Solennel, dit du Congrès , for one-part male choir, mixed choir, 2 organs, trumpets and trombones
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- Messe de la Nativité sur des Noëls populaires for 2–3 voices or 4 voices and organ (1942)
- Mass brève for organ and choir
- Mass en l'honneur de Frères des écoles chrétiennes for 4 mixed voices, organ and instruments ad lib.
- Mass en l'honneur de saint Augustin for 4 mixed voices, organ and instruments ad lib.
- Requiem, for soloists, choir and orchestra (1949)
- Oratorio in 7 parts for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1950)
- Mass solennelle "Pax Christi" for mixed choir, 2 organs, trumpets and trombones (1953)
Organ works
- Allegretto en sol
- Elévation en sol majeur (1924)
- Final en ut majeur
- Variations sur un vieux Noël
Piano works
- impromptu
- Overture de concert
- Les heures roses
- Danses grecques
Instrumental music
- Berceuse for violin and piano (1919)
- Arioso for violin and strings
- Elégie for horn and piano or organ
- Lamento for cello
- Aria for string quintet
- Concerto en ré majeur, for organ and orchestra
- Divertissement Pastoral for oboe
- Esquisses normandes for wind quartet
- nocturne
- Marche funèbre
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Noyon, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and church musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1888 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cherbourg |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1962 |
Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt |