Jules Mazellier
Jules Mazellier (born April 6, 1879 in Toulouse , † February 6, 1959 in Paris ) was a French composer and conductor.
Mazellier studied composition with Charles Lenepveu at the Paris Conservatory . In 1909 he won the Prix de Rome for his composition La Roussalka . This was preceded by a "duel" with Nadia Boulanger , who had applied for the prize that same year with a setting of the same text. Mazellier later taught at the Conservatoire de Paris as a professor. In addition to chamber music works, piano pieces and songs, he composed several operas.
Works
- La Roussalka , Lègende russe in one act, 1909
- Graciella , comic opera, 1925
- Les Matines d'Amour , Opera, 1927
- 500 Dictées musicales à une, deux, trois et quatre voix in four volumes
- Fantaisie-Ballet for clarinet and piano
- Contemplation for violin and piano
- Le Livre Chantant
- Ballad for violin and piano
- Berceuse for violin and piano
- Chanson for violoncello and piano
- Fileuse for violoncello and piano
- Prière de Saint-François d'Assise for voice, violin, violoncello and organ
- Poème Romantique for violin and piano
- Complainte pour Noel for piano
- Nocturne for piano
- Bercelonette for piano
- Divertissement Pastoral for flute and piano
Web links
- Jules Mazellier at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caroline Potter: Nadia and Lili Boulanger. Ashgate Publishing, 2007, ISBN 9780754681649 , p. 56 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ Prix de Rome 1900-1909
- ↑ Journal of the American Musicological Society , Volume 51, 1998, p. 122 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ http://www.vcisinc.com/clarinetmusicpiano.htm
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mazellier, Jules |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and conductor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1879 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse |
DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1959 |
Place of death | Paris |