Manuel Rosenthal

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Manuel Rosenthal (born June 18, 1904 in Paris ; † June 5, 2003 ibid) was a French composer and conductor .

Life

Since 1918 Rosenthal studied violin with Jules Boucherit at the Conservatoire de Paris and counterpoint with Jean Huré . In 1925 he met Maurice Ravel , whose last pupil he became and with whom he soon became a close friend. In 1934 he became the assistant to the conductor Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht . In the 1930s he orchestrated Ravel's Histoires naturelles and three of the Cinq mélodies populaires grecques . In 1934 he became conductor of the Orchester National de la Radiodiffusion Française .

During the Second World War he was taken prisoner of war in 1940; after his liberation in 1944 he became chief conductor of the Orchester National. From 1948 to 1951 he directed the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and from 1964 to 1967 the Orchester Symphonique de Liege . On international concert tours he performed the works of contemporary composers such as Stravinsky , Schönberg , Hindemith , Bartók , Messiaen , Satie , Debussy and his teacher Ravel.

From 1962 to 1974 Rosenthal worked as a professor of orchestral conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris. He composed operas , ballets and other orchestral works, chamber music , choral works and songs . In 1995 he published his memories of Ravel: Ravel: souvenirs de Manuel Rosenthal .

Works

  • Sonatine pour deux violons et piano , 1922
  • Sérénade , 1927
  • Un baiser pour rien , ballet, 1928–29
  • Rayon des soiries , Opéra buffe, 1930
  • Les Bootleggers , 1933
  • Jeanne d'Arc for orchestra, 1934–36
  • Saint François d'Assise , 1936–39
  • La Poule Noire , Comédie musicale, 1937
  • La Gaîté Parisienne , ballet based on motifs by Jacques Offenbach , 1938
  • Musique de Table , 1941
  • Les Soirées du Petit Juas , string quartet, 1942
  • Cantate pour le temps de la Nativité , 1943-44
  • Symphonies de Noél , 1947
  • Aesopi Convivium for violin, piano and orchestra, 1947–48
  • Magic Manhattan for orchestra, 1948
  • Que le Diable l'emporte , ballet, 1948
  • Symphony , 1949
  • A choeur vaillant , 1952–53
  • Missa Des Gratias , 1953
  • Rondes françaises for orchestra, 1955
  • Femmes au Tombeau , 1956
  • Hop Signor! , Drame lyrique after Michel de Ghelderode , 1957–61
  • Aeolus , 1970
  • 2 Études en camaïeu , 1975

literature

  • Rosenthal, Manuel . In: John L. Holmes: Conductors on Record. Greenwood Press, Westport 1982, ISBN 0-575-02781-9 , pp. 553-554.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenthal, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2003
Place of death Paris