Marc de Ranse

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Marc de Ranse (born April 20, 1881 at Château de Ranse near Aiguillon (Lot-et-Garonne) ; † February 12, 1951 in Agen ) was a French composer, organist, conductor and music teacher.

Life

De Ranse attended the Collège Saint-Caprais in Agen, where he was inspired by the organist of the Saint-Caprais Church , Joseph Schluty , for the music. He went to Paris in 1897 and studied there - with an interruption from 1902–05 due to military service in the 20th Infantry Regiment in Montauban - for almost ten years at the Schola Cantorum with Vincent d'Indy (composition), Léon Saint-Réquier and Fernand de La Tombelle (harmony), Albert Roussel (counterpoint), Gabriel Grovlez (piano), Charles Bordes (choral music), Abel Decaux and Alexandre Guilmant (organ) and Amédée Gastoué (Gregorian chant).

After various positions as choirmaster and organist at the churches "Saint-Marcel de la Salpêtrière" (1906), "Saint-Charles-de-Monceau" (from 1907) and "Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement", he became in 1912 Organist at "Saint-Louis d'Antin". In addition, since his return from military service at the Schola Cantorum, he initially taught choral music and later organ improvisation. With Joseph Boulnois he organized the Concerts spirituels de Saint-Louis d'Antin between 1912 and 1914

In 1914 de Banse was drafted into military service. In the same year he was wounded near Ypres, was taken prisoner by the Germans, was interned in Güstrow and was later transferred to Switzerland, where he conducted the Orchester Symphonique des Internés Alliés from 1917-18 . After his return from captivity (1919) he founded Le Choeur Mixte de Paris in 1921 , which he directed until 1933. The professional ensemble has performed at the Concerts du Conservatoire , the Concerts Lamoureux and the Concerts Pasdeloup , among others . During this time he composed numerous church music works, including several masses , songs based on Victor Hugo and Francis Jammes, and four-part choirs of popular French songs.

In 1933 de Ranse withdrew to his home town of Aquitaine, where he devoted himself entirely to composition. In 1934 he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Awards

Works

  • Lux aeterna , motet (1920)
  • Messe brève (1924)
  • Messe en l'honneur du pieux roi Saint-Louis (1926)
  • Tota pulchra es, Maria , motet (1926)
  • Psaume XCIX (1926)
  • Mass en l'honneur de Saint-Grégoire (1928)
  • Mass en l'honneur de Saint-Jean le Précurseur (1930)
  • Vêpres des Apôtres et des Évangélistes (1930)
  • Sur le joli jonc (1936)
  • L'Abuglo de Castèl-Cuillé [L'Aveugle de Castelculier] (1939)
  • Ave verum (1940)
  • Lous Esclops , symphonic scherzo (1941)
  • Prélude en ré mineur for organ (1943)
  • Psaume CXVI (1943)
  • Christ vincit (1944)
  • Te Deum de la Paix (1944)
  • Improvisation on the "Ave maris stella" grégorien for organ (1946)
  • Entrée-Paraphrase sur l'introit de la fête de Saint-Michel for organ (1947)
  • 24 Offertoires de l'année liturgique (1948–1949)
  • Mass chorale en l'honneur de Sainte-Foy (1949)
  • Versets pour le Kyrie des Anges for organ (1950)

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personal data
SURNAME Ranse, Marc de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, organist, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Aiguillon (Lot-et-Garonne)
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1951
Place of death Agen