Marcel Samuel-Rousseau
Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (actually: Marcel Rousseau ; born August 18, 1882 in Paris ; † June 11, 1955 ibid) was a French composer.
Life
Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, son of the composer Samuel Rousseau studied at the Paris Conservatory . In 1905 he won the Second Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Maia . From 1916 to 1952 he was a professor of harmony at the conservatory. He also worked as an organist at the parish church of Saint-Séverin from 1919 to 1922 and was artistic director at the Paris Opera from 1942 to 1944 . In 1947 Samuel-Rousseau was elected to succeed Reynaldo Hahn in the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
Samuel-Rousseau composed, among other things, several operas, two ballets, orchestral works and a requiem.
Works
- Tarass Boulba , opera
- Le Hulla , opera
- Le bon Roi Dagobert , opera
- Kerbeb , opera
- Promenades dans Rome , ballet
- Entre deux rondes , ballet
- Solitude triste for orchestra
- Impression dolente for orchestra
- Requiem for solos, choir and orchestra
- Nuit de Noel
literature
- Paul Griffiths, Richard Langham Smith: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera , edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Marcel Samuel-Rousseau in the International Music Score Library Project
- Prix de Rome 1905 (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rousseau, Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1955 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |