Maurice Emmanuel
Marie François Maurice Emmanuel (born May 2, 1862 in Bar-sur-Aube , † December 14, 1938 in Paris ) was a French musicologist, music teacher and composer.
Life
Maurice Emmanuel studied at the Paris Conservatory with Augustin Savard , Théodore Dubois (harmony), Léo Delibes (composition) and Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (music history). He also attended lectures in classical philology and art history at the Sorbonne . From 1904 to 1907 he was Kapellmeister at Ste Clotilde, after which he worked as a teacher of music history at the Conservatory until 1936.
Emmanuel composed three operas , two symphonies and a symphonic poem, a suite française , an overture , chamber music and vocal works.
Works
- 3 Pièces for organ and harmonium op. 14, 1882–1911
- Pierrot peintre pantomime in 2 pictures for alto or mezzo-soprano, speaker and orchestra, 1886
- Sonata for violoncello and piano op. 2, 1887
- Overture pour un conte gai for orchestra, 1890
- Sonatine Bourguignonne , 1893
- Sonatine Pastorale , 1897
- Zingaresca , Fantasy for 2 piccolo flutes, 2 pianos, timpani and strings, 1902
- Sonata for violin and piano d op. 6, 1902
- String quartet B op. 8, 1903
- Mass pour grand orgue , 1905
- O filii for solo and choir, 1905
- Suite sur des airs populaires grecs for violin and piano op.10, 1907
- Sonate en trio for flute, clarinet and piano op.11, 1907
- In memoriam (R. Vallery-Radot) for soloist, violin, cello and piano, 1908
- Musiques , 12 songs after L. de Launay for soloist and piano accompaniment, 1908
- 3 odelettes anacréontiques after R. Belleau and P. de Ronsard for solo, flute and piano, 1911
- 30 chansons bourguignonnes du pays de Beaune for solo and piano, 1913
- Prométhée enchaîné , opera based on Aeschylus , 1916–1918
- Prologue de Prométhée enchaîné for orchestra, 1916
- 1st symphony , 1919
- Sonatina No. 3 for piano, 1920
- Sonatina No. 4 sur des modes hindous for piano, 1920
- Salamine , opera based on Aeschylus, 1921–1923
- Overture de Salamine 1923–1928
- Sonatina No. 5 alla francese for piano, 1925
- Sonatina No. 6 for piano, 1925
- Vocalise for alto, baritone and clarinet, 1926
- 2nd Bretonne Symphony , 1930–1931
- Suite française for orchestra, 1934–1935
- 2 chansons populaires , 1935
- Sonata for Horn and Piano B op.29, 1936
- Amphitryon , opera based on Plautus , 1936
- Le poème du Rhône , symphonic poem based on Frédéric Mistral, 1938
Fonts
- Essai sur l'orchestrique grecque , Université de Paris 1895
- Histoire de la langue musicale , Paris 1911
- Traité de l'accompagnement modal des psaumes Lyons 1913
- M. Emmanuel, R. Moissenet, La polyphonie sacrée , Oullins 1923
- Pelléas et Mélisande de Claude Debussy , Paris 1926
- César Franck , Paris 1930
- Anton Reicha , Paris 1936
literature
- Malcolm MacDonald, notes for recording Continuum CCD 1048, Maurice Emmanuel Six Sonatines, Peter Jacobs (piano).
- Maurice Emmanuel, compositeur français, ed. Sylvie Douche. Praha: Bärenreiter, 2007 Paris: Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86385-34-1
- Christophe Corbier, Maurice Emmanuel , bleu nuit éditeur, Paris 2007. ISBN 978-2-913575-79-0
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Emmanuel, Maurice |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Emmanuel, Marie François Maurice (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French musicologist, music teacher and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1862 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bar-sur-Aube |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1938 |
Place of death | Paris |