Maurice Emmanuel

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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
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