Maurice Franck

Maurice Franck (* 1897 in Paris ; † March 21, 1983 ibid.) Was a French composer and music teacher.

Franck studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau and Paul Vidal . He competed five times for the Prix ​​de Rome , winning the First Second Grand Prix in 1926 with the cantata L'autre Mère .

From 1937, Franck led a class for harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris. He later became president of the Conservatoire's Association of Former Students. He also taught at the Studios Pleyel , at the Lycée la Fontaine and - alongside teachers such as Noël Gallon , Maurice Hewitt , Georges Jouatte , André-Lévy , René Maillard , René Leroy , Auguste Le Guennant and René Saorgin at the Beethoven Institute founded by Hélène Amiot .

From 1946 Franck was a conductor at the Paris Opera . As a composer he was best known for his chamber music works, in addition to which he also wrote some music pedagogical works.

Works

• Film music for La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes (directed by Henri Fabert ), 1933
• Trio d'anches for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, 1937
• Psaume XXVIII , WP 1945 at the Concerts Colonne
• Trois mélodies pour chant et piano , 1951
• Film music for Que serais-je sans elle , 1951
• Soundtrack for Dolorès et le joli cœur (directed by Georges Chaperot ), 1951
• Quatre mélodies , WP 1957 by Suzanne Guyol
• Psaume XXVI for four mixed voices a cappella, 1955
• Thème et variations for viola and orchestra, 1957
• Fanfare , Andante and Allegro for trombone and piano, 1958
• Suite for harp, 1959
• Deuxième Trio d'anches for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, 1960
• Suite for viola and orchestra, 1965
• Prélude, arioso et rondo for saxhorn, bass trombone or tuba and piano, 1969
• Prière for oboe and piano, 1984
• Atalante , buffo opera
• Grambrinus

Music educational works

• Vingt-huit leçons de solfège , 1951
• Quinze leçons de solfège à sept clés , 1964