Maurice Maréchal

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Maurice Maréchal (born October 3, 1892 in Dijon ; died April 19, 1964 in Paris ) was a French cellist .

Life

Maurice Maréchal attended the music school in Dijon and from 1905 to 1911 the Paris Conservatory . In 1912 he was drafted and served in the First World War . Maréchal kept a diary . His comrades made a cello for him out of ammunition boxes, the instrument is now in the musical instrument museum of the Conservatoire de Paris. After the war he began a solo career that also took him to North and South America. During the German occupation in World War II , he refused to appear in public. In 1942 he became a teacher at the Conservatory and remained so until his death in 1964.

In 1922 he performed the sonata for violin and violoncello by Maurice Ravel with Hélène Jourdan-Morhange . The Sonata for cello and piano by Simon Laks he played in 1932 with Vlado Perlemuter . He also arranged for the world premiere of works by André Caplet , Lucien Durosoir , Alexandre Tansman and Joseph Ropartz .

In 1931 he played the Concerto pour violoncelle et orchester by Arthur Honegger . He transcribed various pieces, including the Saudades do Brazil , by Darius Milhaud , as well as Isaac Albéniz 's interlude from Pepita Jiménez and the tango from Suite España .

Washington Castro was one of his students . A Concours International Maurice Maréchal in memory of his name was only awarded in 1972.

Maréchal was an officer of the Legion of Honor and holder of the Croix de guerre .

Fonts (selection)

  • Luc Durosoir (ed.): Deux musiciens dans la grande guerre . Lucien Durosoir and Maurice Maréchal. Foreword: Jean-Pierre Guéno. Paris: Tallandier, 2005 (not viewed)

literature

  • Alain Lambert : Maurice Maréchal, La voix du violoncelle . Geneva: Editions Papillon, 2003

Web links

Commons : Maurice Maréchal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Violoncelliste et professeur au Conservatoire (1892-1964) , excerpt from Alain Lambert: Maurice Maréchal, La voix du violoncelle , 2003
  2. ↑ Maurice Maréchal with war cello , photo from Musicologie
personal data
SURNAME Maréchal, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cellist
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Dijon
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1964
Place of death Paris