Omer Letorey
Omer Letorey (born May 4, 1873 in Chalon-sur-Saône , † March 21, 1938 in Issy-les-Moulineaux ) was a French composer .
Letorey attended Louis Niedermeyer's music school from 1887 . From 1891 he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Émile Pessard ; at the same time he became organist at the Ste-Elisabeth church . In 1895 he won the first Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the lyrical scene Clarisse Harlowe .
After completing his studies, Letorey was musical director at the Comédie-Française until 1922 . In addition, he was from 1900 as successor to Edmond Missa organist at the church of St-Thomas-d'Aquin , from 1903 cantor and organist at the church of St-Pierre-de-Chaillot and from 1923 to 1925 cantor at the church of St-Honoré- d'Eylau .
In addition to church music, Letorey composed several plays and operas. His incidental music for Macbeth , which premiered in 1914 at the Comédie-Française, and the opera Le Sicilien (after Molière ), which premiered in 1930 at the Opéra-Comique with the mezzo-soprano Germaine Cernay , had great success .
Works
- Incidental music to Sophonisbe
- Incidental music for Macbeth by Jean Richepin , premiered in 1914
- Incidental music to Riquet à la Houppe
- Incidental music for Mangeront-ils? by Victor Hugo
- Incidental music for Juliette et Roméo
- Incidental music for Le malade Imaginaire by Molière
- Incidental music for Les Fâcheux by Molière
- Le Brand , symphonic poem after Henrik Ibsen
- Cléopâtre , comic opera
- Le Sicilien ou l'Amour peintre , comic opera, premiered in 1930
- L'Œillet blanc , comic opera
- Valse arabesque for piano
- Fleurs sans neige for piano
- La Vénitienne for piano
Web links
- Information on Omer Letorey in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Letorey, Omer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chalon-sur-Saône |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1938 |
| Place of death | Issy-les-Moulineaux |