Paul Hillemacher
Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher (born November 25, 1852 in Paris , † August 13, 1933 in Versailles ) was a French composer and pianist .
Hillemacher studied at the Paris Conservatory with François Bazin . In 1876 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Judith . He composed several operas, theatrical music, symphonic works and songs.
The majority of his stage works were created in collaboration with his brother Lucien Joseph Edouard Hillemacher (born June 10, 1860 in Paris, † June 2, 1909 there) and was published under the name of PL Hillemacher . Lucien Hillemacher won the Prix de Rome in 1880 with the lyric scene Fingal by Charles Dancours .
Works with L. Hillemacher (PL Hillemacher)
- Loreley , symphonic legend based on Eugène Adenis , premiere 1882
- Saint Mégrin , comic opera in four acts (libretto by Ernest Dubreuil and Eugène Adenis after Alexandre Dumas the Elder ) premiered in 1886
- Une aventure d'Arlequin , comic opera in one act (Libretto: Louis Judicis de Mirandol ), WP 1888
- Héro et Léandre , incidental music for the piece by Edmond d'Harancourt , premiered in 1893
- One for Two , pantomime in one act, WP 1894
- Le Régiment qui passe , comic opera in one act (Libretto: Maurice Hennequin ), WP 1894
- Le Drac , lyrical drama (libretto by Louis Gallet based on George Sand and Paul Meurice , WP in German ( Der Flutgeist )) 1896, WP original 1942
- Claudie , incidental music for the piece by Georges Sand, WP 1900
- Orsola , lyrical drama (libretto: Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi ), premier 1902
- Circé , lyric poem (libretto: Edmond d'Haraucourt), WP 1907
Own works
- Judith , cantata after Pierre Alexandre , premiered in 1876
- Fra Angelico , Tableau musical after Maurice Vaucaire , WP 1924
- Le Mystère enchanté , ballet pantomime
- Midas , opera in two acts
Web links
- List of stage works by Paul Hillemacher based on the MGG at Operone
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hillemacher, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hillemacher, Paul Joseph Guillaume (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1933 |
| Place of death | Versailles |