Paul Le Flem

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Paul Le Flem

Paul Le Flem (born March 18, 1881 in Radon (Orne) , † July 31, 1984 in Tréguier ) was a French composer .

Life

Le Flem studied at the Schola Cantorum Paris and at the Paris Conservatory with Albert Roussel , Vincent d'Indy , Alexandre Jean Albert Lavignac and Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué . In 1924 he became choirmaster of the Opéra-Comique . From 1925 to 1949 he was the conductor of the Chanteurs de Saint-Gervais . At the same time he worked as a counterpoint teacher at the Schola Cantorum. His last work, Preludes pour Orchester , remained incomplete due to progressive blindness; only three of the seven planned preludes were completed. He died in Tréguier at the age of 103.

style

Although the composer was over 100 years old, his catalog raisonné is not too extensive, which is mainly due to several long breaks from work. Le Flem wrote operas (e.g. La magicienne de la mer and Aucassin et Nicolette ), four symphonies , the symphonic triptych For the dead , a fantasy for piano and orchestra, a concert piece for violin and orchestra, chamber music works, and some choirs and songs .

At the beginning of his career, Paul Le Flem was still oriented towards late Romanticism, especially his teacher d´Indy. Under the influence of Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy , he increasingly incorporated impressionistic elements into his music. In his late work (e.g. the symphonies 2-4) he dealt intensively with the means of bi- and polytonality . What is striking about Le Flem's style is the inclusion of melodic turns of folk music from his Breton homeland, which often gives the compositions a peculiar coloring.

Works (selection)

Orchestral music

  • Symphony No. 1 in A major (1906/08)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1957/58)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1967)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1971/74)
  • Pour les Morts ("For the Dead"), symphonic poem (1912/20)
  • Fantasy for piano and orchestra (1911)
  • Concert piece for violin and orchestra (1964)

Chamber music

  • Piano quintet in E minor (1905)
  • Violin Sonata in G minor (1905)

Operas

  • Aucassin and Nicolette (1909)
  • La magicienne de la mer (1947)

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personal data
SURNAME Le Flem, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Radon (orne)
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1984
Place of death Tréguier