Paul de Wailly

Paul Louis Auguste Warnier de Wailly (born May 16, 1854 in Amiens , † June 18, 1933 in Paris ) was a French composer .

Life

Paul de Wailly grew up in the Bagatelle Castle in Abbeville . He lost his father, a naval officer, at the age of seven. He began to compose at the age of 17 and became a student of César Franck . In 1900 he married Marthe de Maricourt (who died in 1918). At the beginning of the 20th century, de Wailly held regular concerts in the Bagatelle Castle. During the First World War he took over the management of Abbeville Hospital.

Paul de Wailly composed orchestral works (including several symphonies), chamber music (including a piano quintet in F minor, Op. 15 from 1895), organ works and vocal compositions. In 1924 the drame lyrique L'Apôtre was performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées . The majority of his compositions, however, were written by 1900. They are in the late romantic tradition of César Franck. He was opposed to contemporary trends at the beginning of the 20th century, such as the music of Ravel or Stravinsky .

literature

• Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann : Briefly summarized Tonkünstler Lexicon . Gustav Bosse, Regensburg 1936, ISBN 3 7959 0083 2 .
• Guido M. Gatti: La musica . Seconda party: dizionario. Editrice Torinese, Turin 1968-71.
• Alain le Tribroche: La vie musicale a Abbeville et a Amiens au XIX siecle . Center Regional de Documentation Pedagogique de Picardie, Amiens 1993.

Web links

• Article in Picardia - L'Encyclopédie Picarde (French)
• Information from geneanet.org (Here “Bagatelle Abbeville” is given as the place of death and only the year 1933 is given as the date of death.)
• Sheet music and audio files by Paul de Wailly in the International Music Score Library Project