Aymé Kunc

Aymé Kunc (born 20 January 1877 in Toulouse, † February 13, 1958 ) was a French composer and piano teacher.

Kunc was born in 1877 as the tenth of twelve children in a family of musicians. His father Aloys Kunc was a church musician and professor at the Conservatory of Toulouse, his mother Henriette Dargein (1841-1928) had studied with César Franck at the Conservatoire de Paris piano with Louise Farrenc and organ. His sisters Germaine, Marie, Catherine and Cécile gave piano lessons, his brother Jean was a music lover and composed some romances. His brother Camille served as conductor of the Opera Orchestra of Algiers, Nice and Toulon, Pierre Kunc was known as a composer.

So Kunc received his first musical education from his parents. He continued in the choir of the Cathedral of Toulouse and later at the Conservatory of the city before he transferred to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1895. Here he studied composition with Charles Lenepveu. In 1902, he won by five-time participation in the competition the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Alcyone.

During the associated stay at the Villa Medici in Rome ( 1903-07 ), he made friends with the composer Florent Schmitt and André Caplet and Alphonse Terroir sculptor who created a bust of the composer. After his return, he settled in Paris. Here he married the singer Paulette Baldocchi and was conductor at the Apollo Theatre; one of his successors was Alphonse Franck. During this time, written at the suggestion of Camille Saint- Saëns his only opera Les Esclaves to a libretto by Louis Payen.

1914 Kunc was the successor of Bernard Croce - Spinelli director of the Conservatory of Toulouse, which he led for thirty years. In addition, he served as conductor of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire numerous works by contemporary composers. A highlight of his career was a performance of Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal 1927 1928 at the Théâtre du Capitole. A job as a conductor at the Paris Opera, which offered him the director Jacques Rouché, he refused. 1949 Kunc was elected corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux -Arts.

His estate was handed over to the Conservatory of Toulouse after his death. In 1996, the Association Aymé Kunc was founded in Toulouse, which is dedicated to the exhibition and dissemination of his works.

Works

  • Piano Works Scherzetto
  • Simples chansons
  • Scherzetto
  • Fantaisie symphonique
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • Fantaisie en forme de danse for Violin and Piano
  • Pastoral for Violin and Piano
  • Suite symphonique for Two Cellos and Piano
  • Suite Flute, Cello and Piano
  • Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano
  • Quatuor avec piano
  • String quartet n ° 1, 1946
  • Quatuor à cordes n ° 2, 1948
  • Petite Suite for wind quintet
  • Quintette a vent, 1954
  • Scherzetto for wind quintet
  • Asturiana for wind quintet
  • Apaisement
  • Je ne sais pas de fleur
  • Printemps
  • Soleil d' automne
  • Le Voyage
  • Le bohemian
  • Chanson pastoral
  • Deux Chants folkloriques
  • Chants populaires languedociens
  • Je ne veux plus chanter
  • Noël de la libération
  • Le plus doux chant
  • Cantate pour le couronnement de Dante, 1921
  • Anthem of the ailes
  • Ave Maria I, motet
  • Ave Maria II, motet
  • Ave Maria III, motet
  • Ave verum I, motet
  • Ave verum II, motet
  • Messe de Sainte Cécile, 1923
  • Psaume CXLVII, 1904-07
  • Les Armes de Vulcain
  • Les Dieux morts
  • Pastoral antique
  • Les Esclaves, 1911
  • Ouverture de fête, 1904-07
  • Suite dramatique, 1904-07
  • Feuillet d' album
  • Quatre Esquisses méditerranéennes, 1949
  • Prelude and final
  • Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, 1904-07
  • Pensée musicale for Harp, Choir and Orchestra, 1916
  • Quatre Pièces for Flute and Orchestra
  • Pastoral for Violin and Orchestra
  • Legend for alto and orchestra, 1931
  • Poème for cello and piano, 1943
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