Claude Delvincourt

Claude Delvincourt ( born January 12, 1888 in Paris, † April 5, 1954 in Orbetello ) was a French composer.

Claude Delvincourt studied from 1906 at the Paris Conservatoire with Georges Caussade, and counterpoint with Charles -Marie Widor composition. In 1913 he won second prize in the competition for the Prix de Rome with the cantata Yanitza. His stay in Rome was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War, he signed up for military service and suffered a serious injury in 1915. From 1919 he continued his stay in Rome.

In 1926 he, succeeding Ludovic Pane organist at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre was. In 1932 he was appointed director of the Conservatory of Versailles. In 1941, he was the successor of Henri Rabaud head of the Conservatoire de Paris. By founding the Orchestre du Conservatoire des Cadets, he managed to keep over sixty students of the Conservatory for several years before the labor service obligation in Germany. He was also active in the resistance movement Front National des Musiciens, the musician such as Marie -Louise Boëllmann, Jacques Chailley, Roger Désormière and Irène Joachim belonged. In 1954, he was killed in a traffic accident.

Works

  • Quintets for Strings and Piano, 1907
  • Thestylis for voice and orchestra, 1907
  • Hodie natus Christ for choir, oboe, bassoon and organ, 1909
  • Aurore for four-part women's choir and piano or orchestra, 1910
  • Acis et Galathée, cantata, 1910
  • Nuit tombante for mixed choir or vocal quartet and piano or orchestra, 1911
  • Yanitza, cantata, 1911
  • La Source for choir and piano or orchestra, 1912
  • Fulvia, cantata, 1912
  • Sommeil d' enfant, 1912
  • Faust et Hélène, cantata, 1913
  • Typhaon, symphonic poem, 1914
  • Sérénade (Radio Sérénade ), 1914
  • Six poèmes de Maurice d' Assier, 1918
  • Ave Verum for soloists, choir, string quintet and organ, 1918
  • Boccaceries, Piano Suite, 1922
  • Croquembouches, Piano Suite, 1926
  • Offrande à Siva, 1926
  • Le Bal vénitien for orchestra, 1927
  • Poème choréographique, 1931
  • Chanson de la ville et des champs, 1933
  • La Croisière jaune, Film Music, 1934
  • Ce monde de rosée for voice and piano ( orchestral version 1934)
  • 4 chansons de Clément Marot for voice and piano, 1935
  • La Femme à barbe, musical farce, 1936
  • Images pour les Contes du temps passé for piano four- hands, 1936
  • Automne, symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra, 1937
  • Oedipe Roi music for the play by Sophocles, 1939
  • Un éventail, un sourire
  • Pater Noster
  • Salut Solennel for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra
  • Lucifer ou Le Mystère de Caïn, mystery play, 1948
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • French composer
  • Born in 1888
  • Died in 1954
  • Man
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