Georges Dandelot

Georges Dandelot ( born December 2, 1895 in Paris, † August 17, 1975 in Saint -Georges -de- Royan ) was a French composer and music educator.

Life and work

Georges Dandelots father was Alfred Dandelot, the founder of the concert agency Dandelot, who worked with artists such as Camille Saint- Saëns, Arthur Rubinstein, Eugene Ysaye and Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev. His mother Madelaine born Mangeot was the daughter of the piano maker Edouard Mangeot and sister of Auguste Mangeot, in 1919 the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot founded with.

Dandelot studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Émile Schwartz, Louis Diémer, Xavier Leroux, Jean Gallon, Georges Caussade, Charles- Marie Widor, Vincent d' Indy, Maurice Emmanuel and Paul Dukas and Albert Roussel. During the First World War he was a soldier. From 1919 he taught harmony at the Ecole Normale de Musique and from 1942 at the conservatory. Among his pupils were among others Paul Méfano, André Casanova, André and Michel Philippot Boucourechliev.

His main work is considered the Oratory Pax from 1935, which is marked by the experiences of World War II. He also composed a symphony, a concerto for cello and orchestra romantique, a string quartet and other chamber music works as well as several ballets (including Le Souper de famine, Le Jardin merveilleux, La Création ) and operas (including Midas and Apolline ).

• Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
• Composer ( opera )
• Composer ( ballet )
• Frenchman
• Born in 1895
• Died in 1975
• Man