Maurice Emmanuel

Marie François Maurice Emmanuel ( born 2 May 1862 in Bar-sur -Aube, † December 14, 1938 in Paris) was a French musicologist, music teacher and composer.

Life

Maurice Emmanuel studied at the Paris Conservatory with Augustin Savard, Théodore Dubois (harmony ), Léo Delibes (composition) and Louis -Albert Bourgault - Ducoudray ( music history ). He also attended lectures in classical philology and art history at the Sorbonne. 1904 to 1907 he was Kapellmeister at Ste Clotilde, after which he worked until 1936 as a teacher of music history at the conservatory.

Emmanuel composed three operas, two symphonies and a symphonic poem, a suite française, an overture, chamber music and vocal works.

Works

  • 3 Pieces for Organ and Harmonium, Op 14, 1882-1911
  • Pierrot peintre pantomime in two images for alto or mezzo- soprano, narrator and orchestra, 1886
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op 2, 1887
  • Ouverture pour un conte gai for orchestra, 1890
  • Sonatine bourguignon, 1893
  • Sonatine Pastorale, 1897
  • Zingaresca, fantasy for 2 piccolos, 2 pianos, timpani and strings, 1902
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in D, Op 6, 1902
  • B String Quartet Op 8, 1903
  • O filii for solo and choir, 1905
  • Suite of sur airs populaires grecs for Violin and Piano, Op 10, 1907
  • Sonate en trio for flute, clarinet and piano, Op 11, 1907
  • In memoriam (R. Vallery - Radot ) for soloist, violin, cello and piano, 1908
  • Musiques, 12 songs by L. de Launay for soloist and piano accompaniment, 1908
  • 3 Odelettes anacréontiques by R. Belleau and P. de Ronsard for Solo Flute and Piano, 1911
  • 30 chansons bourguignonnes du pays de Beaune for Solo and Piano, 1913
  • Prometheus enchaîné, opera based on Aeschylus, 1916-1918
  • Prologue de Prometheus enchaîné for orchestra, 1916
  • Symphony No. 1, 1919
  • Sonatina No. 3 for Piano, 1920
  • Sonatina No. 4 sur des modes Hindous for piano, 1920
  • Salamine, opera based on Aeschylus, 1921-1923
  • Sonatina No. 5 alla francese for piano, 1925
  • Sonatina No. 6 for Piano, 1925
  • Vocalise for alto, baritone and clarinet, 1926
  • Symphony No. 2 Bretonne, 1930-1931
  • Suite française for orchestra, 1934-1935
  • 2 chansons populaires, 1935
  • Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op 29 B, 1936
  • Amphitryon, opera by Plautus, 1936
  • Le poème du Rhône, symphonic poem after Frédéric Mistral, 1938

Writings

  • Essai sur l' orchestrique grecque, Université de Paris 1895
  • Histoire de la langue musicale, Paris 1911
  • Traité de l' accompagnement modal psaumes of Lyons in 1913
  • M. Emmanuel, R. Moissenet, La Polyphony sacrée, Lyon 1923
  • Pelléas et Mélisande de Claude Debussy, Paris 1926
  • César Franck, Paris 1930
  • Anton Reicha, Paris 1936
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