Olivier Alain

Olivier Alain ( born August 3, 1918 in Saint- Germain -en- Laye, † February 28, 1994 in Paris) was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer.

Life

Olivier Alain comes from a musical family in Saint- Germain -en- Laye, near Paris. His father was the composer and organist Albert Alain, his siblings, the composer and organist Jehan Alain, as well as concert organist Marie -Claire Alain. Olivier studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he received first prizes in composition (1951, Class of Tony Aubin ) and analysis (1950, class of Olivier Messiaen ).

In 1950 he was appointed director of the Conservatory in Saint- Germain -en- Laye, where he worked until 1964. 1960-1974 he was director of the École César Franck in Paris, and founded in 1976 on the initiative of Marcel Landowski the Conservatoire National de Région in Paris, which he directed until 1985, and there has also taught analysis and chamber music.

The diverse catalog of works Olivier Alain comprises about 170 compositions, of which a large part is still unpublished. In addition, he wrote a harmony, which was published in Paris in 1965, and a monograph on Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1970). A comprehensive chronology and analysis of life and complete works of Bach is unpublished to this day. His discovery of the Various canons on the first eight fundamental notes of the Aria from the " Goldberg Variations " (BWV 1087) in Strasbourg in 1974, is one of the most important finds of the source stream research in the 20th century.

Compositions

Organ solo

  • Chanson de la brume en mer, Op 64 ( 1940th Ligugé: Éditions EUR Part)
  • Suite, Op 135 (1951 Paris:. Leduc)
  • Lacrymae op 150 (1957 Paris:. Éditions Schola Cantorum )
  • Prelude - Introit - Récitatif op 158 (1959: Paris: Éditions Schola Cantorum )
  • Offertoire - Fantaisie, Op 160 (1961: Paris: Éditions Schola Cantorum )
  • Récit pour l' Élévation op 161 (1962: Paris: Éditions Schola Cantorum )
  • Microludes op 166 (1981 Ligugé. Éditions EUR Part)

Chamber Music

  • Dithyrambe op 18 for oboe and piano or trumpet, flute and organ ( 1936 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Sicilienne Op 24 for piano, flute and organ (1937 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Divertissement ( nocturne ) op 73 for flute and piano or organ (1942 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Ritournelle op 74 for oboe and piano or flute, violin and organ ( 1943rd Sampzon: Éditions Delatour France )
  • Suite Op 98 for Violin and Piano ( 1945-47 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • String Quartet Op 123 (1949 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Aventure op 144 for flute and organ ( 1953 Paris:. Salabert )
  • Suite française: Suite pour Rameau, Op 163 for trumpet and organ or flute and organ (1964 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Ballade, Op 163b for Piano and Organ ( 1948 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Songe ou Memories of ( Mneïa ) op 164 for Oboe and Organ or Flute and Organ ( 1973 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Threnody op 167 for Piano and Organ ( 1982 Sampzon. Édition Delatour France )
  • 12 more unreleased chamber music works

Choral music

  • Lucis Creator optimae op 55 for choir and organ (1939 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Peter quidem op 76 for choir a cappella (1943 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Jesus dulcis amor meus op 77 for choir, soloists and organ ( 1943 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • Noël: Allons, ma voisine op 78 for choir a cappella ( 1943rd Sampzon: Éditions Delatour France )
  • Cibavit eos op 88 for choir a cappella (1944 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • 3 Repons du Vendredi Saint Op 136-138 for a cappella choir (1951 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • 3 Repons du Jeudi Saint, op 139-141 for a cappella choir (1952 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • 3 Déplorations: Repons du Samedi Saint Op 145-147 for voice and keyboard instrument (1954 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • 15 additional unpublished choral works

Piano solo

  • Intermezzo Op 162 (1964 Paris:. Éditions Choudens )
  • 47 additional unpublished piano works

Two Pianos

  • Première Ballade, Op 69 in E minor (1942, unpublished)
  • Deuxième Ballade Op 75 A flat major (1943, unpublished)
  • 4 Danses, Op 112 (1948, unpublished)
  • 5 Pièces, Op 112a (1948, unpublished)

Voice and Piano

  • Stances You Banquet ( Sponde ) op 79 (1944 Sampzon. Éditions Delatour France )
  • 41 more unreleased compositions for voice and piano

Other works

  • Tristan Op 89 Ballet Music in 12 Scenes (1945, unpublished)
  • La Samaritaine op 90 incidental music in 5 scenes for Oboe, Harp and Strings (1945, unpublished)
  • Symphony Argentière op 124 for orchestra (1949, unpublished)
  • Chant funebre pour les morts en montagne op 133 Oratorio in 12 scenes for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1950, unpublished)
  • L' Athlète aux mains nues Op 134 music for a film by Daniel Rops (1950, unpublished)
  • Henri IV, Op 142 film music (1952, unpublished)
  • Fantaisies pour le CNR Nos. 1 et 2 op 165 for various instruments (1977 Sampzon. Édition Delatour France )
  • Odoi op 168 for orchestra (1983, unpublished)

Bibliography

  • Alain, Marie -Claire (2008). "Hommage à Olivier Alain. " In: Association Maurice & Marie -Madeleine Duruflé: Bulletin No. 7-8 (2007-2008), pp. 99-101.
  • Alain, Olivier ( 1951). " L' oeuvre pour piano de Jehan Alain. " In Le Conservatoire No. 14 ( January 1951 ), pp. 59-62.
  • Alain, Olivier ( 1951). " Le Requiem de Maurice Duruflé. " In Le Conservatoire No. 14 ( January 1951 ), pp. 62-64.
  • Alain, Olivier ( 1956). "Maurice Duruflé, Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris. " In Le Figaro, 1124 ( December 1956).
  • Decourt, Aurélie (2008). " Olivier Alain. Un artiste déchiré entre ses passions " In: Association Maurice & Marie -Madeleine Duruflé: Bulletin No. 7-8 (2007-2008), pp. 106-111.
  • Guillard, Georges ( 2008). " Olivier Alain: passeur et de musiciens accoucheur. " In: Association Maurice & Marie -Madeleine Duruflé: Bulletin No. 7-8 (2007-2008), pp. 102-105.

Georg Eismann, Hans Storck, Anne Rose Schmidt (1964 ) | Charles Laux, Lore Fischer ( 1965) | Daniel Shitomirski, Dieter Zechlin (1966 ) | Olivier Alain ( 1967) | Sviatoslav Richter (1968 ) | Peter Schreier, Herbert Schulze ( 1969) | Dmitri Bashkirov, Martin Schoppe (1970 ) | Günther body, Tatiana Nikolaeva (1971 ) | Ekkehard Otto, Maria Maxakowa (1972 ) | Emil Gilels, Elisabeth Breul (1973 ) | Amadeus Webersinke, Nelly Akopjan (1974 ) | Sara Dolukhanova, Hélène Boschi (1975 ) | Sigrid Kehl, Elisso Virsaladze (1976 ) | Rudolf Kehrer, Herbert Kaliga (1977 ) | Gertraud Geissler, Hans Joachim Köhler (1978 ) | Hanne -Lore Kuhse, Frantisek Rauch ( 1979) | Theo Adam, Miklós Forrai ( 1980) | Kurt Masur, Halina Czerny- Stefańska (1981 ) | Mitsuko Shirai, Peter Rosel (1982 ) | Rudolf Fischer, Eva Fleischer ( 1983) | Gustáv Papp, Dezso Ránki (1984 ) | Pawel Lisizian, Jacob Latins (1985 ) | Jörg Demus, Gerd Nauhaus (1986 ) | Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau (1987 ) | Albert Hofmann (1988 ) | Pavel Egorov, Bernard Ringeissen (1989 ) | Hartmut Holl, Günther Müller (1990 ) | Joan Chissell (1991 ) | Abegg Trio, Gisela Schäfer ( 1992) | Jozef De Beenhouwer (1993 ) | Wolfgang Sawallisch (1994 ) | Hans Heinz Schneeberger, Dieter Gerhardt Worm (1995 ) | Nancy B. Reich, Bernhard R. Appel ( 1996) | Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1997 ) | Linda Correll Roesner, Olaf Bär (1998 ) | Altenberg Trio, Ernst Burger (1999 ) | Olga Loseva, Steven Isserlis (2000 ) | John Eliot Gardiner (2001 ) | Alfred Brendel (2002 ) | Joachim Draheim, Juliane Banse (2003 ) | Daniel Barenboim (2005 ) | Margit L. McCorkle, Anton Kuerti (2007 ) | Reinhard Kapp, Michael Struck ( 2009) | András Schiff ( 2011) | Jon W. Finson, Ulf Wallin (2013 )

  • Classic organist
  • Musicologist
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Man
  • Born in 1918
  • Died in 1994
  • Frenchman
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