Albert Roussel
Albert Roussel was a French composer born in Tourcoing on 5 April 1869 and died in Royan on 23 August 1937.
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Biography
A family member of the industrial bourgeoisie Tourquennoise in which there are several good talent level, Albert Roussel his secondary education at the Free Institution of Sacred Heart of Tourcoing. Orphaned at the age of seven, he was raised by his grandfather, mayor of the city, then by his maternal aunt. Reading the novels of Jules Verne decides to become a sailor. So he joined the College Stanislas in Paris , where the organist Julius Stolz he discovered Bach , Beethoven and Mozart.
After serving some years in the Navy (he had been admitted to the Naval Academy in 1887), he decided in 1894 to devote himself entirely to music. Julien Koszul, grandfather of Henri Dutilleux , gave him lessons in harmony in Roubaix and encouraged him to go to Paris to study with Eugene Gigout. He enrolled in 1898 at the Schola Cantorum. He himself taught counterpoint between 1902 and 1914, counting among his pupils Guy de Lioncourt , John Henry, Lucien Lambotte Marcel Orban, Paul Le Flem , Roland-Manuel , Stan Golestan , Ladislas of Rohozinski, Erik Satie , Edgard Varese. After the war he continued to teach privately, just ask his advice: Bohuslav Martinu , Emile Gou , Jaroslav Kricka , Hans Krasa , Julia Reisserova, Josef Plenek , Piotr Perkowski, Pedro Petridis, Conrad Beck, Brero Cesare, Luigi Cortese, John Martinon , Jacques Leguerney Joseph Vals, Jorgen Jersild, Knudage Riisagger Suzanne Rokseth Alexander Voormolen, etc.. His influence on young musicians of the interwar period who regarded him as a leader is crucial.
Although influenced early in his career by Debussy and Vincent d'Indy , Roussel quickly showed great originality. His music is distinguished by the sophistication of harmony, rhythmic daring and rich colors. He left among other songs , music room, various pieces for piano, two concertos (for piano and cello), four symphonies (the third, in G minor, is considered one of the masterpieces of work of its kind), the ballets The Spider's Feast , Bacchus and Ariadne and Aeneas. The opera-ballet Padmavati and symphonic triptych with soloists and chorus Evocations were inspired by his honeymoon in India.
Roussel died at Royan as a result of a heart attack. He is buried in the small cemetery Varengeville-sur-Mer , near Dieppe, Seine-Maritime. He lived at No. 2 Square Gabriel Faure in the 17th arrondissement of Paris from 1929 until his death.
Works
List compiled from the catalog Damien Top, International Centre Albert-Roussel.
Religious Music
- Ave Maria for violin, viola, cello and organ (1892)
- Wedding March for organ (1893)
- Motets
- Psalm LXXX op. 37 for tenor, chorus and orchestra (1928)
Music profane
Instrumental Music
- Guitar:
- Segovia, Op. 29 (1925)
- Harp:
- Impromptu Op. 21 (1919)
- Organ:
- Allegro Symphony (1899)
- Prelude and fughetta op. 41 (1929)
- Piano:
- Badinage
- Slow Waltz (1895)
- Fugue (ca 1898)
- Hours pass ... op. 1 (1898)
- Storytelling with dolls (1904)
- Small perpetual canon (1912)
- Rustic op. 5 (1904-1906)
- Suite op. 14 (1909-1910)
- Sonatina op. 16 (1912)
- Doubt (1919)
- The Home of the Muses (1920)
- Prelude and Fugue op. 46 (1932-1934)
- Three Pieces Op. 49 (1933)
Chamber music
- Fantasy for violin and piano (1892)
- Sonata for violin and piano (ca 1901)
- Quintet for string quartet and horn (ca 1901)
- Largo for cello and piano (?)
- Trio in E flat major op. 2 for violin, cello and piano (1902)
- Three short pieces for cello and piano (1904)
- Entertainment op. 6 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano (1906)
- Sonata No. 1 op. 11 for violin and piano (1907-1908)
- Two poems by Ronsard, Op. 26 for flute and soprano (1924)
- Pipers op. 27 for flute and piano (1924)
- Sonata No. 2 Op. 28 for violin and piano (1924)
- Serenade op. 30 for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1925)
- Duo for bassoon and double bass or cello (1925)
- Trio Op 40 for flute, viola and cello (1929)
- String Quartet Op. 45 (1931-1932)
- Piece for piccolo (flute) and piano (1934)
- Andante and Scherzo op. 51 for flute and piano (1934)
- Trio op. 58 for violin, viola and cello (1937)
- Elpenor op. 59 for flute and string quartet (1937)
- Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (unfinished, 1937)
Music Symphony
- Resurrection op. 4 (1903)
- Harvest
- Symphony No. 1 "The Poem of the Forest" op. 7 (1904-1906)
- Evocations op. 15 for tenor, baritone, contralto, mixed chorus and orchestra (1910-1911)
- For a spring festival op. 22 (1920)
- Symphony No. 2 Op. 23 (1919-1921),
- Suite in F Op. 33 (1926)
- Concert op. 34 for small orchestra (1926-1927)
- Petite Suite Op. 39 (1929)
- Symphony No. 3 Op. 42 (1929-1930)
- Sinfonietta op. 52 (1934)
- Symphony No. 4 op.53 (1934)
- Flemish rhapsody op. 56 (1936)
Concertante Music
- Concerto for piano and orchestra op. 36 (1927)
- Concertino for cello and orchestra op. 57 (1936)
Works for wind orchestra
- Fanfare for a coronation Pagan (1921)
- A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)
Works lyric
- Melodies with piano:
- Song of the Bowman
- Dreams
- Waiting
- Sadness in the garden
- Four Poems op. 3 (1903): Departure, Wish, Wet Garden, Lyric Madrigal
- Four Poems op. 8 (1907): Farewell, Summon, Night Fall, little ode
- Flames op. 10 (1908)
- Two Chinese Poems, Op. 12 (1907-1908): Ode to a young gentleman, Lovers separated
- Two songs op. 19 (1918): Light, A Farewell
- Two songs op. 20 (1919): The Bachelor of Salamanca, Sarabande
- Odes Anacreontic op. 31 (1926): In itself, it should drink on a girl
- Odes Anacreontic op. 32 (1926): On himself, on a young girl on a dream
- Two Chinese Poems, Op. 35 (1927): Flowers are an embroidery, Response of a wise wife
- Vocalise No. 1 (1927)
- O good wine, where have you grown? (1928)
- Vocalise No. 2 (1928)
- Jazz in the night op. 38 (1928)
- A Flower Given my daughter ro op. 44 (1931)
- Two Idylls, Op. 44 (1931): The Krioklepte, Pan loved Ekh
- Two Chinese Poems, Op. 47 (1932): Favorite abandoned, Look, beautiful girls
- Two songs op. 50 (1933-1934): The Time of return, Heart at Risk
- Two songs op. 55 (1935): Old maps, old hands, If you cry sometimes
- Melodies with flute:
- Two poems by Ronsard, Op. 26 (1924): Rossignol, my darling, Heaven, and aer vens
- Melody with violin and piano:
- Barcarolle (1895)
- Duet a cappella :
- Duet for tenor and baritone
- Piano Duo:
- The girls of Arles, duet for soprano and mezzo
- Chorus a cappella:
- Two Madrigals (1897): The bell tinkles slow on the hill Do not give up nor scepter crown
- Madrigal to the Muses op. 25 (1923)
- Bard of the Franks (1926)
- Voice and orchestra:
- Threat op. 9 (1908)
Music scene
- The Sandman passing op. 13 (1908)
- Prelude to Act II of Bastille Day, the drama of Romain Rolland (1936)
Ballets
- Dance of the sacred bird (1909)
- The Feast of the spider , ballet-pantomime, Op. 17 (1912-1913)
- Sarabande from the ballet The collective range of Jeanne (1927)
- Bacchus et Ariane , Op. 43 (1930)
- Aeneas op. 54 (1935)
Operas
- Nmissa (unfinished, 1892)
- King Tobol (unfinished)
- Padmavati , an opera-ballet, Op. 18 (1913-1918)
- The Birth of the lyre op. 24 (1922-1923)
- The Testament of Aunt Caroline (1932-1933)
- The Bold (unfinished)
Miscellaneous
- The International Centre Albert-Roussel organizes events to promote the composer.
- The Festival International Albert-Roussel is spent each year mainly to French music of the twentieth century.
Bibliography
- Louis Vuillemin, Albert Roussel and his work in Paris, Durand, 1924.
- Hore Arthur, Albert Roussel, Paris, Rieder, 1938.
- Catalogue of the works of Albert Roussel, Paris and Brussels, Editor, 1947 (catalog established by Joseph Weterings with the assistance of Blanche Roussel, the composer's widow).
- Robert Bernard, Albert Roussel: his life, his work in Paris, La Colombe, 1947.
- Norman Demuth, Albert Roussel: A Study, London, United Music Publishers, 1947.
- Marc Pincherle , Albert Roussel, Geneva, Kister, 1957.
- Basil Deane, Albert Roussel, London, Barrie & Rockliff, 1961.
- Angelico Surchamp , Albert Roussel: man and his work, Paris, Seghers, 1967.
- Robert Follet, Albert Roussel: A Bio-Bibliography, New York, Greenwood Press, 1988.
- Albert Roussel: Music and Aesthetics: Proceedings of International Symposium Albert Roussel (1869-1937), texts collected and edited by Manfred Kelkel, Paris, Vrin, 1989 (conference held in Lyon and St Etienne in November 1987).
- Damien Top , Albert Roussel (1869-1937): a Marine musician, Paris, Seguier, 2000.
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