Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, and organist.
Contents |
Biography
Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. He was the organist at Saint Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890-1898, succeeding his teacher César Franck, and himself being succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire. Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne's concert series, the Concerts Colonne, from 1903, Pierné became chief conductor of this series in 1910, and remained in the post until 1934. He died in Ploujean, Finistère, in 1937.
He wrote several operas and choral and symphonic pieces with Catholic themes, as well as a good deal of chamber music; his most famous composition is probably the oratorio La Croisade des Enfants. Also notable such shorter works as his March of the Little Lead Soldiers; the popular Marche des petits Faunes is from his ballet Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied. His chamber work, Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire, for saxophone quartet is a standard in saxophone quartet repertoire.
His discovery and promotion of the work of Ernest Fanelli in 1912 led to a controversy over the origins of impressionist music.
He won the french prix de Rome in 1882
He became member of the french Academie des Beaux Arts in 1924
He received the french Légion_d'honneur in 1924
The Square Gabriel Pierné in Paris is named for him.
Notable premieres as conductor
- Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird, Ballets Russes, Paris, 25 June 1910
Selected compositions
Orchestral works
- Serenade for Strings
- Trois pièces formant suite de concert, 1883
- Suite No. 1, 1883
- Envois de Rome (Suite – Ouverture – Les Elfes), ca. 1885
- Fantaisie-ballet, for piano and orchestra, 1885
- Piano concerto, Op. 12, 1886
- Scherzo-caprice, for piano and orchestra, 1890
- Ballet de cour, 1901
- Concertstück, for harp and orchestra, 1903
- Poème symphonique, for piano and orchestra, 1903
- Two suites from Ramuntcho, 1910
- Paysages franciscains, Op. 43, 1920
- Fantasie basques, for harp and orchestra, 1927
- Divertissement sur un thème pastoral, Op. 49, 1932
- Gulliver au pays de Lilliput, 1935
- Viennoise, suite, Op. 49bis, 1935
Works for band
- Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Little Lead Soldiers)
- Marche solennelle (1899) (dedicated to Gustave Wettge)
- Petit Gavotte et Farandole
- Ramuntcho
Operas
- La coupe enchantée, 1895
- Vendée (Drame lrique), 1897
- La fille de Tabarin (opéra comique), 1901
- On ne badine pas avec l'amour (opéra comique), 1910
- Sophie Arnould (opéra comique), 1927
- Fragonard, 1934
Ballets
- Le Collier de Saphir, 1891
- Les joyeuses commères de Paris, 1892
- Bouton-d'or, 1895
- Cydalise et le chèvre-pied, 1923
- Impressions de music-hall, 1927
- Giration, 1934
- Images, 1935
Music for theatre
- Yanthis, 1894
- La princesse lontaine, 1895
- La Samaritaine, 1897
- Ramuntcho, 1908
- Les Cathédrales, 1915
Piano works
- Étude de concert, Op. 13 in C minor
- Album pour mes petits amis, Op. 14
Solo harp works
- Impromptu-Caprice, Op. 9
 |
|
||||
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |||||
References
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
