Alphonse Duvernoy
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Victor-Alphonse Duvernoy (vik.tɔʁ al.fɔ̃s dy.vɛʁ.nwa) (30 August 1842 in Paris
– 7 March 1907 in Paris) was a French
pianist
and composer
.
Charles-François Duvernoy (1796–1872), was a student of Antoine François Marmontel
, François Bazin
and Mathurin Barbereau at the Conservatoire de Paris
where he studied piano from 1886. He subsequently made his career as a piano virtuoso, a composer and professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris.
He composed operas, a ballet, symphonic and chamber music works, as well as music for piano. His 1880 symphonic poem
La tempête for soloists, chorus and orchestra after William Shakespeare
's The Tempest
won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1900.
Duvernoy counts composer Alexander Winkler (1865–1935) and Norah Drewett de Kresz (1882–1960) among his students. His brother was singer and pianist Edmond Duvernoy
.
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber music
Piano
Choral
Vocal
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
– 7 March 1907 in Paris) was a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
pianist
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Life and career
Duvernoy, son of noted bass-baritoneBass-baritone
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the Dutchman in Der fliegende...
Charles-François Duvernoy (1796–1872), was a student of Antoine François Marmontel
Antoine François Marmontel
Antoine François Marmontel was a French pianist, teacher and musicographer.Marmontel entered the Paris Conservatory in 1827. His teachers were Pierre Zimmerman in pianoforte, Victor Dourlen in harmony, Jacques Fromental Halévy in fugue and Jean-François Le Sueur in composition...
, François Bazin
François Bazin
François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin was a well-known French opera composer during the nineteenth century. His works are not widely performed today.-Biography:...
and Mathurin Barbereau at the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
where he studied piano from 1886. He subsequently made his career as a piano virtuoso, a composer and professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris.
He composed operas, a ballet, symphonic and chamber music works, as well as music for piano. His 1880 symphonic poem
Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
La tempête for soloists, chorus and orchestra after William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1900.
Duvernoy counts composer Alexander Winkler (1865–1935) and Norah Drewett de Kresz (1882–1960) among his students. His brother was singer and pianist Edmond Duvernoy
Edmond Duvernoy
Charles-Henri Edmond Duvernoy was a French pianist, baritone and vocal teacher, from a family of musicians.- Life and career :...
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Selected works
Stage- Sardanapale, Opera in 3 acts (1882, Paris, Concerts Lamoureux); libretto by Pierre Berton after Lord Byron
- Le baron Frick, OperettaOperettaOperetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...
-pasticcioPasticcioIn music, a pasticcio or pastiche is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, or inauthentic.-Etymology:The term is first attested in the...
in 1 act (1885, Paris); libretto by Ernest Depré and Charles Clairville - Hellé, Opera in 4 acts (1896, Paris, Opéra National de Paris); libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne NuitterCharles-Louis-Etienne NuitterCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter was a French librettist, translator, writer and librarian born in Paris, France on 24 April 1828. He died there on 23 February 1899 after suffering a stroke a few days before.-Librettist and translator:...
and Camille du LocleCamille du LocleCamille du Locle was a French theatre director and a librettist. He was born in Orange, France. From 1862 he served as assistant to his father-in-law, Émile Perrin at the Paris Opéra, moving in 1870 to the Opéra-Comique.... - Bacchus, Ballet in 3 acts, 5 scenes (1902, Paris, Opéra National de Paris); libretto by Georges HartmannGeorges HartmannGeorges Hartmann was a French dramatist and opera librettist who wrote under the pen name Henri Grémont.Since 1870 he was also a music publisher, publishing compositions of Jules Massenet...
and Jacques Hansen after a poem by Auguste MermetAuguste MermetAuguste Mermet was a French opera composer.-Biography:In Mermet's youth, he composed an opéra-comique, La Bannière du roi, which was performed at Versailles. Alexandre Soumet then accepted to transform for him his tragedy about Saul into a libretto of drame lyrique...
Orchestral
- Hernani, Overture (1890)
Concertante
- 2 Fragments symphoniques for piano and orchestra (1876)
- Morceau de concert for piano and orchestra, Op 20 (1877); dedicated to Mathurin Barbereau
- Scène de bal for piano and orchestra, Op. 28 (1885)
- Fantaisie symphonique for piano and orchestra (1905)
Chamber music
- Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 11 (c.1868)
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano Op. 23 (1885)
- Sérénade for trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano, Op. 24 (1906)
- Deux morceaux (2 Pieces) for flute and piano, Op. 41 (1898)
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- Lamento
- Intermezzo
- Concertino for flute and piano (or orchestra), Op. 45 (1899)
- String Quartet in C minor, Op. 46 (1899)
- Lied for viola and piano, Op.47 (1901)
- Sonata No. 2 in C minor for violin and piano Op. 51 (1905)
Piano
- Six pièces (published 1868)
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- Romance sans paroles
- Gavotte
- Prélude
- Poco agitato
- Chanson
- Étude
- Ballade, Op. 8 No. 1 (published 1872)
- Sérénade, Op. 8 No. 2
- Queen Mab (published 1872)
- Regrets! (published 1872)
- Le message, Caprice (published 1875)
- Cinq pièces de genre (published 1876)
- Voyage où il vous plaira, 15 Pieces, Op. 21 (published 1879)
- En route!
- Récit
- Menuet
- Orientale
- Conversation
- Allegrezza
- Promenade
- Ischl
- Souvenir
- Momente de caprice
- Chanson
- Un soir
- Inquiétude
- Kilia
- Retour
- La tempête, Airs de ballet for piano 4-hands (1881)
- Pensée musicale, Op. 25 (1885)
- Intermède, Op. 26 (1885)
- Scherzetto, Op. 27 (1885)
- Deux pièces (2 Pieces), Op. 35
- Sous bois, Op. 36 (1894)
- Humoresque, Op. 42
- L'école du mécanisme, 100 Études (1903)
- Sonata in A major, Op.52 (1906)
Choral
- La tempête, Symphonic Poem in 3 parts for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1880); words by Armand Silvestre and Pierre Berton after The TempestThe TempestThe Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
by William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... - Cléopâtre, Scène lyrique for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1885?); words by Louis GalletLouis GalletLouis Gallet was an inexhaustible French writer of operatic libretti, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is remembered above all for his adaptations of fiction—and Scripture— to provide librettos of cantatas and opera, notably by composers Georges...
Vocal
- Six mélodies for voice and piano, Op. 7
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- Amour; words by Pierre de RonsardPierre de RonsardPierre de Ronsard was a French poet and "prince of poets" .-Early life:...
- La caravane humaine; words by Théophile GautierThéophile GautierPierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
- Romance; words by Théophile GautierThéophile GautierPierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
- Les matelots; words by Théophile GautierThéophile GautierPierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
- Soupirs; words by Sully PrudhommeSully PrudhommeRené François Armand Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901....
- La fuite; words by Théophile GautierThéophile GautierPierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
- Chanson d'amour for voice and piano (1904); words by Louis BouilhetLouis BouilhetLouis Hyacinthe Bouilhet was a French poet and dramatist.He was born at Cany, Seine Inférieure. He was a schoolfellow of Gustave Flaubert, to whom he dedicated his first work, Miloenis , a narrative poem in five cantos, dealing with Roman manners under the emperor Commodus...
- Douces larmes for voice and piano (1905); words by Paul Gravollet
- Chansons de page for tenor or soprano; words by Stéphane Bordèse
- Chanson d'amour for voice and piano (1904); words by Louis Bouilhet
- Amour; words by Pierre de Ronsard