Jules Semler-Collery
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Jules Semler-Collery was a French
composer
, conductor
and teacher.
Jules Semler-Collery was born in Dunkerque in 1902. His father, a conductor, was his first music teacher. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won several prizes, and also at the Schola Cantorum
. He then studied with Vincent d'Indy
and Paul Vidal
.
He became well known as a conductor and composer. His compositions include several symphonic works and concertos for different instruments. Some of the concertos are included on the list of compulsory works at the Paris Conservatoire National Superieur, where Semler-Collery was often president of the jury. From 1969 he was President of the Confédération Musicale de France. He died in 1988.
(Source: Information provided by United Music Publishers
).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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...
, conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and teacher.
Jules Semler-Collery was born in Dunkerque in 1902. His father, a conductor, was his first music teacher. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won several prizes, and also at the Schola Cantorum
Schola Cantorum
The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private music school in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera...
. He then studied with Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
and Paul Vidal
Paul Vidal
Paul Antoine Vidal was a French composer, conductor and music teacher.Paul Vidal was born in Toulouse. He studied at the conservatoires in Toulouse and in Paris, under Jules Massenet in the latter. He won the Prix de Rome in 1883, one year before Claude Debussy did...
.
He became well known as a conductor and composer. His compositions include several symphonic works and concertos for different instruments. Some of the concertos are included on the list of compulsory works at the Paris Conservatoire National Superieur, where Semler-Collery was often president of the jury. From 1969 he was President of the Confédération Musicale de France. He died in 1988.
(Source: Information provided by United Music Publishers
United Music Publishers
United Music Publishers is a publisher of sheet music and a music distribution firm based in Waltham Abbey, Essex. They are well known for being the sole representative in the UK and Ireland for all the major French classical sheet music publishers and a selection of international catalogues.They...
).
Publications in Print
- Habanera Piano Solo (publisher Eschig)
- Prelude Piano Solo (publisher Eschig)
- Introduction et Saltarelle Flute and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Pastorale et Caprice Flute and Piano (publisher Alphonse Leduc)
- Cantilène et petit Divertissement Oboe and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Etudes de Concert Clarinet Solo (publisher Eschig)
- Petites Etudes Recreatives Clarinet Solo (publisher Eschig)
- Lied et Final Clarinet and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Fantaisie et Danse en Forme de Gigue Clarinet and Piano (publisher Alphonse Leduc)
- Reverie et Scherzo Clarinet and Piano (publisher Alphonse Leduc)
- Melodie expressive Clarinet and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Pièce de Caractère for two clarinets (publisher Billaudot)
- Terzetto for three clarinets (in Bb) (publisher Eschig)
- Quartetto for four clarinets (in Bb) (publisher Eschig)
- Piece Recreative for five clarinets (in Bb) (publisher Eschig)
- Récitatif et Final Bassoon and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Etudes concertantes Saxophone solo (with piano ad lib.) (publisher Eschig)
- Barcarolle et Danse Alto Saxophone and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Fantaisie-Caprice Alto Saxophone and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Melodie Expressive Alto (or Tenor) Saxophone and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Reverie for four saxophones (SATB) (publisher Eschig)
- Etudes melodiques Trumpet solo (publisher Eschig)
- Nocturne et Rondo (Cornet) Trumpet and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Evocation et Scherzetto (Trumpet in C) Trumpet and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Romance et Tarantelle Trumpet and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Etudes lyriques Trombone solo (publisher Eschig)
- Fantaisie lyrique Trombone and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- 2 Pièce breves Tuba and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Cantabile et Divertissement Tuba and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Tuba-Nova Tuba and Piano (publisher Eschig)
- Barcarolle et Chanson Bacchique (in C or Bb) Tuba and Piano (publisher Alphonse Leduc)
- Offrande (arr. J.P.Mathez) for 2 trumpets & 2 trombones (publisher Billaudot)
- Two Pieces for four trombones (publisher Editions Transatlantiques - website unknown)
- Offrande (coll. J.Douay) for Brass QuintetBrass quintetA brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The most common instrumentation is two trumpets or cornets, one horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone....
(publisher Billaudot)