Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard
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Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard (15 May 1861, Paris
– 6 December 1942, Lyon
s) was a French
composer.
He was the son of Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard
. He studied with Jules Massenet
at the Conservatoire de Paris
and in 1886, he won first prize in the Prix de Rome
for an oratorio entitled La Vision de Saül.
An opera, La Forêt (légende musicale en 2 actes), with a libretto by Laurent Tailhade
(1854-1919) was published in 1910 (Enoch et cie., Paris). The music uses modal and whole-tone scales, as well as a great deal of chromaticism.
Paris
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– 6 December 1942, Lyon
Lyon
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s) was a French
France
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composer.
He was the son of Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard
Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard
Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard was the father of Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard. He was a teacher at the Paris Conservatory in tonic solfa, harmony and figured bass. Among his pupils were Jules Massenet, Cécile Chaminade, Eduard Reuss, and Edward MacDowell. Massenet describes him fondly in his...
. He studied with Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas...
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...
and in 1886, he won first prize in the Prix de Rome
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
for an oratorio entitled La Vision de Saül.
An opera, La Forêt (légende musicale en 2 actes), with a libretto by Laurent Tailhade
Laurent Tailhade
Laurent Tailhade was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s...
(1854-1919) was published in 1910 (Enoch et cie., Paris). The music uses modal and whole-tone scales, as well as a great deal of chromaticism.