Maximilien-Paul-Marie-Félix d'Ollone (13 June 1875 – 15 May 1959)[1] was a 20th-century French composer.
French composer
d'Ollone in 1940
Life and career
Born in Besançon, d'Ollone started composing very early, entering the Paris Conservatoire at 6, winning many prizes, receiving the encouragement of Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Thomas and Delibes.[2] His teachers at the Conservatoire were Lavignac, Massenet, Gédalge and Lenepveu; he won the Prix de Rome in 1897.
He was director of music in Angers, professor at the Paris Conservatoire and director of the Opéra-Comique. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3] In 1932 he wrote three important articles for Le Ménestrel (29 July, 9 and 16 December) arguing for a more populist approach to composition.[4]
In addition to the works listed below, d'Ollone produced a number of song cycles (including "Les Chants d'Ailleurs"; " Les Chants d'Exil"; "Impressions d'Automne"), which demonstrate a considerable mastery of the French mélodie. There are several works for orchestra, solo instrument and orchestra, and piano works.
Works
Stage works
Jean (opera in five acts, 1900-1905)
Bacchus et Silène (ballet, 1901, Béziers)
Le Retour (drame lyrique in two acts to his own libretto, 1911, Angers)
Les Amants de Rimini (opera in four acts to his own libretto)
L'Étrangère (opera in two acts)
Les Uns et les Autres (comédie lyrique in one act with text by Paul Verlaine, 6 November 1922, Opéra-Comique)
L'Arlequin (comédie lyrique in five acts, 22 December 1924, Paris Opera)
George Dandin (opéra comique in three acts after Molière, 1930)
Le Temple abandonné (one-act ballet, 1931, Monte Carlo)
La Samaritaine (opera in three acts after Rostand, 1937, Paris)
Olympe de Clèves (opera in four acts after Dumas, unpublished)
Chamber Music
String Quartet in D major (1898)
Piano Quartet
Fantaisie orientale for clarinet and piano (premiered 1913)
Piano Trio in A minor (published 1921)
Andante et Allegro en style ancien for flute and piano (dedicated to Philippe Gaubert, published 1926)
Concertante
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra in E-flat major (1897)
Le menetrier, poem for violin and orchestra (published by Heugel, 1911)
Vocal music
Frédégonde, winning cantata for the Prix de Rome in 1897
Recordings
Cantates et chœurs pour le prix de Rome; Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet; Palazzetto Bru Zane; Ediciones Singulares, 2013.
Les Villes Maudites, for orchestra; Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet; Palazetto Bru Zane; Ediciones Singulares, 2013.
Le Ménétrier, for violin and orchestra (1910); Mark Kaplan, Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Claves 2003.
Lamento, for orchestra (1908); Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Claves 2003.
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1999); François-Joël Thiollier, Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Claves 2003.
La Samaritaine, opera (1937); Berthe Monmart, soprano; Tony Aubin, direction; Orchestre Lyrique de la Radio Diffusion Française et des Choeurs de la RTF, 1955, INA.
Le Retour, opera (1912); Alain Pâris, direction; Choeur et orchestre Lyrique de Radio France, 1975.
Mélodies vol. 1, including the cycle In Memoriam, Didier Henry, baryton, Patrice d'Ollone, piano, Maguelone.
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