Reynaldo Ahn ( Spanish: Reynaldo Hahn , August 9, 1874 , Caracas - January 28, 1947 , Paris ) - French composer, pianist, music critic, conductor and orchestra leader, one of the most famous musicians of the beautiful era .
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Selected Works
- 2.1 Opera
- 2.2 Operettas
- 2.3 Ballets and pantomimes
- 2.4 Musical comedies
- 2.5 Music for performances
- 2.6 Instrumental
- 2.7 Vocal loops
- 3 Recognition
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Biography
Mother - a native of Venezuela , father - a German Jew, from Hamburg came to Venezuela in search of fortune, became a close friend of President Antonio Guzman Blanco, but after threats from the enemies of the president in 1878 he moved with his family to Paris. Reynaldo wrote the first waltz for piano in 1883 . He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Gounod , Saint-Saens , Jules Massenet , his classmates were Ravel , Cortot . In 1888 he wrote a romance to the verses of V. Hugo , which immediately became famous. He made friends with the Alfons Daudet family, with Verlaine , composed a cycle of songs based on his poems (Songs under the Hop). His vocal compositions became fashionable, the composer became a regular in the best metropolitan salons, where he performed his songs and music of other composers, met Mallarmé , Edmond Goncourt , Proust , Sarah Bernhardt (in 1930 he wrote a book about her).
In 1894 - 1896 was in close relations with Proust ; they were invited to the salon and to the chateau of Révione Madame Lemer , traveled together, made general plans, corresponded (epistolary published); many details of this time were included in Proust’s novel by Jean Santoy . He was friends with Liana de Puzhi , Cleo de Merod . Together with Proust and Sarah, Bernard defended Dreyfus .
During the First World War, he volunteered for the front, then served in the Ministry of Defense.
He wrote music for stage and cinema, symphonic, piano and vocal compositions to the verses of Marcelina Debord-Valmore , Leconte de Lily , Theodore de Banville , Jean Moreas , Henri de Rainier , R. L. Stevenson and others, left several ballets, operas and operetta. Collaborated with S. Diaghilev and his troupe.
Since 1920 , he taught at the Normal School of Music , was friends with Pablo Casals , Jacques Thibault , Nadia Boulanger . Collaborated with Sasha Guitri , Arletti , Magda Tagliaferro .
During the Second World War , fearing Nazi anti-Semitism , he was forced to leave Paris, lived in Cannes , Monte Carlo . Returning to the capital in 1945 , he was elected to the Academy of Fine Arts and headed the Paris Opera .
Selected Works
Opera
- "Island of Dreams" ( 1898 , according to Pierre Loti )
- "Carmelite" ( 1902 )
- Nausicaa ( 1919 )
- The Dove of Buddha ( 1921 )
- "Time to love" ( 1926 )
- The Venetian Merchant ( 1935 , according to Shakespeare )
Operettas
- Music (1914, together with Charles Lecock and Andre Message)
- The Onion (1923)
- The Brammel ( 1930 )
- "Malvina" ( 1935 )
- "Yes" of young girls "( 1942 )
Ballets and Mimes
- The End of Love ( 1892 ),
- The Beatrice d'Est Ball ( 1909 )
- “The Feast of Theresa” ( 1910 )
- The Enchanted Forest ( 1912 )
- The Blue God ( 1912 )
- Degas ( 1925 )
- Waltzes ( 1932 )
- "In the Groves of Italy" ( 1937 )
Musical Comedy
- Mozart ( 1925 )
- The Parade ( 1926 )
- “Oh, my beautiful stranger” ( 1933 )
- “Much Ado About Nothing” ( 1936 , according to Shakespeare )
Performance Music
- L'obstacle '( 1890 , according to A. Dode)
- Nocturne ( 1895 )
- Songe d'une matinée de printemps ( 1897 )
- Esther ( 1898 )
- Dalila (1899)
- La pastorale de Noël , mystère ( 1901 )
- Les deux courtisanes ( 1902 )
- Werther ( 1902 , according to Goethe )
- Angelo ( 1905 )
- Scarron ( 1905 )
- La Vierge d'Avila ( 1906 )
- Méduse ( 1911 )
- L'homme à la rose ( 1919 )
- Andrea del Sarto ( 1919 - 1920 )
- Manon, fille galante ( 1923 , by Prevost )
- Seigneur Polichinelle ( 1925 )
- L'homme avec dix femmes ( 1937 )
- Laure et Pétrarque ( 1937 )
Instrumental music
- Romance for violin and piano in A Major ( 1901/1902 )
- Sarabande and Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Piano ( 1903 )
- Nocturne for violin and piano ( 1906 )
- Untied Ribbon for Two Pianos ( 1916 )
- Piano Quintet ( 1920/1921 )
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Major ( 1926 )
Vocal loops
- Mélodies I ( 1895 )
- Mélodies II ( 1920 )
Recognition
Officer and Commander of the Legion of Honor . Among contemporary performers of Ana's compositions are Felicity Lott , Ian Bostridge , Elena Obraztsova , Patricia Petibon .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119032740 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
- ↑ 1 2 LIBRIS - 2012.
- ↑ CONOR
- ↑ muziekweb.nl
Literature
- Gavoty B. Reynaldo Hahn, le musicien de la Belle Époque. Paris: Buchet / Chastel, 1976
- Depaulis J. Reynaldo Hahn. Biarritz: Atlantica, 2007
- Proust M. Letters. M .: Glasnost Foundation, 2002 (according to the Index)
Links
- Biography (Fr.)
- List of works
- Reynaldo An. Radio program of M.Malkov’s cycle “The Sounding History of Operetta”
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