Symphony No. 1 In C Minor Op. 4 I. Strepitoso - Music
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor Op. 4 I. Strepitoso by Albéric Magnard
Albéric Magnard
Artist Biography For Albéric Magnard
Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard Born In Paris June 9 1865 Died In Baron Oise September 3 1914 Was A French Composer Sometimes Referred To As The "French Bruckner." The Son Of François Magnard Bestselling Author And Editor Of Le Figaro Albéric Could Have Chosen To Live The Comfortable Life His Family's Wealth Afforded Him. But He Disliked Being Called "fils Du Figaro " And Decided To Have A Career In Music Based Entirely On His Talent And Without Any Help From Family Connections. After Military Service And Graduating From Law School He Entered The Paris Conservatoire Where He Studied Counterpoint With Théodore Dubois And Went To The Classes Of Jules Massenet. There He Met Vincent D'Indy With Whom He Studied Fugue And Orchestration For Four Years Writing His First Two Symphonies Under D'Indy's Tutelage. Magnard Dedicated His Symphony No. 1 In C Minor To D'Indy. François Magnard Did What He Could To Support Albéric's Career While Trying To Respect His Son's Wish To Make It On His Own. This Included Publicity In Le Figaro. With The Death Of His Father In 1894 Albéric Magnard's Grief Was Complicated By His Simultaneous Gratitude To And Annoyance With His Father. In 1896 Magnard Married Julie Creton Became A Counterpoint Tutor At The Schola Cantorum Recently Founded By D'Indy And Wrote His Symphony No. 3 In B-Flat Minor. Around This Time Magnard Started Suffering Loss Of Hearing. Magnard Published Many Of His Own Compositions At His Own Expense From Opus 8 To Opus 20. At The Beginning Of World War I Magnard Sent His Wife And Two Daughters To A Safe Hiding Place While He Stayed Behind To Guard The Estate Of Manoir De Fontaines At Baron. When German Soldiers Trespassed He Fired At Them Killing One Of Them And They Fired Back And Set The House On Fire. It Is Believed That Magnard Died In The Fire But His Body Could Not Be Identified In The Remains. The Fire Destroyed Magnard's Unpublished Scores Such As His Early Opera Yolande Two Acts Of Guercœur And A More Recent Song Cycle. Joseph Guy Ropartz Who Had Mounted A Production Of Guercœur In 1908 Reconstructed From Memory The Acts That Had Been Lost In The Fire And Mounted A New Production In 1931. Magnard's Musical Style Is Typical Of French Composers Contemporaneous To Him But Occasionally As In The Symphonies There Are Passages That Foreshadow The Music Of Gustav Mahler. His Occasional Use Of Chorale Earned Him The Nickname Of "French Bruckner." Although Bruckner Used Cyclical Forms Long Before D'Indy "trademarked" The Concept To César Franck's Name Magnard's Handling Of Cyclical Form Is More Franckian Than Brucknerian. In His Operas Magnard Used Richard Wagner's Leitmotiv Technique. Magnard Did Not Write Much Chamber Music But His Complete Œuvre Is Not That Large The Published Pieces Numbering Slightly More Than 20. The Chamber Works Include A String Quartet A Quintet For Piano And Winds A Piano Trio A Violin Sonata In G Opus 13 And A Cello Sonata In A Opus 20 .
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Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard Born In Paris June 9 1865 Died In Baron Oise September 3 1914 Was A French Composer Sometimes Referred To As The "French Bruckner." The Son Of François Magnard Bestselling Author And Editor Of Le Figaro Albéric Could Have Chosen To Live The Comfortable Life His Family's Wealth Afforded Him. But He Disliked Being Called "fils Du Figaro " And Decided To Have A Career In Music Based Entirely On His Talent And Without Any Help From Family Connections. After Military Service And Graduating From Law School He Entered The Paris Conservatoire Where He Studied Counterpoint With Théodore Dubois And Went To The Classes Of Jules Massenet. There He Met Vincent D'Indy With Whom He Studied Fugue And Orchestration For Four Years Writing His First Two Symphonies Under D'Indy's Tutelage. Magnard Dedicated His Symphony No. 1 In C Minor To D'Indy. François Magnard Did What He Could To Support Albéric's Career While Trying To Respect His Son's Wish To Make It On His Own. This Included Publicity In Le Figaro. With The Death Of His Father In 1894 Albéric Magnard's Grief Was Complicated By His Simultaneous Gratitude To And Annoyance With His Father. In 1896 Magnard Married Julie Creton Became A Counterpoint Tutor At The Schola Cantorum Recently Founded By D'Indy And Wrote His Symphony No. 3 In B-Flat Minor. Around This Time Magnard Started Suffering Loss Of Hearing. Magnard Published Many Of His Own Compositions At His Own Expense From Opus 8 To Opus 20. At The Beginning Of World War I Magnard Sent His Wife And Two Daughters To A Safe Hiding Place While He Stayed Behind To Guard The Estate Of Manoir De Fontaines At Baron. When German Soldiers Trespassed He Fired At Them Killing One Of Them And They Fired Back And Set The House On Fire. It Is Believed That Magnard Died In The Fire But His Body Could Not Be Identified In The Remains. The Fire Destroyed Magnard's Unpublished Scores Such As His Early Opera Yolande Two Acts Of Guercœur And A More Recent Song Cycle. Joseph Guy Ropartz Who Had Mounted A Production Of Guercœur In 1908 Reconstructed From Memory The Acts That Had Been Lost In The Fire And Mounted A New Production In 1931. Magnard's Musical Style Is Typical Of French Composers Contemporaneous To Him But Occasionally As In The Symphonies There Are Passages That Foreshadow The Music Of Gustav Mahler. His Occasional Use Of Chorale Earned Him The Nickname Of "French Bruckner." Although Bruckner Used Cyclical Forms Long Before D'Indy "trademarked" The Concept To César Franck's Name Magnard's Handling Of Cyclical Form Is More Franckian Than Brucknerian. In His Operas Magnard Used Richard Wagner's Leitmotiv Technique. Magnard Did Not Write Much Chamber Music But His Complete Œuvre Is Not That Large The Published Pieces Numbering Slightly More Than 20. The Chamber Works Include A String Quartet A Quintet For Piano And Winds A Piano Trio A Violin Sonata In G Opus 13 And A Cello Sonata In A Opus 20 .
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