Gabriel Grovlez

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Gabriel Grovlez (ca. 1917)

Gabriel Marie Grovlez (4 April 1879 – 20 October 1944) was a French

conductor
, pianist, and music critic.

Early life and education

Grovlez was born in

Chopin's students – was his first piano teacher.[1]
Grovlez attended the
Gregorian Chant and the music of the Renaissance.[2]

Career

Grovlez toured Europe as an accompanist to

From 1914 to 1933, he was the director of the Opéra de Paris ("Societé Nationale de l'Opéra"),[3] where among other productions, he conducted a season of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.[1] He had an international career as a guest conductor,[3] and worked at opera houses in Monte Carlo, Cairo, Lisbon, New York and Chicago. From 1939, he was a professor of chamber music at the Conservatoire.[1]

During his tenure at the Opéra de Paris, Grovlez edited collections of arias from early French opera, which were influential in England.[3] He also wrote reviews for Paris music journals including Excelsior (1916–17) and L'Art musical (1937–39).

Grovlez died in Paris in 1944, at the age of 65.[1]

Compositions

His compositions were mainly for voice and for the stage, including multiple ballets. Much of his work shows strong neo-classical influences.

G. Jean-Aubry (1918); and Guitares et mandolines (1913), setting a work by Camille Saint-Saëns.[3] He also wrote music for children, including the popular L'Almanach aux images for piano.[3]

Selected works

Stage
Orchestra
  • Dans le jardin (1907), tone poem for soprano, female choir and orchestra
  • La Vengeance des fleurs (1910)
  • Le Reposoir des amants (1914)
Chamber music
  • Sonata for violin and piano (1908)
  • Divertissement for flute and piano (1912)
  • Concertino for flute or clarinet and piano
  • Lamento et tarentelle for clarinet and piano (1923)
  • Romance et scherzo for flute and piano (1927)
  • Sarabande et allegro for oboe and piano (1929)
  • Sicilienne et allegro giocoso for bassoon and piano (1930)
  • Romance, scherzo et finale for viola and piano (1932)
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1936)
  • Romance et scherzo for flute and viola
Piano
  • Au jardin de l'enfance, 6 pieces after L'Art d'être grand-père by Victor Hugo (1907). Contains: La Sieste; Chose du soir; Chanson de grand-père; Chanson d'ancêtre; Chanson pour faire danser en rond les petits enfants; Pepita.
  • 3 Improvisations sur Londres (3 Impressions of London) (1910). Contains: ''Westminster Abbey; The Park; Soir de dimanche sur les bords de la Tamise
  • L'Almanach aux images, 8 Pieces after poems of Tristan Klingsor (1911). Contains: Les Marionnettes; Berceuse de la poupée; La Sarabande; Chanson du chasseur; Les Ånes; Le Pastour; Chanson de l'escarpolette; Petites litanies de Jésus.
  • Trois Pièces (1913). Contains: Évocation; Barcarolle; Scherzo
  • Fancies (1915). Contains: Sérénade; Nocturne; Petite valse; Berceuse; Fileuse; Rêverie; Cake Walk.
  • Trois Valses romantiques (1917)
  • Deux Études de difficulté transcendante (1919)
  • Impressions, 2 pieces (1934)
Vocal
  • La Chambre blanche, 10 Songs on poems of Henry Bataille (1903)
  • La Flûte for voice and piano (1907); words by José-Maria de Heredia
  • Sagesse, 5 Poems of Paul Verlaine for high voice and piano (1910)
  • Trois Mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Dominique for voice and piano (1912)
  • Guitares et mandolines for voice and piano (1913); words by Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Les Mélancolies passionnées, 8 Songs on poems of Charles Guérin (1924)
  • Trois Ballades françaises for voice and piano on poems of Paul Fort (1927)

References

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  2. ^ a b Guy Ferchault, "Grovlez, Gabriel (Marie)", in: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG), rev. ed., biographical part vol. 8 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2002), cc. 106.
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