Henri Martelli

Henri Martelli (25 February 1895 – 15 July 1980) was a 20th-century French composer.

Biography

Born in

• 1923: La Chanson de Roland, opera (reworked 1962-63; Paris, 13 April 1967)
• 1930: La Bouteille de Panurge, ballet (Paris, 24 February 1937)
• 1951: Les Hommes de sable, ballet
• 1958: Le Major Cravachon, opéra bouffe (Radiodiffusion française, 14 June 1959)

Orchestral music

• 1921: Rondo (1921)
• 1922: Sarabande, Scherzo et Final
• 1922: Divertissement sarrazin
• 1928: Bas-reliefs assyriens, Op. 27
• 1931: Concerto for orchestra, Op. 31
• 1938: Violin Concerto No. 1
• 1949: Piano Concerto
• 1953: Symphony No. 1, for strings
• 1956: Symphony No. 2, for strings
• 1956: Double Concerto for clarinet and bassoon
• 1957: Symphonie No. 3, for large orchestra
• 1957: Le Radeau de la Méduse, symphonic poem
• 1966: Rhapsodie, for cello and orchestra
• 1970: Concerto for oboe and orchestra

Chamber music

• Quatre pièces pour guitare, Op. 32
• 1933: String Quartet No. 1
• 1935: Piano Trio
• 1936: Violin Sonata
• 1942: Flute Sonata
• 1944: String Quartet No. 2
• 1946: Sept duos, for violin and harp
• 1947: Fantasiestück, Op. 67, for flute and piano (dedicated to Claude Delvincourt, director of the Paris Conservatory)
• 1948: Cinq Études-Caprices, Op. 58, for flute and piano (dedicated to
  Jean Pierre Rampal
  )
• 1951: Trio, for flute, cello and piano
• 1956: Divertissement Op. 86, for harp (dedicated to Lily Laskine)
• 1959: Viola Sonata
• 1962: Concertstück, for viola and piano

Music for piano

• 1941: Cinq danses

External links

• Henri Martelli page on website of Tobias Broeker who holds the bulk of the Martelli archive of scores.

Sources

• Marc Vignal Dictionnaire de la musique française, Larousse