Paul Collin
Paul Collin (12 July 1843 – 5 February 1915) was a French poet, writer, translator and
librettist
.
Life and career
Collin was born in
Theodore Gobley
.
Poetry proved to be Collin's real vocation, and he went on to write
Tchaikovsky, who used several of his shorter poetry works for songs. Collin published a collection of his works in 1886.[1] The first award of the Prix Rossini in 1881 was awarded to Paul Collin and the composer Marie, Countess of Grandval for the oratorio La Fille de Jaïre.[2] Collin also wrote as a music critic for the journal Le Ménestrel.[3]
Works
Selected works include:
- Agar, "poème lyrique" for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, music by Georges Pfeiffer (1875)
- Narcisse: Idylle antique pour solo et choeur, opera, music by Jules Massenet (1878)
- Ulysse a l'ile des Sirenes, cantata, music by Jules Massenet (1879)
- La Ronde des songes: scène fantastique, music by Clémence de Grandval (1880)
- Rébecca, cantata, music by César Franck (1880–81)
- La Fille de Jaïre, oratorio, music by Clémence de Grandval (1881)
- Eternité, song, music by Clémence de Grandval (1883)
- Déception, No. 2 of the Six French Songs, Op. 65, music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
- Sérénade ("J'aime dans le rayon"), No. 3 of the Six French Songs, Op. 65, music by Tchaikovsky (1888)
- Qu'importe que l'hiver, No. 4 of the Six French Songs, Op. 65, music by Tchaikovsky (1888)
- Rondel, No. 6 of the Six French Songs, Op. 65, music by Tchaikovsky (1888)[4]
- Attala, music by Juliette Folville (1890)
- Zaire, opera, music by Charles Lefebvre(1890)
- La Naissance de Vénus, music by Gabriel Fauré (1900)
- Amica, opera, music by Pietro Mascagni (1905)
Published books
- Musique de chambre, poems, ed. Hachette
- Glas et carillons, poems, ed. Hachette
- Du grave au doux, poems, ed. Hachette, 1878
- Les Heures Paisibles, poems, ed. Hachette
- Judith, dramatic opera, music by Charles Lefebvre, ed. Mackar
- Poèmes Musicaux, ed. Tresse et Stock, 1886
- Poèmes sacrés et profanes
References
- ^ Nectoux, Jean-Michel; Nichols, Roger (2004). Gabriel Fauré: A Musical Life.
- ^ "Le Chateau". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Kahan, Sylvia (2009). In search of new scales: Prince Edmond de Polignac, octatonic explorer. p. 346.
- ^ "Paul Collin". Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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