Alphonse Duvernoy

Victor-Alphonse Duvernoy

Victor-Alphonse Duvernoy (pronounced: [vik.tɔʁ al.fɔ̃s dy.vɛʁ.nwa]) (30 August 1842 in Paris – 7 March 1907 in Paris) was a French pianist and composer. Duvernoy counts composer Alexander Winkler (1865–1935) and Norah Drewett de Kresz (1882–1960)[1] among his students. His brother was singer and pianist Edmond Duvernoy.

Life and career

Duvernoy, son of noted bass-baritone Charles-François Duvernoy (1796–1872), was a student of Antoine François Marmontel, François Bazin and Auguste Barbereau at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied piano from 1886. He subsequently made his career as a piano virtuoso, a composer and professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris.

He composed operas, a ballet, symphonic and chamber music works, as well as music for piano. His 1880 symphonic poem La tempête for soloists, chorus and orchestra after William Shakespeare's The Tempest won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1900.[2]

Selected works

Stage
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber music
  1. Lamento
  2. Intermezzo
Piano
  1. Romance sans paroles
  2. Gavotte
  3. Prélude
  4. Poco agitato
  5. Chanson
  6. Étude
  1. En route!
  2. Récit
  3. Menuet
  4. Orientale
  5. Conversation
  6. Allegrezza
  7. Promenade
  8. Ischl
  9. Souvenir
  10. Momente de caprice
  11. Chanson
  12. Un soir
  13. Inquiétude
  14. Kilia
  15. Retour
Choral
Vocal
  1. Amour; words by Pierre de Ronsard
  2. La caravane humaine; words by Théophile Gautier
  3. Romance; words by Théophile Gautier
  4. Les matelots; words by Théophile Gautier
  5. Soupirs; words by Sully Prudhomme
  6. La fuite; words by Théophile Gautier

Bibliography

References

  1. The Canadian Encyclopedia Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. Victor Alphonse Duvernoy Retrieved 20 July 2010.

External links

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