Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor , pianist and organist .
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Gabriel Pierné
Birth name Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné Born (1863-08-16 ) 16 August 1863Metz , FranceDied 17 July 1937(1937-07-17) (aged 73)Ploujean , Finistère , France Occupation(s) Composer, conductor, instrumentalist Instruments Years active 1882–1934
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Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz . His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War . He studied at the Paris Conservatoire , gaining first prizes for solfège , piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue . He won the French Prix de Rome in 1882, with his cantata Edith . His teachers included Antoine François Marmontel , Albert Lavignac , Émile Durand , César Franck (for the organ) and Jules Massenet (for composition).
He succeeded César Franck as organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890 to 1898. He himself was succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire . Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne 's concert series, the Concerts Colonne , from 1903, Pierné became chief conductor of this series in 1910.
His most notable early performance was the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky 's ballet The Firebird Ballets Russes , Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933 (when Paul Paray took over his duties).
He made a few electrical recordings for Odeon Records , from 1928 to 1934, conducting the L'Orchestre Colonne, including a 1929 performance of his Ramuntcho and a 1931 performance of excerpts from his ballet Cydalise et le Chevre-pied .
He died in Ploujean , Finistère .
Gabriel Pierné (1898) Pierné wrote several operas, choral and symphonic pieces as well as a good deal of chamber music. His most famous composition is probably the oratorio La Croisade des enfants based on the book by Marcel Schwob . Also notable are such shorter works as his March of the Little Lead Soldiers , which once enjoyed substantial popularity (not only in France) as an encore; the comparably popular Marche des petits faunes is from his ballet Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire for saxophone quartet is a standard in the saxophone quartet repertoire.
His discovery and promotion of the work of Ernest Fanelli in 1912 led to a controversy over the origins of impressionist music .
Pierné became a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts in 1925. He was made a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur in 1935. His tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery has a headstone designed by sculptor Henri Bouchard .
Square Gabriel Pierné in Paris is named after him.
Orchestral works
Serenade for Strings
Trois pièces formant suite de concert , 1883Suite No. 1 , 1883Envois de Rome (Suite – Ouverture – Les Elfes ), c. 1885Ballet de cour , 1901Two suites from the incidental music for Ramuntcho , 1910Paysages franciscains , Op. 43, 1920Divertissement sur un thème pastoral , Op. 49, 1932Gulliver au pays de Lilliput , 1935Viennoise , suite, Op. 49bis, 1935Concertante works
Fantaisie-ballet , for piano and orchestra, 1885Piano concerto, Op. 12 , 1886Scherzo-caprice , for piano and orchestra, 1890Concertstück , for harp and orchestra, 1903Poème symphonique , for piano and orchestra, 1903Fantaisie basque , for violin and orchestra, 1927Works for band
Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Little Lead Soldiers ), 1887Marche solennelle , 1899 (dedicated to Gustave Wettge )Petit Gavotte et Farandole Ramuntcho (also arranged for orchestra), (published 1908)Operas
La Coupe enchantée , 1895Vendée (Drame lyrique), 1897La Fille de Tabarin (opéra comique), 1901On ne badine pas avec l'amour (opéra comique), 1910Sophie Arnould (opéra comique), 1927Fragonard , 1934Ballets
Le Collier de Saphir , 1891Les Joyeuses commères de Paris , 1892Izéÿl , 1894Bouton-d'or , 1895Salome , 1895 (premiere starring Loie Fuller at the Comedie-Parisienne, Paris) March 4, 1895 closed 27 April.[1] Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied Impressions de music-hall , 1927Giration , 1934Images , 1935Music for theatre
Yanthis , 1894La Princesse Lointaine , 1895La Samaritaine , 1897Francesca da Rimini , 1902Ramuntcho Les Cathédrales , 1915Chamber works
Sonata in D minor, Op. 36 (violin or flute and piano), 1900.[2] Piano Quintet, Op. 41 (2 violins, viola, cello and piano), 1917Trio in C minor, Op. 45 (violin, cello and piano), 1920–21Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 46 (Sonate en une partie ) (cello and piano), 1922Sonata da camera, Op.48 (flute, cello and piano), 1926Piano works
Étude de concert in C minor, Op. 13, 1887Album pour mes petits amis , Op. 14, (published 1887)Solo works
Serenade , Op. 7 (violin and piano), 1881Impromptu-Caprice , Op. 9 (harp), (published circa 1901)Piece in G minor (oboe), 1883Solo de concert (bassoon and piano), 1898Canzonetta , Op. 19 (clarinet and piano), 1888Trois pièces Op. 29 (organ), (published circa 1892)Choral works
L'An Mil , (published 1898)
no. 1. Miserere Mei
no. 2. Fete Des Fous Et de L'ane
no. 3. Te Deum Les Cathédrales , 1915
no. 1. Prélude des cathédrales
no. 3. Chanson Picarde
no. 7. Épisode des églises
no. 8. Épisode des Flandres Songs
6 Ballades françaises de Paul Fort , (circa 1920)
No. 1, La Vie
No. 2, La Baleines
No. 3, Complainte des Arches de Noé
No. 4, Le petit rentier
No. 5, Les dernières pensées
No. 6, La Ronde autour du monde Deux mélodies
Découragement
À Saint Blaise Poèmes de Jean Lorrain
no. 1. Le Beau Pirate
no. 2. Les Petites Ophélies
no. 3. Les Petits Elfes
no. 4. Une belle est dans la forêt
no. 5. Ils étaient trois petits chats blancs Soirs de Jadis
no. 1. La princesse au bord du ruisseau
no. 2. Ils s'aimaient
no. 3. Ce qui frappa ses yeux d'abord
no. 4. Le soir tombe sur la rivière Trois adaptations musicales sur des vers
no. 1. La marjolaine
no. 2. Nuit divine
no. 3. Noël
Henri Busser: Notice sur la vie et des oeuvres de M. Gabriel Pierné (Paris: Académie des Beaux Arts, 1938).
Georges Masson: Gabriel Pierné, musicien lorrain (Nancy: Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1987).
Richard Nelson Current & Marcia Ewing Current: Loie Fuller. Goddess of Light (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997).
