Georges Dandelot
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Georges Édouard Dandelot (b. Paris, Dec. 2, 1895 –- d. Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (Charente-Maritime), Aug. 17, 1975) was a French composer.
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[edit] Biography
Dandelot's father was Alfred Dandelot, and his mother was the daughter of a piano maker. Dandelot studied at the Paris Conservatory under Émile Schwartz, Louis Diémer, Xavier Leroux, Jean Gallon, Georges Caussade, Charles-Marie Widor, Vincent D'Indy, Maurice Emmanuel, Paul Dukas, and Albert Roussel. After serving in World War I, he began teaching piano in 1919 at the Ecole nomale de musique; from 1942 he taught harmony at the Paris Conservatory, and published treatises on solfege and harmony.
[edit] Selected compositions
[edit] Orchestral works
- Pax, Oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra (1937)
- Symphonie en d minor (1941)
- Concerto pour piano (1934)
- Concerto romantique pour violon et orchestre (1944)
[edit] Chamber music
- String quartet
- Trois valses à 2 pianos
- Sonatine pour flûte et piano (1938)
- Sonatine pour piano et violon (1946)
- Sonatine pour trompette (1961)
[edit] Ballets
- Le Souper de famine
- Le Jardin merveilleux
- La Création (1948)
[edit] Operas
- L'Ennemi, opera in 3 acts
- Midas, opéra-comique bouffe in 3 acts (1948)
- Apolline, operetta in 3 acts
[edit] References
- Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 195.
