Camille Chevillard

Camille Chevillard (1859-1923). Collection of the Library of Congress.

Paul Alexandre Camille Chevillard (14 October 1859 30 May 1923)[1] was a French composer and conductor.

He was born in Paris, France. He led the Orchestre Lamoureux in the premieres of Claude Debussy's Nocturnes (1900 and 1901) and La mer (1905), and promoted the music of Albéric Magnard.[2] He was the son-in-law of conductor Charles Lamoureux. He died in Chatou.

His pupils included Suzanne Chaigneau, Clotilde Coulombe, Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Yvonne Hubert, Eugeniusz Morawski, and Robert Soetens.

Selected works

Stage
Orchestral
Chamber music
Piano
Vocal

References

  1. "Musicsack". Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  2. a concert he gave with Magnard's 3rd symphony, 6 November 1904, was the first time the Orchestre Lamoureux had performed the work (http://www.orchestrelamoureux.com/page_5-lorchestre-lamoureux.html ) and one of the last times the symphony was performed in Magnard's lifetime (comment by Adrian Corleonis, http://www.allmusic.com/composition/sonata-for-cello-piano-in-a-major-op-20-mc0002364868 .)
  3. OCLC 495848509 and many other listings that concur.

External links

Cultural offices
Preceded by
Charles Lamoureux
Principal Conductors, Lamoureux Orchestra
18971923
Succeeded by
Paul Paray


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