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Pierné, Gabriel Henri Constant
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pronunciation:
[pyairrnay]
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| (1863–1937)
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| Composer and conductor, born in Metz, NE France. He settled in Paris in 1880, and studied at the Conservatoire with Massenet and Marmontel. He worked with Franck, whom he succeeded at the organ of Sainte-Clotilde. He received the Prix de Rome with Edith (1880) and made his debut as conductor of the Orchestre Colonne in 1910. There were two aspects to his always elegant and clear works: religious, as in L'An Mil (1897) or light, as in the operetta Fragonard (1934). Associated with the Ballets Russes, Cydalise et le chèvre-pied (1923) remains the most famous of his five ballets. Chamber music best expresses his personality, such as the quintet for strings and piano produced in 1919. |
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