Charles Grandmougin
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Charles-Jean Grandmougin (17 January 1850 – 28 April 1930) was a French poet and playwright. He lived in Paris
. Two of his poems appeared in the third and final volume of Le Parnasse contemporain
(1876). His poetry has been set as songs by composers including Fauré
, Chaminade
, Pierné
and Bizet
. He was more well known as a librettist and translator for operas and oratorios. He wrote the libretto for César Franck
's opera
Hulda
, set in 11th-century Norway
, and based on the play Lame Hulda (1858) by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
. He also wrote the libretto for La Vierge
, an oratorio
by Jules Massenet
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Two of his poems appeared in the third and final volume of Le Parnasse contemporain
Le Parnasse contemporain
Le Parnasse contemporain is composed of three volumes of poetry collections, published in 1866, 1871 and 1876 by the editor Alphonse Lemerre, which included a hundred French poets, such as Leconte de Lisle, Théodore de Banville, Heredia, Gautier, Catulle Mendès, Baudelaire, Sully Prudhomme,...
(1876). His poetry has been set as songs by composers including Fauré
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
, Chaminade
Cécile Chaminade
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist.-Biography:Born in Paris, she studied at first with her mother, then with Félix Le Couppey, Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard, Martin Pierre Marsick and Benjamin Godard, but not officially, since her father disapproved of her musical...
, Pierné
Gabriel Pierné
Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, and organist.-Biography:Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue...
and Bizet
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
. He was more well known as a librettist and translator for operas and oratorios. He wrote the libretto for César Franck
César Franck
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life....
's opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
Hulda
Hulda
Hulda may refer to:*Hulda, an Icelandic poet*Hulda an opera by César Franck*Hulda, Israel, a kibbutz in Israel*Huldah, a Biblical prophetess*Hulda-Hrokkinskinna, an Icelandic manuscript*Mother Hulda, a German folk tale...
, set in 11th-century Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, and based on the play Lame Hulda (1858) by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
. He also wrote the libretto for La Vierge
La Vierge
La Vierge is an oratorio in four scenes by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Charles Grandmougin. It was first performed at the Opéra in Paris on May 22, 1880....
, an oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
by Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas...
.
Major works
- Esquisse sur Richard Wagner (1873)
- Les Siestes, poems (1874)
- Prométhée, drame antique (1878)
- Le Tasse, symphonie dramatique (1878)
- Nouvelles Poésies (1880)
- Souvenirs d’Anvers (1881)
- Orphée, drame antique en vers (1882)
- Caïn, biblical drama in verse
- Poèmes d’amour (1884)
- Rimes de combat (1886)
- À pleines voiles, poems (1888)
- L’Enfant Jésus, mystère en 5 parties et en vers
- Le Christ, sacred drama in verse, couronné par l’Académie française (1892)
- L’Empereur, epic drama in verse, in 13 scenes(1893)
- De la Terre aux Étoiles, poems (1897)
- Visions chrétiennes, récits en vers (1899)
- Le Réveillon, drama in one act, in verse
- La Vouivre, poème franc-comtois
- Les Serfs du Jura, drama in verse
- Aryénis, drama in verse
- La Chanson du village
- Medjour, story of the supernatural
- Les Heures divines, poems (1894)
- La Forêt mystérieuse, booklet
- Le Naufrage de l’amour, poem
- Contes d’aujourd’hui, prose
- Terre de France, poem
- Contes en prose
- Dernières Promenades (1910)