Guy de Lioncourt
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Guy de Lioncourt was a French composer.
(composition), Charles Pineau (organ), F. Mondain (woodwind) and Louis de Serres (singing).
On 2 July 1912, at Boffres
(Ardèche), he married Claire de Pampelonne, niece of Vincent d'Indy
. They had five children: Colette, Jeanne, Vincent (died in childhood), Thérèse and Germaine (future wife of composer Jacques Berthier
(1923-1994) - among their children was Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt
).
In 1918, he won the Grand Prix Lasserre with the opéra féerique La Belle au bois dormant (1912-1915). After having been the secretary general of Schola Cantorum, he became its professor of counterpoint in 1914. Guy de Lioncourt played a major role in the foundation of the Caesar Franck School, acting as its under director, then director in 1942, all the while teaching the composition class. His counterpoint (1914–1931) and composition (1932–1934) classes at the Schola Cantorum were formative for a multitude of famous students, as did his classes in composition (1935–1955) and of "déclamation lyrique" (1942–1954) at the Caesar Franck School.
On the death of Vincent d'Indy
, he occupied the post of sous-directeur and taught composition.
Besides la Belle au Bois Dormant which has already been mentioned, he wrote the conte lyrique Hyalis, le petit faune aux yeux bleus, pour soli chœurs et orchestre, a Jean de la Lune.
Three works are especially notable :
In 1935, he founded the École César Franck
with Louis de Serres, becoming its director in 1942.
He gathered his memoirs in the work Un Témoignage sur la musique et sur la vie au XXe siecle.
He also completed the fourth and last volume of d'Indy's Cours de composition.
Life
He studied music at the Schola Cantorum de Paris under Léon Saint-Réquier (harmony), Amédée Gastoué (Gregorian chant), André Roussel (counterpoint), Vincent d'IndyVincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
(composition), Charles Pineau (organ), F. Mondain (woodwind) and Louis de Serres (singing).
On 2 July 1912, at Boffres
Boffres
Boffres is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France....
(Ardèche), he married Claire de Pampelonne, niece of Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
. They had five children: Colette, Jeanne, Vincent (died in childhood), Thérèse and Germaine (future wife of composer Jacques Berthier
Jacques Berthier
Jacques Berthier was a French composer of liturgical music, best known for writing much of the music used at Taizé.-Biography:...
(1923-1994) - among their children was Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt
Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt
Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt is a French composer and musician and, with Philippe Beaussant, co-founder of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.He directed Ensemble Vocal de Neuilly, from 1969 to 1976. He is president of Musique en Morvan...
).
In 1918, he won the Grand Prix Lasserre with the opéra féerique La Belle au bois dormant (1912-1915). After having been the secretary general of Schola Cantorum, he became its professor of counterpoint in 1914. Guy de Lioncourt played a major role in the foundation of the Caesar Franck School, acting as its under director, then director in 1942, all the while teaching the composition class. His counterpoint (1914–1931) and composition (1932–1934) classes at the Schola Cantorum were formative for a multitude of famous students, as did his classes in composition (1935–1955) and of "déclamation lyrique" (1942–1954) at the Caesar Franck School.
On the death of Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
, he occupied the post of sous-directeur and taught composition.
His work
His work is almost entirely religious in inspiration, though he has also written beautiful symphonic and chamber music pieces. His motets à 4 voix, his 21 Cantiques pour les principales circonstances de la vie liturgique, his Élévations Liturgiques, and his Dix préludes à l'introït place him in the first rank of church musicians.Besides la Belle au Bois Dormant which has already been mentioned, he wrote the conte lyrique Hyalis, le petit faune aux yeux bleus, pour soli chœurs et orchestre, a Jean de la Lune.
Three works are especially notable :
- le Mystère d'Emmanuel, written at Liège in 1924 (liturgical drama in 2 parts),
- les Dix Lépreux,
- le Mystère de l'Alleluia (finding a balance between plainchant and polyphonyPolyphonyIn music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
, with Latin and French texts).
In 1935, he founded the École César Franck
École César Franck
The École César-Franck was a music school founded in Paris in January 1935 by Guy de Lioncourt, Louis de Serres, Pierre de Bréville and Marcel Labey...
with Louis de Serres, becoming its director in 1942.
He gathered his memoirs in the work Un Témoignage sur la musique et sur la vie au XXe siecle.
He also completed the fourth and last volume of d'Indy's Cours de composition.