Antoine Mariotte

Antoine Mariotte born with Avignon (Vaucluse) the December 22nd 1875 and died in Izieux (the Loire) the November 30th 1944, is a Compositeur French.

Biography

After its studies at the school Saint-Michel of Saint-Etienne, it is received at the Naval college at 15 years and half and leaves 2nd its promotion there.

In 1894, at the time of cruising on the frigate Iphigénie , the young candidate written with a friend: “I regret the music: you see, if I had had fortune, I would have gone to the Academy. ” Divided between its life of sailor and the music, it works the harmony. It takes share in the campaigns on the Forfait in the China Seas then on the Vinh-Length where it attends the last episodes of the Sino-Japanese war. It brings back of it a draft which becomes a continuation entitled Kakimonos , initially written for the piano, orchestrated later and carried out with the Concerts Chicken on January 29th, 1923 ( Panorama, Geishas, Temple in the Twilight, Fête ).

It is in the East that it reads the part of Oscar Wilde, Salome , and that it plans to put it in music. Returned to Europe, it embarks on the Marceau then on the Magenta where it has, finally, a small piano thanks to the admiral Gervais. It obtains a six months leave and follows, with the Academy as a listener, the courses of Charles-Marie Widor which will present later Jose to him de Bérys. After having requested a prolongation of its leave, he resigns of the Navy in 1897. He enters to the Schola Cantorum where he receives the teaching of Vincent d' Indy which finds to him, inter alia, an unexpected use of pianist in the count de Chambrun, founder of the social Museum, which he plays each day, during 60 minutes exactly, works traditional, in particular the 32 sonatas of Beethoven interpreted by chronological order.

Because of the health of his mother, it returns to Saint-Etienne and there teaches the piano, becomes organist, directs symphonic association and writes an operetta Armande . Appointed piano teacher to the Academy of Lyon, it completes the partition of Salome believing to be in rule with the heirs to Wilde and the Methuen editor. Indeed, after having obtained the agreement of having the right of the English playwright, Richard Strauss discovers in his turn the part and requires of its Fürster editor to acquire the rights of them. The succession of Wilde, particularly complicated, gives place to a lawsuit which turns to the advantage of having the right contacted by Fürster. Mariotte learns that Fürster is opposed to the representation of the “French Salome” and following a voyage to Berlin, it obtains the permission to make play its work during one season, on the condition of pouring 40% of its rights to Richard Strauss, 10% with Fürster and to give to the end of this season all the partitions and the material of orchestra to Fürster to be destroyed. Romain Roland, having read an article of Mariotte in the international Re-examined of music , advises it and obtains from Strauss an act of generosity. Thus, on October 30th, 1908, with Miss de Wailly in the role of Salome, the work of Mariotte is presented to the Large-Theater of Lyon and has success. She is taken again in Paris in 1910 with the Gaîté-Lyric , while the Salome of Strauss is with the poster of the Opera. After playbeing played Nancy, with the Harbor, Marseilles, Geneva, Prague, the Salome of Mariotte is represented with the Opera of Paris on July 1st, 1919 with for interpreter Lucienne Bréval.

At the time of the war, it is sent to Salonique and catches the Paludisme. Returned peace, it takes in 1920 the direction of the Conservatoire of Orleans, where it transmits all its knowledge to Rene Berthelot, which will succeed to him. Then it takes the direction of the Op3era Comique in 1937 to the war of 1939.

He died very discreetly as he lived.

Its works

In 1913, it gives to Lyon its second work, the Old King on a booklet of Rémy de Gourmont, which, in spite of the success of its first representation, could not produced following a joke launched by a spectator starting a general laughter with the third representation.

In addition to Nele Doryyss , a comic opera in 1912, Léontine sisters , an opera played Trianon in 1924, it is necessary to quote Esther, princess of Israêl on a booklet of Andre Dumas and Sebastien-Charles Leconte, created with the Opera on April 28th, 1925, Gargantua represented with the Comic Opera on February 15th, 1935.

In 1930, he writes a Cantate for the centenary of the Conquest of Algeria carried out with Algiers in the enthusiasm of the festivals.

In 1934, it represents its Impressions Urban written for the piano and played by Edouard Risler in 1921, which finds in the form of the symphonic poem a beneficial widening. It is necessary to also mention Maritime Paysage , a “draft for toothing-stone and orchestra”, which was to begin a maritime symphony that it forever finished. A sonata in F sharp for the piano and of the melodies .

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