Guy Ropartz

Joseph-Guy Ropartz is a Compositeur French, born with Guingamp (Coast-with Armor) the June 15th 1864 and died in Lanloup (Coast-with Armor) on November 22nd, 1955.

Biography

Born in Brittany with Guingamp (Coast-of-North), Joseph-Guy-Marie Ropartz studies initially the right to Rennes before entering in 1885 to the Conservatoire of Paris the class of composition of Dubois then of Massenet, which he forsakes as of 1886 for that of Orgue of César Franck.

He is director of the Conservatoire of Nancy (at the time National school branch of the Academy of Paris) of 1894 to 1919, where he created the classes of viola in 1894, of trumpet in 1895, Harpe and Orgue in 1897, then of Trombone in 1900. He also founds the season in symphonic concerts with the very young Orchestra of the Academy, ancestor of the Symphony orchestra and lyric of Nancy. He becomes member of the Breton regionalistic Union in 1898.

After the tragic death of his/her friend Albéric Magnard in 1914 and the loss of several manuscripts, Ropartz reconstitutes of memory the orchestration of its opera Guercœur .

He is then director of the Academy of Strasbourg of 1919 to 1929, in parallel ensures the direction of the Philharmonic orchestra of Strasbourg and influences considerably young students like Charles Munch. Elected in 1949 member of the Academy of the Art schools, 5th section (musical composition), it succeeds Georges Hüe with the armchair V.

He takes his retirement in 1929 and withdraws himself in his manor of Lanloup. In 1953, it is reached of blindness.

Musical production

Its musical production includes/understands a hundred opus.

Symphonic music

One owes him five symphonies made up between 1894 and 1945, of which the third with chorus. ; Other orchestral parts:

the Bell of dead the (initially the Convoy of the Farmer ) (1887)
Lament for oboe and orchestra (1887)
the Moors (1888)
Walk of festival (1888)
Five parts short (1889)
Carnival (1889)
Breton Sunday , continuation in 4 parts (1893)
Fantaisie in major D (1897)
has deadened Marie (1911-12)
the Hunting of the prince Arthur (1911-12)
Stories (1913)
Evening on thatches (1913)
Rhapsody for violoncello and orchestra (1928)
pastoral Serenade (1932)
Faggots bourbonnaises (1939)
Small symphony in semi major flat (1943)
Pastoral (1950)

Opera

the Country (1912)

Chamber music

Six string quartets (1893 to 1949)
Two sonatas for violoncello and piano (1904/1918-19)
Three sonatas for violin and piano (1907/1917/1927)
short Imagination on the name of Magnard for String quartet
a Trio in the minor for violin, violoncello and piano (1918)
Two parts for Quintet with winds (1924)
a Trio in the minor for violin, viola and violoncello (1934-35)
Prelude, Navy and Song for flute, violin, viola, violoncello and toothing-stone (1928)

Sacred music

Kyrie solemn , for 4 votes soli, chorus and organ (1886)
Offertoire Pascal , for organ alone (1889)
Psalm 136 " Super flumina Babylonis" , as a chorus and orchestra (1897)
Five motets for 4 mixed votes has cappella (1900)
short Messe in the honor of Holy Anne , for three equal votes and organ (1921)
Messe in the honor of Holy Odile , for mixed chorus and organ (1923)
Messe " Te Deum Laudamus" , for 3 mixed votes and organ (1925-26)
Requiem , for soli, chorus and orchestra (1937-38)
Salvo Regina for mixed chorus and organ (1941)
Psalm 129 " Of profondis" , for solo, chorus and orchestra (1942)

Vocal music

; For orchestra and song

Prayer
the Or Fleur
Under Wood

; For song and piano

Love of Winter
Lied
the Small child
Under Wood
Rondel for Jeanne
Rondel de Miséricorde
Rondo for one Forsaken of Amye

; For chorus

Ropemaking machines of Brittany , chorus for voice of women
Kyrie

Piano music

Opening, variations and final (1904)
Choral varied (1904)
Night n°1 (1911)
In the shade of the mountain (1913)
Night n°2 (1916)
Night n°3 (1916)
Scherzo (1916)
Musics with the garden (1916-17)
Sketch of summer (1918)
Sketch of autumn (1929)
Young girls (1929)
With the memory of Paul Dukas (1936)

Literary production

Ropartz was also a poet of talent which made appear in its youth three collections of worms, influenced at the same time by the school parnassienne and the symbolism. In 1889 it publishes with Louis Tiercelin the contemporary Breton Parnassus , an anthology of the Breton Poésie of second half of the 19th century and it takes part in the Revue Hermine , that Tiercelin founds little time afterwards, in October 1890.

Adagiettos (1888)
minor Modes (1890)
Muances (1892)

Royalties

With the Canada and in the countries observing a 50 years deadline postmortem, works of Ropartz fell into the public domain on January 1st 2006.
With the the United States, the works of Ropartz published before 1923 (majority) fell into the public domain; those published starting from 1923 (probably) are protected until January 1st 2026.
In the European Union and the countries observing a 70 years deadline postmortem , works of Ropartz is protected until January 1st 2026.
However, in France, works (musical) of Ropartz published before 1921 (majority) are protected until October 2040; those published of 1921 with 1947 until April 2034; those published starting from 1948 are protected until January 1st 2026; this last date is also the term of the protection of all not-musical works of Ropartz, whatever is the publication date.

These indications apply to works whose Ropartz is the only author; for the vocal music it is advisable to also check the statute of the author of the text.

References, notes and quotations

See too

List of Breton type-setters

External bonds

exhaustive Catalog of Ropartz on the site of Music and dance in Brittany
Site of Association Guy Ropartz

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