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Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand Fernand Fouant de La Tombelle (3 August 1854 – 13 August 1928) was a French organist and composer.


Life

Born in Paris, Fernand de La Tombelle had piano lessons in his childhood with his mother Louise Gueyraud, a pupil of Sigismund Thalberg and
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. From the age of eighteen he took private organ and harmony lessons with Alexandre Guilmant. At the Conservatoire de Paris he studied counterpoint, fugue and composition with Théodore Dubois. For his compositions he was twice awarded the gold medal at the Grand Prix Pleyel. In the following years he performed as a concert organist throughout France. From 1896 to 1904, he was the first harmony teacher at the
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.Kurt Lueders, "La Tombelle, (Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand) Fernand Baron Fouant de", in ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', biographical part, vol. 10 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2003), c. 1316. Among his students were Louis Boyer, Auguste Leguenant, Marc de Ranse, Blanche Selva, Déodat de Séverac, and Jean Vadon. In addition to music, La Tombelle, who was interested in many things, was active as a writer and columnist, sculptor and painter, art photographer, music ethnologist and astronomer. His wife Henriette Delacoux de Marivault became known as a writer under the pseudonym Camille Bruno.


Selected works

;Œuvres lyriques * Operettas: ''Un Bon numéro'' and ''Un Rêve au pays du bleu'' (1892) * Cantatas: ''Sainte-Cécile, Sainte-Anne, Jérusalem, Jeanne d'Arc'' * Choral works: ** ''La Bonne Route'', for male choir (1908) ** ''La Chasse'', for mixed choir and piano ** ''La Fausse Enchanteresse'', for male choir (1908) ** ''Légende de la Glèbe'', for male choir ** ''Le Soleil de Minuit'', for soprano solo and mixed choir ** ''Le Furet'', for male choir ** ''Le Veilleur du Beffroy'', for male choir (1908) ** ''Les Épousailles'', for mixed choir ** ''Les Tambourinaires'', for male choirs (1908) ** ''Nous n'irons plus au bois'', for male choir (1908) ** ''Ode à Jeanne d’Arc'', for mixed choir ** ''Septembre'', for male choir ** ''Vers la Lumière'', for male choir ;Orchestral * Incidental music: ''L'Apothéose de la cité'', ''La Magdaléenne'', ''La Muse fleurie'', ''La Roche aux fées'', ''Un Rêve au pays du bleu'', ''Yannick'' * Suites: ''Impressions naturelles'', ''Livres d’images'', ''Suite féodale'', ''Tableaux musicaux'' * Symphonic poem: ''Antar'' * ''Menuet Gay'' * ''Fantaisie'' for piano and orchestra, Op. 26 (1887) ;Chamber music * Many pieces for solo piano * ''Prélude pour un conte de fées'', for piano 4-hands * ''Sonate'' in D Major, Op. 40, for violin and piano * ''Suite'' for 3 cellos * ''Piano Trio'' Op. 35 (1894) * ''String Quartet'' in E Major, Op. 36 ;Sacred music * Oratorios: ''Crux'', ''Les Sept paroles du Christ'', ''L'Abbaye'' * Messes: ''Messe de Noël'', for choir and organ, ''Messe brève'' * Motets: ''Sancta Maria succurre miseris'', ''Benedicta es tu'', ''Tantum ergo'', ''Ave verum'', ''Adoro te devote'' * Canticles: ''2 Cantiques à la Très Sainte Vierge'', for voice and organ: 1. ''La Couronne fleurie''; 2. ''Chrétiens, Chrétiennes, à genoux!'' ;Harmonium * ''Méthode d'harmonium'' * ''Méditation'' (in J. Joubert , '' Les Maîtres Contemporains de l’Orgue'', vol. 1, Paris, 1912) * ''Toccata'' en fa mineur (in J. Joubert, ''Les Maîtres Contemporains de l’Orgue'', vol. 1, Paris, 1912) * ''Cinquante Pièces d'Harmonium'', L.-J. Biton, Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre (Vendée) * ''In Pace'' (à la mémoire d' Alexandre Guilmant) (in Tribune de Saint-Gervais, XVIIe année, Numéro spécial) ;Organ * ''Offertoire pour Pâques'', ''Pastorale-Offertoire'' et ''Six versets'' (Paris, Durand, c.1883) * ''Les Vêpres du commun des Saints'': VIIe série, ''Vêpres d'un Confesseur Pontife'', 8 "antiennes" for organ, Schola Cantorum, n.d. * ''Symphonie pascale'', for organ (''Entrée épiscopale''; ''Offertoire''; ''Sortie'') * ''Pièces d’orgue'', Op. 23 (Paris: Richault, 1888–1891) * ''Deuxième série de pièces d'orgue'', Op. 33 (Paris: Richault, c.1891) * ''Troisième série de pièces d'orgue'', no. 1: ''Rapsodie Béarnaise'' (Paris: Costallat, 1900) * ''Fantaisie sur deux thèmes'' (profane et grégorien): ''Chanson de Nougolhayro'' and ''Hymne de l'Avent'' (Paris: Schola Cantorum, 1907) * ''Cantilène'', for organ: ''Vox angelorum'' (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre endée L.-J. Biton, 1911) * ''Suite d'orgue sur des thèmes grégoriens'': 1. ''Offertoire'' sur "Cibavit eos"; 2. ''Élévation'' sur "Oculi" (Graduel); 3. ''Sortie'' sur "Lauda Sion" (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre endée L.-J. Biton, 1911) * ''Suite d’orgue'' sur des thèmes grégoriens empruntés à l'Office de Noël: 1. ''Prélude et Introït'' sur des thèmes extraits de l'Introït "Puer"; 2. ''Offertoire'' sur un thème de l'Offertoire de la messe du jour; 3. ''Élévation'' d'après un thème de la Communion de la messe du jour; 4. ''Communion'' sur un vieux noël; 5. ''Sortie'' sur le thème "Jesu Redemptor omnium" (Toccata dans le style ancien) (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre endée L.-J. Biton, 1911) * ''Suite d'orgue'' sur des thèmes grégoriens empruntés à l'Office de Pâques: 1. ''Prélude et Introït'' sur un thème de l'Introït; 2. ''Offertoire'' sur "Hæc dies"; 3. ''Élévation'' sur "Pascha nostrum"; 4. ''Communion'' sur un vieux Guillonéou, chant de Pâques, au temps antérieur à 1564 où l'année commençait le 1er avril; 5. ''Sortie'' sur l'Alleluia "Pascha nostrum" (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre endée L.-J. Biton, 1911) * ''Suite d'orgue'' sur des thèmes grégoriens empruntés à l'Office de la Pentecôte: 1. ''Prélude et Introït''; 2. ''Offertoire''; 3. ''Communion''; 4. ''Sortie'' (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre endée L.-J. Biton, 1911) * ''Andantino'' en mi bémol majeur (in J. Joubert, ''Les Maîtres Contemporains de l'Orgue'', vol. 7, Paris, 1914) * ''Voces Belli'': 1. ''Pro Patria''; 2. ''Pro Defunctis''; 3. ''Pro Vulneratis''; 4. ''Pro Lacrymantibus''; 5. ''Pro Deo'' (toccata), in ''Les Voix de la douleur chrétienne'', vol. 1 (Bruxelles: A. Ledent-Malay, 1921) ;Publications * ''Les Pâtés de Périgueux'', 1909 (Périgueux: P. Fanlac, 1990) * ''L'Oratorio et la cantate'' (Paris, 1911)


Discography

* Sonate pour violon et piano; Sonate pour violoncelle et piano; and other works: Detroit Chamber Ensemble, collection du
Festival international Albert-Roussel The Festival international Albert-Roussel, created in 1997 by the tenor Damien Top to combat cultural desertification in rural areas, takes place every year in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a ...
, Azur Classical, AZC 2012 * Tombelle: ''Les Sept Paroles du Christ'', conducted by
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* Fernand de la Tombelle: ''Mélodies'' Tassis Christoyannis, Jeff Cohen Aparté (AP 148, 2017) * 2020: Acte Préalable AP0484-85 – Fernand de La Tombelle - Organ Works

* 2021: Acte Préalable AP0517-18 – Fernand de La Tombelle - Organ Works


See also

* :fr:square Fernand de la Tombelle


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