Henri Martelli (25 February 1895 – 15 July 1980) was a 20th-century French composer.

Biography

Born in

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, Martelli was student of

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and

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at the

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. In 1919, he graduated in law from

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. He was director of chamber music programmes on radio from 1940 to 1944, secretary of the Société Nationale de Musique and president of the French section of the

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in 1953. He wrote – in a neoclassical style – many chamber music works as well as lyrical and radio works. He died in Paris aged 85.

Works

Incidental music

* 1923: ''La Chanson de Roland'', opera (reworked 1962-63; Paris, 13 April 1967) * 1930: ''La Bouteille de Panurge'', ballet (Paris, 24 February 1937) * 1951: ''Les Hommes de sable'', ballet * 1958: ''Le Major Cravachon'',

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(Radiodiffusion française, 14 June 1959)

Orchestral music

* 1921: ''Rondo'' (1921) * 1922: ''Sarabande, Scherzo et Final'' * 1922: ''Divertissement sarrazin'' * 1928: ''Bas-reliefs assyriens'', Op. 27 * 1931: Concerto for orchestra, Op. 31 * 1938: ''Violin Concerto No. 1'' * 1949: Piano Concerto * 1953: ''Symphony No. 1'', for strings * 1956: ''Symphony No. 2'', for strings * 1956: Double Concerto for clarinet and bassoon * 1957: ''Symphonie No. 3'', for large orchestra * 1957: ''Le Radeau de la Méduse'', symphonic poem * 1966: ''Rhapsodie'', for cello and orchestra * 1970: Concerto for oboe and orchestra

Chamber music

* ''Quatre pièces pour guitare'', Op. 32 * 1933: String Quartet No. 1 * 1935: Piano Trio * 1936: Violin Sonata * 1942: Flute Sonata * 1944: String Quartet No. 2 * 1946: ''Sept duos'', for violin and harp * 1947: ''Fantasiestück'', Op. 67, for flute and piano (dedicated to

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, director of the Paris Conservatory) * 1948: ''Cinq Études-Caprices'', Op. 58, for flute and piano (dedicated to Jean Pierre Rampal) * 1951: Trio, for flute, cello and piano * 1956: ''Divertissement'' Op. 86, for harp (dedicated to

Lily Laskine Lily Laskine (31 August 1893 in Paris – 4 January 1988 in Paris) was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hassel ...

) * 1959: Viola Sonata * 1962: ''Concertstück'', for viola and piano

Music for piano

* 1941: ''Cinq danses''

External links

Henri Martelli page
on website of Tobias Broeker who holds the bulk of the Martelli archive of scores.

Sources

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