François-Marie Dieudonné Marc, Baron de Ranse (20 April 1881 – 12 February 1951) was a French pianist, organist,

maître de chapelle (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

, choral conductor and composer.

Biographie

Born in Aiguillon in Aquitaine, Ranse was a student of

Vincent d’Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Par ...

at the Schola Cantorum de Paris. His artistic vocation began at the Collège Saint-Caprais of Agen, where he met Joseph Schluty (1829-1920),Schluty, Jean Joseph
/ref> organist at the Saint-Caprais Agen Cathedral. In 1897, Ranse left for Paris to study music. He was a student for nearly ten years (1897-1907) at the

Schola Cantorum The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History La Schola was founded i ...

with an interruption between 1902 and 1905 due to military service). Among his professors were

( music composition),

Léon de Saint-Réquier Léon de Saint-Réquier, born Léon-Edgard de Saint-Réquier (8 August 1872 – 1 October 1964) viscount of Saint-Réquier, was a French organist, composer, choir conductor, maître de chapelle and music educator. Biography Born in Rouen, L� ...

then Fernand de La Tombelle (

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

Albert Roussel Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...

(

counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

), Gabriel Grovlez (piano),

Charles Bordes Anne-Marie Charles Bordes-Bonjean (12 May 1863 – 8 November 1909) was a French music teacher and composer. Timeline Bordes was born in La Roche-Corbon, Indre-et-Loire. He studied pianoforte with Antoine François Marmontel and composition wit ...

(vocal ensemble),

Abel Decaux Abel-Marie Alexis Decaux (11 February 1869 – 19 March 1943) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue, best known for his piano suite ''Clairs de lune'', some of the earliest pieces of dodecaphonic, yet impressionist music. A student of ...

(organ (1st degree), Alexandre Guilmant (orgue supérieur), Amédée Gastoué (Gregorian studies). After his musical training, he began a career as a church musician. He composed pieces for organ and harmonium. He was co-founder with

Joseph Boulnois Joseph Boulnois (28 January 1884 – 20 October 1918) was a French organist and composer. Biography Boulnois attended the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied counterpoint with Georges Caussade and organ with Louis Vierne. In 1906, he marr ...

of the Spiritual Concerts of Saint-Louis d'Antin. During the First World War, he joined the front. He was wounded and taken prisoner in Belgium. Sick during his captivity, the Germans sent him to Switzerland, in 1916, in the region of Montreux for treatment. He then became the conductor of the Allied internees' symphony orchestra. Back in Paris in 1919, he returned to the Parisian churches as an organist. He then directed the

Gregorian Institute of Paris The Gregorian Institute of Paris was a pedagogical and religious establishment founded in Paris in 1923 having in view the musicianship of Gregorian chant. This institute was created following a Parisian congress devoted to Gregorian chant and sac ...

from 1929 to 1933. On May 25, 1929, he participated in the reception of the new organ of the église du Val-de-Grâce with

Achille Philip Achille Philip, (born October 12, 1878, Arles - November 12, 1959, Béziers) was a French organist and composer. Biography A pupil of the Conservatoire de Marseille in 1888, Philip won the first prize for solfeggio in 1894, piano in 1896 and h ...

, titular,

André Marchal André Louis Marchal (6 February 1894 – 27 August 1980) was a French organist and organ teacher. He was one of the great initiators of the twentieth-century organ revival in France and one of the cofounders of the ''Association des amis de l'orgu ...

and Jean Huré. He never stopped composing numerous works, touching all musical registers: piano solo and piano with 4 hands,

incidental music Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as t ...

, harmonium and

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

without pedal, grand orgue,

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

symphonic music An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ...

orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orc ...

works and vocal music. In 1921, he became choral conductor and founded the ''Chœur Mixte de Paris'', a professional choir lending its support to the concert activity of the major associations of

of the capitale ( Concerts du Conservatoire, Concerts Lamoureux, Concerts Pasdeloup). In 1927, with the help of Gustave Daumas, Carlo Boller and

Paul Doncœur Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

, he published the first version of Roland's collection of popular songs. In 1933, Ranse decided for both professional and personal reasons, to leave Paris to return for good to his hometown of Aiguillon. He had inherited the title of Baron at the death of his father in 1924 and was made chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1934. Marc de Ranse died in Agen on 12 February 1951.

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on IDREF {{DEFAULTSORT:Rance, Marc de 20th-century French male classical pianists French classical organists French male organists Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni French choral conductors French male conductors (music) 1881 births 1951 deaths People from Lot-et-Garonne Knights of the Legion of Honour 20th-century organists 20th-century French conductors (music) 20th-century classical pianists Male classical organists