organist
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Metz
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. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the
Franco-Prussian War
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solfège
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, piano, organ,
counterpoint
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and
fugue
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. He won the French
Prix de Rome
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Igor Stravinsky
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's ballet ''
The Firebird
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'', at the
Ballets Russes
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, Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933 (when Paul Paray took over his duties).
He made a few electrical recordings for
, from 1928 to 1934, conducting the L'Orchestre Colonne, including a 1929 performance of his ''Ramuntcho'' and a 1931 performance of excerpts from his ballet ''Cydalise et le Chevre-pied''.
He died in Ploujean,
oratorio
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''La Croisade des enfants'' based on the book by Marcel Schwob. Also notable are such shorter works as his ''March of the Little Lead Soldiers'', which once enjoyed substantial popularity (not only in France) as an encore; the comparably popular ''Marche des petits faunes'' is from his ballet '' Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied''. His chamber work ''Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire'' for saxophone quartet is a standard in the saxophone quartet repertoire.
His discovery and promotion of the work of Ernest Fanelli in 1912 led to a controversy over the origins of impressionist music.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
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* Serenade for Strings
* ''Trois pièces formant suite de concert'', 1883
* ''Suite No. 1'', 1883
* ''Envois de Rome'' (''Suite – Ouverture – Les Elfes''), c. 1885
* ''Ballet de cour'', 1901
* Two suites from the incidental music for ''Ramuntcho'', 1910
* ''Paysages franciscains'', Op. 43, 1920
* ''Divertissement sur un thème pastoral'', Op. 49, 1932
* ''Gulliver au pays de Lilliput'', 1935
* ''Viennoise'', suite, Op. 49bis, 1935
Concertante works
* ''Fantaisie-ballet'', for piano and orchestra, 1885
* Piano concerto, Op. 12, 1886
* ''Scherzo-caprice'', for piano and orchestra, 1890
* ''Concertstück'', for harp and orchestra, 1903
* ''Poème symphonique'', for piano and orchestra, 1903
* ''Fantaisie basque'', for violin and orchestra, 1927
Works for band
* ''Marche des petits soldats de plomb'' (''March of the Little Lead Soldiers''), 1887
* ''Marche solennelle'', 1899 (dedicated to Gustave Wettge)
* ''Petit Gavotte et Farandole''
* ''Ramuntcho'' (also arranged for orchestra), (published 1908)
Loie Fuller
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Auguste Rodin said of her, "Lo ...
at the Comedie-Parisienne, Paris) March 4, 1895 closed 27 April.
* '' Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied'', 1923
* ''Impressions de music-hall'', 1927
* ''Giration'', 1934
* ''Images'', 1935
* ''Sonata in D minor, Op. 36'' (violin or flute and piano), 1900.Some musicians have argued that this work was the model for Proust's '' Vinteuil Sonata'' :
* ''Piano Quintet, Op. 41'' (2 violins, viola, cello and piano), 1917
* ''Trio in C minor, Op. 45'' (violin, cello and piano), 1920–21
* ''Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 46'' (''Sonate en une partie'') (cello and piano), 1922
* ''Sonata da camera, Op.48'' (flute, cello and piano), 1926
Piano works
* ''Étude de concert'' in C minor, Op. 13, 1887
* ''Album pour mes petits amis'', Op. 14, (published 1887)
Solo works
* ''Serenade'', Op. 7 (violin and piano), 1881
* ''Impromptu-Caprice'', Op. 9 (harp), (published circa 1901)
* ''Piece in G minor'' (oboe), 1883
* ''Solo de concert'' (bassoon and piano), 1898
* ''Canzonetta'', Op. 19 (clarinet and piano), 1888
* ''Trois pièces'' Op. 29 (organ), (published circa 1892)