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Vincent d'Indy. d'Indy, c. 1895. Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy ( French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ dɛ̃di]; 27 March 1851 – 2 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 Paris Conservatoire.
Vincent d’Indy was a French composer and teacher, remarkable for his attempted, and partially successful, reform of French symphonic and dramatic music along lines indicated by César Franck. D’Indy studied under Albert Lavignac, Antoine Marmontel, and Franck (for composition).
Op. 17, Helvétia, three waltzes for piano (1882) Op. 18, Le chant de la cloche, legend dramatique with prologue and seven scenes, text by d'Indy after Schiller, for solo voices, double chorus, and orchestra (1879–83), also adapted for stage. Op. 19, Lied for cello/viola and orchestra (1884)
Dec 30, 2020 · Vincent d'Indy's Helvétia, Trois Valses, Op.17 for piano 0:00 - Op.17 No.1, Aarau 3:26 - Op.17 No.2, Schinznach5:54 - Op.17 No.3, Laufenburg piano - Michael ...
D’Indy synthesizes French and German idioms to create “works of strong originality and masterly workmanship” (p. 275). Focuses on the cyclic organization (with examples) of the Second Symphony, the “greatest French symphony since Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique ” (p. 277). Pierre, Constant.
Nov 18, 2018 · Fervaal is, like all d’Indy’s mature operas, a spiritual epic. The opera takes place in the Midi and in Cravann, high in the Cévennes mountains, in a legendary time of Saracen invasions. (A strange time, Pierre Lalo observed, when the religion of Druids and that of Mohammed both thrived!)
The Symphony on a French Mountain Air (French: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français), Op. 25, is an orchestral composition written in 1886 by Vincent d'Indy. As indicated by the title, d'Indy took the principal theme from a folk song he heard at Périer overlooking the Cévennes mountains (hence the work's alternative name, Symphonie ...
