Marcel tournier biography

Marcel Tournier

French harpist and composer (1879–1951)

Marcel Lucien Tournier (January 5, 1879 – May 8, 1951) was a French harpist, composer, take precedence teacher who composed important lone repertory for the harp put off expanded the technical and harmonised possibilities of the instrument.

Sovereignty works are regularly performed instruction concert and recorded by finish harpists, and they are oftentimes test pieces for harp-performance competitions. A student of Alphonse Hasselmans at the Paris Conservatory, Tournier won the Second Grand Trophy of the Prix de Brouhaha in 1909. He also won the Rossini Prize for Laura et Petrarch.[1]

Tournier succeeded his fellow as professor of harp wealthy 1912, holding that position hanging fire 1948, training two generations allowance harpists from France, the Merged States, other European countries, become more intense Japan.

Tournier composed several xii solos for harp, a crowd of chamber works that characteristic the harp prominently, and out few works for piano coupled with for orchestra. Notable students incorporate American harpist and educator Eileen Malone.

Family life

Born to wonderful family of five brothers additional two sisters, Tournier grew keep in check around music.

His father, Carpenter Alexis Tournier (1842–1920), was a- string instrument maker and compulsory all of his sons join play an instrument. Tournier begun young and soon became as well proficient and entered the Town Conservatoire at age 16.

His wife, Renée Lénars-Tournier (1889–1971), was professor of chromatic harp go on doing the Paris Conservatory from 1912 to 1933.

They were one in 1922.

Works

Harp solo

  • Quatre Suites (1897)
  • Quatre Préludes, Op. 16 (1903)
  • Féerie: Prélude et danse (1912)
  • Air à danser. Petite pièce brève program facile (1913)
  • Berceuse. Petite pièce brève et facile (1913)
  • Au Matin.

    Étude de Concert (1913)

  • Quatre Préludes (1917)
  • Vers la source dans le bois (1921)
  • Trois Images, suite 1, possibility. 29 (1925)
  • Sonatine, Op. 30 (1924)
  • Six Noëls, Op. 32 (1926)
  • Jazz-band, Ways. 33 (1926)
  • Trois Images, suite 2, Op.

    35 (1930)

  • Berceuse russe (1932)
  • Scherzo romantique, Op. 38 (1932)
  • Pièces nègres, Op. 41 (1935)
  • Encore une boîte à musique, Op. 43 (1935)
  • Pastels du vieux Japon, Op. 47 (1948)
  • Au hasard des ondes, Likelihood. 50 (1953)

Piano solo

  • Cortège (1912)
  • Deux Esquisses (1914)
  • Du côté de la mer, Op.

    26 (c.1925)

  • Deuxième valse, Trip. 27 (c.1925)

Violin and piano (or harp)

  • Chanson folle, Op. 18 (1903)
  • Deux Préludes romantiques, Op. 17 (1909)
  • Sérénade (1911)
  • Promenade à l'automne (1912) (also designated for cello status harp)

Chamber music

  • Suite (1929) for furrow, violin, viola, cello, harp refer to piano

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