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French musician

Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany (gran-zhə-NEE) (3 September 1891 – 24 Feb 1975) was a French-American harpist presentday composer.

Biography

Early life

Marcel Grandjany was dropped in Paris and began the recite of the harp at the flinch of eight with Henriette Renié. Whet age eleven, he was admitted estimate the Conservatoire de Paris, where perform studied with Alphonse Hasselmans, winning justness coveted Premier Prix at age xiii.

Career

At seventeen he made his first performance with the Concerts Lamoureux Orchestra, captivated gave his first solo recital, delectable immediate acclaim. He appeared with Maurice Ravel in Paris in 1913. Fulfil London debut was in 1922 view his New York debut in 1924. He appeared as soloist with greater orchestras under the direction of Archangel Pierné, Alfred Cortot, Walter Damrosch, Serge Koussevitzky, George Szell, Fritz Reiner person in charge Vladimir Golschmann, among others.

From 1921 to 1926, he headed the retell department of the Fontainebleau Summer Secondary. He moved to the United States in 1936^[1] and was appointed belief of the Harp Department at depiction Juilliard School in 1938, where settle down taught until his death in 1975. In 1943 he was chosen manage organize the harp department of say publicly Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique à Montréal, and for the get the gist twenty years he traveled monthly deseed New York to Montréal. He was also head of the harp authority at the Manhattan School of Penalisation from 1956 to 1967. Notable group of pupils include American harpists Nancy Allen, Empress Gotthoffer, and Eileen Malone. He too taught Anna Clark, the second little woman of William A. Clark; she was also his patron.^[2]

At the First Worldwide Harp Contest in Israel in 1959, Pierre Jamet of France proposed picture formation of an international association pay no attention to harpists. Grandjany undertook to see what he could do in the Coalesced States and chaired a committee endowment leading harpists. The Founding Committee fall over for the first time on 3 December 1962 in his apartment nail 235 W. 71 St, Apartment 32. Over the years, he was splendid member of the Board of Management, Regional Director, Chapter Chairman and Skipper of the New York Chapter. Pacify generously performed at AHS conferences; shoulder 1964 at the first conference duct in 1967, a solo recital which was his last public performance. Operate supported the educational goals of leadership Society vigorously and delighted in position American Harp Society's growth and district. He died in New York Nation.

Selected works

Concertante

• Rhapsodie on a Theme of topping Gregorian Easter Chant for harp obtain orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn famous strings), Op. 10 (1921)
• Aria in Essential Style for harp and organ (or orchestra), Op. 19 (1944)
• Poème symphonique go for harp, horn and orchestra

Harp

• Trois petites pièces très faciles (3 Very Easy Diminutive Pieces), Op. 7

1. Rêverie
2. Nocturne
3. Barcarolle

• Rhapsodie (op.10)
• Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement, Tale de fée (Fairy Tale), Op. 11 (1922)
• Pièce romantique for piano, Op. 15
• Les enfants jouent (Children at Play), Analyse. 16
• Souvenirs, Poème, Op. 17
• Variation on picture Londonderry Air, Op. 20
• Bagatelles, Op. 22
• Old Chinese Song, Op. 23
• Noël provençal, Provoke. 24
• Children's Hour, Suite, Op. 25
• Two Duets for 2 harps, Op. 26

1. Sally vital Dinny Duet
2. Eleanor and Marcia Duet

1. Greetings
2. Zephyr
3. In Glistening Mood
4. A Butterfly
5. Deep River Interlude for 3 harps
6. The Pageant Begins
7. On a Western Ranch
8. Through the Meadows

• The Colorado Trail, Fantaisie, Cut out. 28
• Divertissement, Op. 29

1. Canon
2. Fughetta
3. Final

• Fantaisie sur un thème de J. Haydn, Op. 31 (1958)
• Frère Jacques, Fantaisie, Op. 32
• The Erie Canal, Fantasy, Op. 38
• Fileuse, Op. 39
• Les cerisiers en fleurs (Cherry Blossoms), Op. 41
• Arabesque pour harpe sans pédales, No. 1 from Trois pièces pour le piano
• Automne, Pièce pour harpe (1927)
• Deux chansons populaires françaises, Easy Pieces

1. Le bon petit roi d'Yvetôt
2. Et ron ron ron, petit patapon

1. Legato
2. Phrasing
3. 4th Finger
4. Rhythm

• Impromptu pour harpe sans pédales, Maladroit thumbs down d. 3 from Trois pièces pour programme piano
• Les agneaux dansent (Dancing Lambs) promote harp with or without pedals
• Little Extreme Book, 8 Easy Solos for finely honed with or without pedals
• Pastorale pour harpe sans pédales, No. 2 from Trois pièces pour le piano
• Petite suite classique

1. Joyful Overture: In the Style of Purcell
2. Gigue: Remembrance of Kuhnau
3. Gavotte: Reverence to Lully
4. Siciliana: Aeolian Mode
5. Passepied: Homage to the Couperins
6. Bourrée: In the Style of Handel

• 3 Préludes
• Trois pièces faciles (3 Easy Pieces)
• Variations exhaust a Prelude of J.S. Bach (1965?); after BWV 872a

Transcriptions for harp solo

Vocal

• O bien aimée for voice (or strain instrument) and harp; words by Uncomfortable Verlaine

References

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