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koechlin

charles koechlin

 

Biography

·         Born in Paris in 1867 to a wealthy family of industrialists

·         Studied originally to be in the military, but contracted TB, ending military ambitions

·         Began studying at the Paris Conservatory in 1890, studying composition with Massenet

·         Studying modal music and baroque counterpoint left lasting impressions in his work

·         He studied with Fauré in 1896, which also left a lasting impact on his music

·         He was married in 1903, and soon after started to face chronic financial problems (despite his wealthy background)

·         Wrote for the Chronique des arts from 1909 as a critic

·         Became a music theorist in 1915 (continuing for the rest of his life)

·         In 1909 he helped found the Société Musicale Indépendante with Ravel and F. Schmitt

·         During the 1920s his reputation grew as a composer and theorist

·         In the 1930s his reputation was almost entirely that of a theorist

·         He lived out the rest of his life mostly as a teacher, lecturing in the USA in 1918-19, 1928, 1929, and 1937, and around Paris regularly.

·         He died at his country home in France in 1950.

 
 

Early Music

Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America 5 Rondels, Op. 1: No. 1. La nuit · Michele Command Koechlin: Melodies ℗ 2013 Maguelone Music Released on: 2013-06-04 Artist: Michele Command Artist: Christophe Durrant Composer: Charles Koechlin Auto-generated by YouTube.

 

Orchestral Music

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) HYMNE À LA NUIT (op. 48 n° 1) Cette pièce fut composée en 1908 avant d'être orchestrée en 1911. Elle constituait à l'origine la première partie du poème symphonique "L'Été" mais fut par la suite intégrée à la "Symphonie d'hymnes" et connut enfin sa première audition en 1938, sous la baguette de Roger Désormière.

 

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): Vers la voûte étoilée, Nocturne pour orchestre dédié à mémoire de Camille Flammarion, Op.129 (1923/1933, rev. 1939). Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart diretta da Heinz Holliger. **** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial.

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): The Seven Stars' Symphony, Op.132 (1933). I. Douglas Fairbanks (en souvenir du voleur de Bagdad) II. Lilian Harvey (menuet fugue) III. Greta Garbo (choral Païen) IV. Clara Bow et la joyouse Californie V. Merlène Dietrich (variations sur le thème par les letters de son nom) VI.

The Jungle Book

Multi-piece cycle that was started early in his career and completed near the end...

  1. Op. 18 Trois Poèmes for voices (sop, baritone, choir) and large orchestra (1899-1904)
  2. Op. 95 La Course de printemps for large orchestra in 4 movements (1908-1927)
  3. Op. 159 La Méditation de Purun-Bhagat for large orchestra (1936)
  4. Op. 175 La Loi de la Jungle for large orchestra (1939-1940)
  5. Op. 176 Les Bandar-log for large orchestra (1939-1940)

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): Le Livre de la Jungle, Poèmes symphonique d'après Rydyard Kipling (1899-1940). I. Trois Poèmes, Op.18 (1899-1901) 1. Berceuse phoque 2. Chanson de la nuit dans la Jungle Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano Johan Botha, tenore Ralf Lukas, baritono RIAS Kammerchor Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin diretti da David Zinman.

 
 

FILM COMPOSER

Uploaded by Lorenzo SM on 2017-11-03.

 

References

Orledge, Robert. "Koechlin, Charles." Grove Music Online. 2001. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.libproxy.temple.edu/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000015248 (accessed 2018).

Sauguet, Henri. L'Œuvre de Charles Koechlin : catalogue. Paris: M. Eschig, 1975.

Smith, Kyle. "Charles Koechlin and the Law of the Jungle." WRTI. 2017. http://wrti.org/post/charles-koechlin-and-law-jungle (accessed 2018).