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New page: '''Henri Duparc''' (1848-1943), French composer, had a long life and a short career. He was a composition student of Franck and D’Indy, was influenced by Wagner, and ...
'''Henri Duparc''' (1848-1943), [[French]] [[composer]], had a long life and a short career. He was a composition student of [[Franck]] and [[D’Indy]], was influenced by [[Wagner]], and wrote some chamber music which he destroyed. In his mid-thirties he fell ill with a psychological disorder and never wrote again.
His sole legacy is 17 songs in the French [[melodie]] style. They all are of an emotional depth rare in this usually lyrical song-form; beautifully crafted examples of voice and [[piano]] and perfectly at one with the – usually intense - texts used. It is on these few miniatures that his fame rests – it is unusual for an anthology or recital of French melodie of his era not to include one or more of his songs.
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=162KCIkq5JU]] Gerald Souzay, Dalton Baldwin - ''"L'Invitation au voyage"''
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1qGkgyP-Y]] Dimitri Hvoroskovsky with Ivari Ilya – ''"Phidylé"''
(These examples were chosen, not only as differing examples of Duparc’s art, but to show the universality of this music – the French lyric baritone Souzay, who died in 2004, is acknowledged as one of the great ''melodie'' singers – the [[Siberia]]n dramatic baritone, Hvoroskovsky, is one of the most sought after [[opera]]tic performers today, and is usually heard in [[Tchaikovsky]], [[Verdi]] or in [[Russia]]n song. They also show the difference there can be between two baritone voices.)
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Duparc, Henri}}
His sole legacy is 17 songs in the French [[melodie]] style. They all are of an emotional depth rare in this usually lyrical song-form; beautifully crafted examples of voice and [[piano]] and perfectly at one with the – usually intense - texts used. It is on these few miniatures that his fame rests – it is unusual for an anthology or recital of French melodie of his era not to include one or more of his songs.
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=162KCIkq5JU]] Gerald Souzay, Dalton Baldwin - ''"L'Invitation au voyage"''
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1qGkgyP-Y]] Dimitri Hvoroskovsky with Ivari Ilya – ''"Phidylé"''
(These examples were chosen, not only as differing examples of Duparc’s art, but to show the universality of this music – the French lyric baritone Souzay, who died in 2004, is acknowledged as one of the great ''melodie'' singers – the [[Siberia]]n dramatic baritone, Hvoroskovsky, is one of the most sought after [[opera]]tic performers today, and is usually heard in [[Tchaikovsky]], [[Verdi]] or in [[Russia]]n song. They also show the difference there can be between two baritone voices.)
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Duparc, Henri}}