Adolphe Biarent
Adolphe Biarent (16 October 1871 – 4 February 1916) was a Belgian composer, conductor, cellist and music teacher.
Biarent studied at the conservatories of Brussels and of Ghent, and was a pupil of Émile Mathieu. He won a Belgian Prix de Rome with his cantata Oedipe à Colone in 1901, after which he remained near his home in Charleroi, composing, conducting and teaching (or more accurately, engaging in pedagogy, for example the writing of manuals as well). He was the teacher of Fernand Quinet.[1][2]
Although still little known now, Biarent composed music that successfully combines "the structural solidity" of César Franck and Vincent d'Indy with "something of the orchestral brilliance and clarity" of Emmanuel Chabrier.[3]
Selected works
[edit]- Orchestral works
- Chamber music
- Vocal
- Song Cycle Huit mélodies pour mezzo-soprano
- I Lied
- II Désir de mort
- III Le chant de ma mère
- IV Il passa
- V Chanson
- VI La lune blanche luit dans les bois
- VII Ballades au Hameau
- VIII La chanson du vent
- Song Cycle Huit mélodies pour mezzo-soprano
References
[edit]- ^ (1898-1971) Belgian conductor and composer. Director of Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège from 1960-4.
- ^ "Quatuor Thaïs and Geoffrey Baptiste's Program Notes for Concert, in Liège, with Biarent Piano Quintet" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-01-26. [dead link]
- ^ "Biarent: Poeme, Rapsodie, etc". classicstoday.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ Le Guide musical at Google Books. Iombaerts, 1907. 53 Année, nr. 10: March 10, 1907, issue. page 203. Announcement of an upcoming (March 17, 1907) concert.
- ^ a b "The Online Catalog of the Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund (Joint Library Network)" (in German). Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ a b "Orchestral Works CD at JPC Site" (in German). Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ a b "Page describing Cypres Recording of Piano Quintet and Cello Sonata at JPC" (in German). Retrieved 2009-01-26.
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