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French composer and teacher (1895–1975)
Georges Édouard Dandelot (2 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a French composer and teacher.
Biography
Dandelot was born in
Paris. His father was Alfred Dandelot, and his mother was the daughter of a piano maker. Dandelot studied at the
Paris Conservatory under
Émile Schwartz,
Louis Diémer,
Xavier Leroux,
Jean Gallon,
Georges Caussade,
Charles-Marie Widor,
Vincent d'Indy,
Maurice Emmanuel,
Paul Dukas, and
Albert Roussel. After serving in
World War I, he began teaching piano in 1919 at the
École Normale de Musique de Paris; from 1942 he taught harmony at the
Paris Conservatory, and published treatises on
solfege and
harmony. Among his pupils were composers
Paul Méfano,
Michel Perrault,
Rodica Sutzu, and
Michel Philippot. See:
List of music students by teacher: C to F#Georges Dandelot.
He died in
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne,
Charente-Maritime.
Selected compositions
Orchestral works
- Pax,
Oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra (1937)
- Symphony in D minor (1941)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1934)
- Concerto romantique for violon and orchestra (1944)
Chamber music
- String quartet
- Trois valses, for 2 pianos
- Sonatine, for flute and piano (1938)
- Sonatine, for violin and piano (1946)
- Sonatine, for trumpet (1961)
Ballets
- Le Souper de famine
- Le Jardin merveilleux
- La Création (1948)
Operas
- L'Ennemi, opera in 3 acts
- Midas, opéra-comique bouffe in 3 acts (1948)
- Apolline, operetta in 3 acts
References
-
Don Randel: The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (Cambridge, MA, 1996), p. 195.
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