Born in
Montélimar, Planel was the son of the founder (1903) and director of the music school in Montélimar, Alphonse Planel (1869-1947),[1] who himself, from 1902 to 1947, was conductor of the Harmonie municipale "La Lyre" montilienne and also composer. Planel received violin lessons with René Chédécal, then 1st violinist of the
Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. From 1922 to 1933, he studied at the
Conservatoire de Paris with, among others, Firmin Touche (1875-1957)[2] (violin),
Jean Gallon (1878-1959) (
harmony),
Georges Caussade (1873-1936) (
counterpoint) and with
Henri Büsser (1872-1973) and
Paul Vidal (1863-1931) (
musical composition). During his studies, he worked as a violinist in prominent cinemas in the French capital.
In 1933, he won the prestigious
Prix de Rome for his
cantataIdylle funambulesque. As a result, he was able to study and work from 1934 to 1936 in Rome at the "
Académie de France" in the
Villa Medici.
After the Second World War, he was
Inspector General of the City of Paris and had great merits for structuring the musical training institutes. From 1972 to 1974, he was one of the co-founders of the urban conservatories of Paris and of the Paris region.
As a composer, he wrote for various genres.
Compositions
Works for orchestra
1936: Divertissement chorégraphique, symphonic poem for orchestra
1937: Caprice, concertino for cello and piano with orchestra
1938: L'Anniversaire de l’infante, for orchestra
1946: Trois pièces de ballet, for orchestra
Les Petites danseuses sévillanes
Menuet
Saltarelle
1953-1954: Parade, for orchestra
1956: Ballet pour Nanou, for orchestra
1966: Concert, for trumpet and string orchestra (dedicated to
Maurice André)
Thème varié, for orchestra
Works for wind orchestra
La roche du midi, ouverture
Marguerite des Prés, fantasy
Rochecourbière, ouverture
Scènes villagoises, suite
Masses and sacred music
1932: Pâques romaines, for mixed choir
1936: Notre père qui êtes aux cieux, for tenor and organ - in memory of
Rolland Gérardin
1937-1939: Psaume, for mixed choir and orchestra
1993-1994: Psaume, in three movements for tenor solo, mixed choir,
organ and orchestra
Cantatas
1933: Idylle funambulesque, cantata for tenor, baritone, soprano and orchestra - after a poem by Paul Arosa[3]
1986: La Cantate des Merveilles, cantata for mixed choir
Music theatre
Stage music
1958 Giboulin et Giboulette, conte musical - lyrics: Jean Planel[4]
Works for choir
1932: Les Chasseresses, for women's choir and piano - lyrics:
Jean Royère
1935: Menons le cortège funèbre, for mixed choir - lyrics: A. Praviel
1935: Saluons la demeure, for women's choir, piano and orchestra - lyrics: A. Prariel
1955-1956: Chanson de route, for mixed choir
1958: Nous n'irons plus au bois, for mixed choir
Quatre Noëls, for four equal voices and harp (or piano)
La jambe me fait mal
O douce nuit
Nous étions trois Bergerettes
Et Bon, Bon, Bon
Ecoutez tous bergers, for mixed choir and piano
Vocal music
1931: Les Biches, for soprano and three female voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto) and orchestra - lyrics:
Anna de Noailles
1931: Nymphea, for voice and orchestra
1932: Après la tempête, song and fugue based on a theme by
Georges Hue
1932: Sérénade à Bettine, song for tenor and small orchestra - after a poem by
Alfred de Musset
1932 Soir, for tenor and piano - lyrics:
Albert Samain
1957: Prelude et Saltarelle, for alto saxophone and piano
1958: Caprice, for horn and piano
1960: Danse, for percussion and piano
1962: A travers champ, for saxophone quartet
1963: Fantaisie, for viola and piano
1966: Légende, for horn and piano
1993-1994: Slow, for flute and piano
1994: Vocalise, for clarinet and piano
Chanson romantique, for oboe and piano
Comme une sérénade, for oboe and piano
Diverses pièces, for violin and piano
Suite Enfantine, for violin and piano
Conte
Valse
Berceuse
Ronde
Thème, for percussion and piano
Pieces for organ
1970: Epythalame
1982: Prélude, Aria et Final about the old name of Montélimar
Pieces for piano
1936: Suite de danses dans le style ancien
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet
Rigaudon
Gigue en rondeau
1987: Rêverie
1988: Viennoiseries, for two four-handed pianos
1989: Bagatelles, for piano
Promenade (to Aurélie)
Mélancolie (to Anne-Marie)
Sur la rivière (to Vincent)
Simple histoire (to Hélène)
Gambades (to Béatrice)
Ballerine
Film scores
1942: Dans le jardin merveilleux
1943: Les Métamorphoses de la matière
1945: Saut périlleux
1946: Amanda
Bibliography
Wolfgang Suppan,
Armin Suppan: Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens, 4. Auflage, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994,
ISBN3-923058-07-1
Jean-Marie Londeix: Musique pour saxophone, volume II : répertoire général des œuvres et des ouvrages d' enseignement pour le saxophone, Cherry Hill: Roncorp Publications, 1985.
Nicole Lacombe, Alain Lacombe: Des compositeurs pour l'image - (Cinema et Television), Neuilly sur Seine: Musique et promotion editeur, 1982., 602 p.