Alexis Marcel Félicien Chadeigne (2 January 1876[1] – 2 January 1926[2]) was a French classical pianist and composer.
He was composer Alain Bernaud's grandfather.
Life
editBorn in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, son of the composer Félicien Chadeigne, he was a student of Charles de Bériot at the Conservatoire de Paris where he became a friend and fellow student of Ravel and Ricardo Viñes.[3] After winning a first piano prize in 1895 and a second piano accompaniment prize in 1899,[4] Chadeigne became a pianist, singing conductor (1901-1904), then assistant conductor and choir director[5] at the Opéra de Paris (1909-1925),[6] piano teacher at the Schola Cantorum de Paris[7] and professor of solfège at the Conservatoire in 1919, a position from which he resigned in December 1924[8] for health reasons.
Chadeigne died one year later on his fiftieth birthday and was buried in the strictest privacy[9] in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Career
editApart from a few piano transcriptions of works for orchestra, there are no known original creations by Marcel Chadeigne or, at least, they have not been preserved.[10] Between 1895 and 1925, he divided his time between a career as a concert performer, a singing master at the Opera, a professor of solfege at the Conservatory and a jury member in piano competitions. As a pianist, he is best known for his interpretations of works by Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel and overall Claude Debussy who loved "the persuasive style and intelligent musicality[11] of his performer.
His wife,[12] Camille Mouveau[13] singer at the Opera, led a career as a contralto with her husband sometimes accompanying her on stage. Their daughter Odette (1902-2002) was also a lyrical singer under the name "Miss Chadeigne".
Awards
edit- Ordre des Palmes Académiques (3 January 1904 Ministerial decree)[14]
References
edit- ^ birth certificate n° 31 (view 6/31). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil registry of the 18th arrondissement, birth register of 1876.
- ^ deaths certificat n° 11 (view 2/31). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 16th arrondissement, 1926 death register.
- ^ Musique. Concerts Engel-Bathori. Mercure de France, 16 January 1908, p. 336, available at Gallica.
- ^ Courrier des théâtres. Le Figaro, 6 July 1899, p. 4, available at Gallica.
- ^ Informations. Opéra. Comoedia, 30 October 1919, p. 3, available at Gallica.
- ^ Alain Pâris, Le Nouveau Dictionnaire des interprètes, 2015 ([1])
- ^ Pierre Guillot, Déodat de Sévérac: la musique et les lettres, 2002, p. 235
- ^ La musique. Au Conservatoire; Nomination et démission. Comoedia, 24 December 1924, p. 2, available at Gallica.
- ^ Informations. Le monde et la ville. Le Journal, 12 January 1926, p. 2, available at Gallica.
- ^ Le Monde et la Ville. Le Figaro, 29 May 1909, p. 2, available at Gallica, which evokes a young composer already very appreciated.
- ^ Claude Debussy. Le Ménestrel, 18 June 1920, p. 250, available at Gallica.
- ^ Marriage certificate no. 848 (view 7/31). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 6th arrondissement, 1901 marriage register.
- ^ In the press of the time, she was referred to as "Camille Chadeigne, "Mme Chadeigne" or "Mme Marcel Chadeigne.
- ^ Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-arts. Journal Officiel, 4 January 1904, p. 163, available at Gallica.
