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Charles Koechlin
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French composer, teacher and writer on music
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Charles Koechlin (1867–1950) was a French composer, musicologist, music educator, and writer. Born in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, he studied at the Lycée Chaptal, the École polytechnique, and the Conservatoire de Paris. His teachers included Gabriel Fauré, Antoine Taudou, Jules Massenet, and André Gedalge. He was a member of the Société musicale indépendante and composed in the classical music movement, with works spanning symphonies, liturgical music, and contemporary classical styles.
Koechlin wrote in French and authored several theoretical texts, including *A summary of the rules of counterpoint*, *Précis des règles du contrepoint*, *Etude sur l'écriture de la fugue d'école*, *Étude sur le choral d'école d'après J.-S. Bach*, and *Théorie de la musique*. He taught students such as Frédéric Adam, Ferdinand Barlow, and Manuel Palau Boix. He suffered from tuberculosis and died in Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1867
- Died
- 1950
- Works
- 39
Top works
- A summary of the rules of counterpoint
- Etude sur l'écriture de la fugue d'école
- Précis des règles du contrepoint
- Étude sur le choral d'école d'après J.-S. Bach
- Théorie de la musique
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1867
- Active to
- 1950
Discography
- Au loin / Le Buisson ardent / Sonate pour piano et violoncelle1987
- Quintettes1988
- Les Heures persanes1989
- Music for Flute1990
- Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log / Boulez: Le Soleil des eaux / Messiaen: Chronochromie / Et expecto resurectionem mortuorum1991
- L'Album de Lilian / Vers le soleil / Stèle funéraire1991
- Paysages et marines, op. 63 / Nocturne chromatique, op. 33 / L'Ancienne Maison de campagne, op. 1241992
- The Seven Stars Symphony / Ballade pour piano et orchestre1992
- Le Livre de la Jungle (The Jungle Book)1993
- Les Heures persanes1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37,603
- Total plays
- 208,311
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Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin (November 27, 1867–December 31, 1950) was a French composer, teacher and writer on music. Koechlin was born in Paris, and was the youngest child of a large family. His mother’s family came from Alsace and he identified with that region; his maternal grandfather had been the noted philanthropist and textile manufacturer Jean Dollfus, and Koechlin inherited his strongly developed social conscience. His father died when he was 14. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ch
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1867-11-27 ) 27 November 1867, Paris , France
- Died
- 31 December 1950 (1950-12-31) (aged 83), Le Canadel , Var
- Occupations
- Composer teacher musicologist
- Works
- List of compositions
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eugène
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Lycée Chaptal
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- André Gedalge
- Genre
- liturgical music
- Movement
- classical music
- Image
- Charles Koechlin 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Charles Koechlin
- date of birth
- 1867-11-27
- date of death
- 1950-12-31
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- member of
- Société musicale indépendante
- name in native language
- Charles Koechlin
- writing language
- French
- Commons Creator page
- Charles Koechlin
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Charles Koechlin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin ( French: [ʃaʁl lwi øʒɛn keklɛ̃]; 27 November 1867 – 31 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. Among his better known works is Les Heures persanes, a set of piano pieces based on the novel Vers Ispahan by Pierre Loti and The Seven Stars Symphony, a 7 movement symphony where each movement is themed around a different film star (all Silent era stars) who were popular at the time of the piece's writing (1933).
He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things as medieval music, The Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling, Johann Sebastian Bach, film stars (especially Lilian Harvey and Ginger Rogers), traveling, stereoscopic photography and socialism. He once said: "The artist needs an ivory tower, not as an escape from the world, but as a place where he can view the world and be himself. This tower is for the artist like a lighthouse shining out across the world."
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