Overview
Biography
Maximilien-Paul-Marie-Félix d'Ollone (13 June 1875 – 15 May 1959) was a 20th-century French composer.
Life and career
Born in Besançon, d'Ollone started composing very early, entering the Paris Conservatoire at 6, winning many prizes, receiving the encouragement of Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Thomas and Delibes. His teachers at the Conservatoire were Lavignac, Massenet, Gédalge and Lenepveu; he won the Prix de Rome in 1897.
He was director of music in Angers, professor at the Paris Conservatoire and director of the Opéra-Comique. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he wrote three important articles for Le Ménestrel (29 July, 9 and 16 December) arguing for a more populist approach to composition.
In addition to the works listed below, d'Ollone produced a number of song cycles (including "Les Chants d'Ailleurs"; " Les Chants d'Exil"; "Impressions d'Automne"), which demonstrate a considerable mastery of the French mélodie. There are several works for orchestra, solo instrument and orchestra, and piano works.
Works
Stage works
- Jean (opera in five acts, 1900-1905)
- Bacchus et Silène (ballet, 1901, Béziers)
- Le retour (drame lyrique in two acts to his own libretto, 1911, Angers)
- Les amants de Rimini (opera in four acts to his own libretto)
- L'etrangère (opera in two acts)
- Les uns et les autres (comédie lyrique in one act with text by Paul Verlaine, 6 November 1922, Opéra-Comique)
- L'Arlequin (comédie lyrique in five acts, 22 December 1924, Paris Opera)
- George Dandin (opéra comique in three acts after Molière, 1930)
- Le temple abandonné (one-act ballet, 1931, Monte Carlo)
- La Samaritaine (opera in three acts after Rostand, 1937, Paris)
- Olympe de Clèves (opera in four acts after Dumas, unpublished)
Chamber Music
- String Quartet in D major (1898)
- Piano Quartet
- Fantaisie orientale for clarinet and piano (premiered 1913)
- Piano Trio in A minor (published 1921)
- Andante et Allegro en style ancien for flute and piano (dedicated to Philippe Gaubert, published 1926)
Concertante
- Fantaisie for piano and orchestra in E-flat major (1897)
- Le menetrier, poem for violin and orchestra (published by Heugel, 1911)
Vocal music
- Frédégonde, winning cantata for the Prix de Rome in 1897
Recordings
- Cantates et chœurs pour le prix de Rome; Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet; Palazzetto Bru Zane; Ediciones Singulares, 2013.
- Les Villes Maudites, for orchestra; Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet; Palazetto Bru Zane; Ediciones Singulares, 2013.
- Le Ménétrier, for violin and orchestra (1910); Mark Kaplan, Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Claves 2003.
- Lamento, for orchestra (1908); Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Claves 2003.
- Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1999); François-Joël Thiollier, Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Claves 2003.
- La Samaritaine, opera (1937); Berthe Monmart, soprano; Tony Aubin, direction; Orchestre Lyrique de la Radio Diffusion Française et des Choeurs de la RTF, 1955, INA.
- Le Retour, opera (1912); Alain Pâris, direction; Choeur et orchestre Lyrique de Radio France, 1975.
- Mélodies vol. 1, including the cycle In Memoriam, Didier Henry, baryton, Patrice d'Ollone, piano, Maguelone.
- Mélodies Vol. 2, Elsa Maurus, mezzo-soprano; Didier Henry, baryton; Patrice d'Ollone, piano; Maguelone.
- Trio for piano, violin and cello (1920); Quatuor Athenæum Enesco and Patrice d'Ollone, piano; éd. disques Pierre Verany, Arion, 1999.
- Quartet for piano and strings (1949); Quatuor Athenæum Enesco and Patrice d'Ollone, piano; Discs Pierre Verany, Arion, 1999.
- String quartet (1898); Athenæum Enesco Quartet; Disques Pierre Verany, Arion, 1999.
- Trio for piano, violin and cello (1920); Trio Anima Mundi, Melbourne.
- Trio pour piano, violin and cello (1920); Dimitris Saroglou, piano; Gérard Poulet, violin; Dominique de Williencourt, cello; Europe et Art, 2011.
- Chamber music; Alessandro Carbonare, clarinet; Philippe Pierlot, flute; Régis Poulain, bassoon; Elisabeth Glab, violin; Jean-Luc Bourré, Emmanuel Petit, Emma Savouret, Stéphane Manent, cello; Isabelle Perrin, harp; Parisii Quartet; Patrice d'Ollone, piano; Angéline Pondepeyre, piano; Maguelone, 2005.
- Fantaisie orientale (1913); Sylvie Hue, clarinet; Roger Boutry, piano, REM.
- Andante et scherzo, for three cellos (1933); Gürzenich Cello Trio, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln, ANA records.
- Andante et scherzo, for three cellos (1933); Members of Orchestra Simfonica de Barcelona i National de Catalunya, Claves 2003.
- Romance et tarentelle (1928); Régis Poulain, bassoon; and Angeline Pondepeyre, piano; Maguelone, 1996.
- Etudes de concert (1904); Dimitris Saroglou, piano; Europe et Art, 2011.

Index: 5.7
Type: Person Male
Period: 1875.6.13 - 1959.5.15
Age: aged 83
Area :France
Occupation :Composer
Periods :Romantic Music / Modernist Music