Andante et allegro j guy ropartz biography
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Guy Ropartz
French composer and conductor
Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (French:[ʁɔpaʁts]; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor.
His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A minor), stage works, a number of choral works and other music, often alluding to his Breton heritage.
Ropartz also published poetry.
Life
Ropartz was born in Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. He studied initially at Rennes.
Andante et allegro j guy ropartz biography
In 1885 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, studying under Théodore Dubois, then Jules Massenet, where he became a close friend of the young Georges Enesco. He later studied the organ under César Franck.
He was appointed director of the Nancy Conservatory (at the time a branch of the Paris Conservatory) from 1894 to 1919, where he established classes in viola in 1894, trumpet in 1895, harp and organ in 1897, then trombone in 1900.
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