Georges Édouard Dandelot (2 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a French composer and teacher.

Biography

Dandelot was born in

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. His father was Alfred Dandelot, and his mother was the daughter of a piano maker. Dandelot studied at the

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under Émile Schwartz,

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, Xavier Leroux, Jean Gallon,

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, and Albert Roussel. After serving in

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, he began teaching piano in 1919 at the

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; from 1942 he taught harmony at the

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, and Michel Philippot. He died in

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Selected compositions

Orchestral works

*''Pax'',

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for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra (1937) *Symphony in D minor (1941) *Concerto for piano and orchestra (1934) *''Concerto romantique'' for violon and orchestra (1944)

Chamber music

*String quartet *''Trois valses'', for 2 pianos *Sonatine, for flute and piano (1938) *Sonatine, for violin and piano (1946) *Sonatine, for trumpet (1961)

Ballets

* ''Le Souper de famine'' * ''Le Jardin merveilleux'' * ''La Création'' (1948)

Operas

* ''L'Ennemi'', opera in 3 acts * ''Midas'', opéra-comique bouffe in 3 acts (1948) * ''Apolline'', operetta in 3 acts

References

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: ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music'' (Cambridge, MA, 1996), p. 195. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dandelot, Georges 1895 births 1975 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century French composers 20th-century French male musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French ballet composers French male classical composers French opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Paris Pupils of Charles-Marie Widor