Désiré Louis Corneille Dondeyne (21 July 1921 – 12 February 2015) was a French conductor, composer and teacher who was born in
Laon
Laon () is a city in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
History
Early history
The Ancient Diocese of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held s ...
in the
Aisne
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The department borders No ...
département
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.
He studied music at the conservatory in Lille and beginning in 1936 at the
Conservatoire de Paris
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. Dondeyne earned first prize in clarinet, chamber music, harmony, fugue, counterpoint and composition. From 1939 to 1953 he was the solo clarinet with the Musique de l’air (the
French Air Force
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Band). From 1954-79, he was conductor of
La Musique des Gardiens de la Paix (the Paris metropolitan police band).
Dondeyne expanded the works of the wind orchestra by his discoveries, his own compositions and with personal encouragement from other composers. The wind orchestra repertory was enriched with compositions from
Jacques Castérède,
Louis Durey,
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...
,
Jacques Ibert
Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer of 20th-century classical music, classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoir ...
,
Charles Koechlin
Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (; 27 November 186731 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 th ...
,
Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...
,
Florent Schmitt
Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' ( Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of t ...
,
Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''.
Biography
Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Saint- ...
and
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...
. With the Musique des Gardiens de la Paix he traveled throughout Europe and made over 100 recordings (including the famous Anthology of French Marches, produced by
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (20 June 1928 – 7 January 2025), commonly known as Jean-Marie Le Pen (), was a French politician, lawyer and activist. He founded the far-right National Front (now National Rally) party and served as the party's presi ...
), and won several Grand Prix du Disques.
He was appointed in 1979 to the governing board of the
French Ministry of Culture
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. He was the director of the conservatory of
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called in French. It is one of Paris's entrances and is located from Notre Dame Cathedral, whic ...
, a small suburb outside of Paris, from 1980 until 1986. Dondeyne also composed and arranged a large number of compositions from instrumental to symphonic.
Recordings with Dondeyne and the Musique des Gardiens de la Paix have been issued in the U.S. on the Calliope,
Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Nonesuch ...
and Westminster labels. Included in his recordings are two versions (band, and band with chorus) of
Hector Berlioz
Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...
’s
Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale.
Honours
Honours bestowed upon Dondeyne included his having been inducted as an honorary life member of the World Association for Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Death
Dondeyne died on 12 February 2015, aged 93.
Works
Concert Band Works
* 1964 -- ''Ouverture pour un festival''
* 1964 -- ''Symphonia sacra''
*# Entree et Aspersion
*# Litanies
*# La Verité Salutaire
* 1968 -- ''Ballade pour une fête populaire''
* 1968 -- ''Deux Danses''
*# Sarabande
*# Pantomime
* 1968 -- Les Nichons: Fantaisie pour deux clarinettes et orchestre d'harmonie
* 1978 -- ''Nuances'' Pour Orchestre d'Harmonie - Divertissement sur un Thème de Fugue
*# Prélude (Anches fluides)
*# Adagio et Scherzetto (Cuivres doux)
* 1984 -- ''Petit symphonie landaise''
*# "As-Tu-Pédat"
*# "Cassecan"
*# Rondo final ("Lou Patissou" - "La Dacquoise")
* 1987 -- ''Trois Pièces caracteristiques''
*# Catalane
*# Sérénade
*# Valse
* 1992 -- ''In memoriam
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...
''
* 1992 -- ''Coup de vents''
* 1994 -- ''Symphonie des souvenirs''
* 1996 -- ''Caractères''
*# Air Tendre
*# Air Tranquille
*# Air Léger
*# Air Martial
* 2004 -- ''Sevillana''
* ''Cinq interludes en forme de danse''
* ''Classic suite'' Fantaisie en 6 numéros pour orchestre d'harmonie
*# Intrada
*# Danse
*# Choral
*# Rigaudon
*# Nocturne
*# Cortège (Final)
* ''Concertino'' pour accordion solo et orchestre d'harmonie
* ''Concerto grosso'' pour euphonium ou baryton, percussions et harmonie de chambre
* ''Concerto lyrique'' pour alto-saxophone et orchestre d'harmonie
*# Allegro - giocoso
*# Lent
*# Allegro - Scherzando
*# Allegro vivo
* ''Divertimento'' pour tuba et orchestre d'harmonie
* ''Fanfanera'' pour orchestre d'fanfare
* ''Fantasie sentimentale''
* ''Fortryssimo''
* ''France en chansons (la)'' pour chœur et orchestre d'harmonie
* ''Fugue''
* ''Jeux interdits''
* ''Jubile et Marche''
* ''Le Petit Quinquin''
* ''Litanies pour un samedi saint''
* ''Marche du fête''
* ''Menuet''
* ''Ouverture Ballet''
* ''Ouverture fédérale''
* ''Ouverture circonstancielle''
* ''Pour un Siecle Nouveau...''
* ''Sérénade''
* ''Suite parodique''
*# Ouverture miniature
*# Badinerie
*# Charleston
*# Marche
*# Fanfare finale
* ''Symphonie No. 4''
* ''Symphonie "Fidélité"''
*# 1er Mouvement
*# 2e Mouvement
*# 3e Mouvement
*# Finale
* ''Symphonie des saisons''
* ''Toccafuga - loca - Toccata''
* ''Toccarina''
* ''Variations sur la berceuse "Le Petit Quinquin"''
* ''Variations sur un thème montagnard''
Chamber works
* ''3 Esquisses'' pour 2 cors, 3 trompettes, 3 trombones et tuba
* ''3 Pièces N°2 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''12 Déchiffrages'' für verschiedene Gruppen von Instrumenten
* ''Cantabile et Caprice'' pour trombone et piano
* ''Cérès'' pour saxophone et piano
* ''Choral et Variations sur le Nom de
Tony Aubin
Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (; 8 December 1907 – 21 September 1981) was a French composer.
Life and Career
Aubin was born in Paris on 8 December 1907. From 1925 to 1930, he studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau (music theory ...
'' pour quatuor de clarinettes
* ''Concertino'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Concerto lyrique'' pour saxophone et piano
* ''Double-Fugue'' pour quatuor de clarinettes
* ''Double Fugue N°3 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Io'' pour flûte ou hautbois et piano
* ''Jupiter'' pour trompette et piano
* ''Légende N°9 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Lune'' pour trompette et piano
* ''Mars'' pour trompette et piano
* ''Mercure'' pour saxophone et piano
* ''Musique pour Cuivres'' pour 2 trompettes, tor, trombone, tuba
* ''Neptune'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Ouverture N°1 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Pallas'' pour cor et piano
* ''Pastorale N°4 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Petite Musique de Cuivres No. 1'' pour 2 trompettes, cor, trombone, tuba
* ''Petite Musique de Cuivres No. 2'' pour 2 trompettes, cor, trombone, tuba
* ''Petite Suite Pastorale'' pour 4 clarinettes en sib et clarinette basse
* ''Pluton'' pour saxophone et piano
* ''Pour Se Distraire'' pour 4 bassons
* ''Pour Se Divertir'' pour 3 bassons
* ''Prélude'' pour basson ou violoncelle et piano
* ''Préludes N°7 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Presto'' pour 4 clarinettes
* ''Ritournelle'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Romance'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Saturn'' pour saxophone et piano
* ''Soleil'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Sonatina'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Sonatine In C'' pour saxhorn basse (tuba) et piano
* ''Style Fugue N°6 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Suite d'Airs Populaires'' pour hautbois, clarinette et basson
* ''Suite pour quatuor de Trombones'' (1949)
* ''Suite Tocellane'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Symphonie des Clarinettes'' pour 6 clarinettes
* ''Terre'' pour trombone et piano
* ''Triptyque'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Tryptique'' pour harpe solo et sextuor (flûte, hautbois, clarinette, cor, basson, contrabasse)
* ''Trois vocalises'' pour hautbois et piano
* ''Tubissimo'' pour saxhorn basse en sib ou euphonium ou ophicléide en sib et piano
* ''Uranus'' pour trombone et piano
* ''Variations N°8 des 9 Grands Duos'' pour 2 clarinettes
* ''Véga'' pour trombone et piano
* ''Vénus'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Vesta'' pour clarinette et piano
* ''Voyages Imaginaires'' pour saxophone et piano, ou 2 violons et harpe, ou piano et violoncelle
Accordion Work
* ''Suite Brève'' für Akkordeon solo
Pedagogical works
* ''La Pédagogie des Ensembles de Clarinettes''
*# Volume 1: ''Pour les débutants'' pour 4 clarinettes
*# Volume 2: ''Choral'' pour 6 clarinettes
*# Volume 3: ''Gavotte'' pour 4 clarinettes
*# Volume 4: ''Prélude inaltéré'' pour 5 clarinettes
*# Volume 5: ''Comme une barcarolle'' pour 4 clarinettes
*# Volume 6: ''Petite fugue'' pour 2 clarinettes
*# Volume 7: ''Menuet'' pour 4 clarinettes
*# Volume 8: ''Marche promenade'' pour 6 clarinettes
*# Volume 9: ''Rhapsodie'' pour 5 clarinettes
References
Sources
*Rehrig, William F. Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Waterville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991 and 1996;
*Stoneham, Marshall. Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997;
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1921 births
2015 deaths
Concert band composers
People from Laon
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French male conductors (music)
French classical clarinetists
Place of death missing
Knights of the Legion of Honour
20th-century French conductors (music)
20th-century French male musicians