Marc Marie Jean Baptiste Delmas (28 March 188530 November 1931) was a French

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composer and writer.

Life and career

Marc Delmas was born in

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, France, and studied at the

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with

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and

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. He won the Prix Rossini in 1911 with ''Anne Marie'', Second Grand

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with his cantata ''Le et la Fée Poète'' and later the Prix Cressent and Prix Ambroise-Thomas. In 1914 Delmas and

Marcel Dupré Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré (; 3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Early life and education Born in Rouen into a wealthy musical family, Marcel Dupré was a child prodigy. His father Aimable Albert Dupré ...

were tied for first prize on the first ballot of the Prix de Rome, and

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

was called in to break the tie. He voted for Dupré, and Delmas took second prize. Delmas taught music in Paris, and was a biographer of noted musicians. He took part in the choral movement and participated in the Conseil Superieur de la Musique Populaire. He died in Paris at the age of 46.

Works

Delmas was a prolific composer, known primarily for his stage works, but he was also author of choral, solo and chamber music. Selected works include: *''Laïs'', opera 1908 *''Sylvette'', operetta 1932 *''Camille'', opera comique *''Balade féerique'' for French Horn and piano *''Promenade for Clarinet and Piano'' (1920) *''Lusacienne'', rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1928) *''Choral et Variations Op.37'' for trumpet and piano *''Messe de requiem'' *''Le Masque'' for solo voice *''Fantaisie Italienne'' for clarinet and piano His music was used in the film ''The Little Thing'' in 1923, and recorded and issued on CD including: *''Recital Favorites for Clarinet and Piano by Eugene Bozza, Gabriel Grovlez, Andre Bloch, Philippe Gaubert and Marc Delmas'' (2005) *''Musique Française pour Cuivres et Piano by Andre Chpelitch, Marc Delmas, Henri Dutilleux, Pierre Gabaye and Pierick Houdy'' (2007) *''Solos de Concours II: Music from the Premier Prix by Charles-Marie Widor, Arthur Coquard, Charles Edouard Lefebvre, Max D'Ollone and Marc Delmas'' (2005) Delmas also wrote books including: *''

Gustave Charpentier Gustave Charpentier (; 25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera ''Louise (opera), Louise''.Langham Smith R., "Gustave Charpentier", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 19 ...

et le Lyrisme Francais'' (1931) *''

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', w ...

, 1838–1875'' (1930)

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* * * , Stephen Johnson, clarinet; Soojin Joo, piano {{DEFAULTSORT:Delmas, Marc French operetta composers People from Saint-Quentin, Aisne 1885 births 1931 deaths French opera composers French male opera composers Prix de Rome for composition Conservatoire de Paris alumni French music educators 20th-century French classical composers French male writers 20th-century French male musicians 20th-century French male writers