Maurice Hippolyte Dumesnil (20 April 1884 – 26 August 1974) was a French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

, Dumesnil studied the piano at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

with

Isidore Philipp Isidor Edmond Philipp (first name sometimes spelled Isidore) (2 September 1863 – 20 February 1958) was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue of Jewish Hungarian descent. He was born in Budapest and died in Paris. Biography Isidor Philipp ...

, and was a pupil of

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

. He undertook successful concert tours throughout Europe and America. Starting in 1915, he played in trio with violinist

Jules Boucherit Jules Boucherit (29 March 1877 – 1 April 1962) was a French violinist and renowned violin pedagogue. Jules Boucherit was born in Morlaix. He attended the Conservatoire de Paris, studying under Jules Garcin. Later he taught at the same conserva ...

and cellist André Hekking. He was a member of the piano management committees at the Paris Conservatory, the

École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (Engl ...

and the

American Conservatory The Fontainebleau Schools were founded in 1921, and consist of two schools: ''The American Conservatory'', and the ''School of Fine Arts at Fontainebleau''. History When the United States entered First World War the commander of its army, Genera ...

. Based in the United States, Dumesnil was married to Evangeline Marie Lehman (1896-1975), a composer. He also published several books on Debussy's piano music (
How to Play and Teach Debussy
',
Claude Debussy, Master of Dreams
', 1940). Dumesnil died at Highland Park, in

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

(United States).

External links

Michigan University, Bentley historical library

Ampico--"The Dancing Marionette"- Opus 11, by Henry-played by Maurice Dumesnil
1920 recording {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumesnil, Maurice 1884 births 1974 deaths People from Angoulême Conservatoire de Paris alumni 20th-century French male classical pianists Debussy scholars