The recordings often also have the last name of the researcher who taught the dance.Ī little history for some of the dances should be mentioned because it is not available elsewhere. There are biographies of many artists already on the web. Some of the recording artists could not be identified because they were originally archived on open reel without proper identification, and many recordings were made by anonymous folk ensembles. This helped give the music an edge because the musicians were under pressure similat to that in a live performance.
This is because they could not edit them, and so they had to record them in a complete take. The 78RPM recordings often have a vigor and life unsurpassed by modern recordings. From the soulful Macedonian, happy-happy Croatian, to the furious Russian-Ukranian melodies this music makes wonderful listening, but most importantly it demands to be danced. Many of the vinyl recordings are actually transcribed from older 78s. Most of it consists of 78RPM transcriptions. Personally he was very religious to the point of wanting to become a priest.Īt present, his most popular work is Marche funebre d'une marionette (Funeral March for a puppet), which was used by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock for the head of his program Alfred Hitchcock presents.This is a collection of music for folk dancing that has long been out of print. Of the first production stands out his Faust and the religious his immortal Ave Maria, in this last facet the anthem is framed. He excelled in his operatic and religious works. Gounod composed the hymn of the Vatican City. Even Debussy himself came to declare it "necessary" in that his aesthetic represented for that generation of Frenchmen a powerful counterweight to the overwhelming Wagnerian drive. His influence on other French composers such as Bizet, Saint-Saëns and Jules Massenet is undoubted. His catalog includes works in all genres, both sacred and profane. In life, however, he distinguished himself as one of the most prolific and respected French composers. Gounod is best known as the author of the opera Faust and the famous Ave Maria, based on the music of the first prelude of the well-tempered key of Johann Sebastian Bach. His success will come with the opera Faust in 1859. Later he will occupy the position of director of the Orpheón de Paris, between 18. Upon his return, he puts into practice his artistic program for sacred music.
At the age of 21 he won the Grand Prix of Rome in 1839, where he was impressed by the music of Palestrina in the Sistine Chapel. Violin Video Score ▶ youtu.be/Qgu50P5v0N8Ĭharles François Gounod (Paris, June 17, 1818-Saint-Cloud, October 18, 1893), was a French composer considered by 1900 the most important French musician of the nineteenth century.īorn in Paris, where his mother teaches him to play the piano, and in the same city goes to the Conservatory. Version: French Horn & Piano Accompaniment
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