Marcel Chadeigne

Alexis Marcel Félicien Chadeigne (2 January 1876[1] – 2 January 1926[2]) was a French classical pianist and composer.

He was composer Alain Bernaud's grandfather.

Life

Born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, son of the composer Félicien Chadeigne, he was a student of Charles de Bériot at the Conservatoire de Paris where he became a friend and fellow student of Ravel and Ricardo Viñes.[3] After winning a first piano prize in 1895 and a second piano accompaniment prize in 1899,[4] Chadeigne became a pianist, singing conductor (1901-1904), then assistant conductor and choir director[5] at the Opéra de Paris (1909-1925),[6] piano teacher at the Schola Cantorum de Paris[7] and professor of solfège at the Conservatoire in 1919, a position from which he resigned in December 1924[8] for health reasons.

Chadeigne died one year later on his fiftieth birthday and was buried in the strictest privacy[9] in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery

Career

Apart from a few piano transcriptions of works for orchestra, there are no known original creations by Marcel Chadeigne or, at least, they have not been preserved.[10] Between 1895 and 1925, he divided his time between a career as a concert performer, a singing master at the Opera, a professor of solfege at the Conservatory and a jury member in piano competitions. As a pianist, he is best known for his interpretations of works by Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel and overall Claude Debussy who loved "the persuasive style and intelligent musicality[11] of his performer.

His wife,[12] Camille Mouveau[13] singer at the Opera, led a career as a contralto with her husband sometimes accompanying her on stage. Their daughter Odette (1902-2002) was also a lyrical singer under the name "Miss Chadeigne".

Awards

References
  1. birth certificate n° 31 (view 6/31). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil registry of the 18th arrondissement, birth register of 1876.
  2. deaths certificat n° 11 (view 2/31). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 16th arrondissement, 1926 death register.
  3. Musique. Concerts Engel-Bathori. Mercure de France, 16 January 1908, p. 336, available at Gallica.
  4. Courrier des théâtres. Le Figaro, 6 July 1899, p. 4, available at Gallica.
  5. Informations. Opéra. Comoedia, 30 October 1919, p. 3, available at Gallica.
  6. Alain Pâris, Le Nouveau Dictionnaire des interprètes, 2015 ()
  7. Pierre Guillot, Déodat de Sévérac: la musique et les lettres, 2002, p. 235
  8. La musique. Au Conservatoire; Nomination et démission. Comoedia, 24 December 1924, p. 2, available at Gallica.
  9. Informations. Le monde et la ville. Le Journal, 12 January 1926, p. 2, available at Gallica.
  10. Le Monde et la Ville. Le Figaro, 29 May 1909, p. 2, available at Gallica, which evokes a young composer already very appreciated.
  11. Claude Debussy. Le Ménestrel, 18 June 1920, p. 250, available at Gallica.
  12. Marriage certificate no. 848 (view 7/31). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 6th arrondissement, 1901 marriage register.
  13. In the press of the time, she was referred to as "Camille Chadeigne, "Mme Chadeigne" or "Mme Marcel Chadeigne.
  14. Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-arts. Journal Officiel, 4 January 1904, p. 163, available at Gallica.
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