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Ropartz piece in e flat minor9/20/2023 ![]() Ropartz reconstituted from memory the orchestration of Magnard's opera Guercoeur, which had been lost in the fire.įrom 1919 to 1929 Ropartz was director of the Strasbourg Conservatory. His house was destroyed, along with several musical manuscripts. In the early stages of World War I his friend and fellow composer Albéric Magnard was killed defending his house from German invaders. He also supported Breton regional autonomy, joining the Breton Regionalist Union in 1898. Ropartz was associated with the Breton cultural renaissance of the era, setting to music the words of Breton writers such as Anatole Le Braz and Charles Le Goffic. ![]() He also founded the season of symphonic concerts with the newly created orchestra of the Conservatory, ancestor of the Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. He was appointed director of the Nancy Conservatory (at the time a National school branch of the Paris Conservatory) from 1894 to 1919, where he established classes in viola in 1894, trumpet in 1895, harp and organ in 1897, then trombone in 1900. He later studied the organ under César Franck. In 1885 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, studying under Théodore Dubois, then Jules Massenet, where he became a close friend of the young Georges Enesco. Ropartz was born in Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A minor), stage works, a number of choral works and other music including a Prélude, Marine et Chansons for flute, harp and string trio. Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (J– November 22, 1955) was a French comp… Read Full Bio ↴ Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (J– November 22, 1955) was a French composer and conductor.
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