Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Contents
1Life
2Compositions
o 2.1Works for orchestra
o 2.2Works for wind orchestra
o 2.3Masses and sacred music
o 2.4Cantatas
o 2.5Music theatre
2.5.1Stage music
o 2.6Works for choir
o 2.7Vocal music
o 2.8Chamber music
o 2.9Pieces for organ
o 2.10Pieces for piano
o 2.11Film scores
3Bibliography
4References
5External links
Life[edit]
Born in Montélimar, Planel was the son of the founder (1903) and director of the music
school in Montélimar, Alphonse Planel (1869-1947),[1] who himself from 1902 to 1947 was
conductor of the Harmonie municipale "La Lyre" montilienne and also composer. Planel
received violin lessons with René Chédécal, then 1st violinist of the Orchestre de l'Opéra
national de Paris. From 1922 to 1933 he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with, among
others, Firmin Touche (1875-1957)[2] (violin), Jean Gallon (1878-1959) (harmony), Georges
Caussade (1873-1936) (counterpoint) and with Henri Büsser (1872-1973) and Paul
Vidal (1863-1931) (musical composition). During his studies he worked as a violinist in
prominent cinemas in the French capital.
In 1933 he won the prestigious Prix de Rome for his cantata Idylle funambulesque. As a
result, he was able to study and work from 1934 to 1936 in Rome at the "Académie de
France" in the Villa Medici.
After the Second World War, he was Inspector General of the City of Paris and had great
merits for structuring the musical training institutes. From 1972 to 1974, he was one of the
co-founders of the urban conservatories of Paris and of the Paris region.
As a composer he wrote for various genres.
Compositions[edit]
Works for orchestra[edit]
1933: Idylle funambulesque, cantata for tenor, baritone, soprano and orchestra - after a
poem by Paul Arosa[3]
1986: La Cantate des Merveilles, cantata for mixed choir
Music theatre[edit]
Stage music[edit]
1932: Les Chasseresses, for women's choir and piano - lyrics: Jean Royère
1935: Menons le cortège funèbre, for mixed choir - lyrics: A. Praviel
1935: Saluons la demeure, for women's choir, piano and orchestra - lyrics: A. Prariel
1955-1956: Chanson de route, for mixed choir
1958: Nous n'irons plus au bois, for mixed choir
Quatre Noëls, for four equal voices and harp (or piano)
1. La jambe me fait mal
2. O douce nuit
3. Nous étions trois Bergerettes
4. Et Bon, Bon, Bon
Ecoutez tous bergers, for mixed choir and piano
Vocal music[edit]
1931: Les Biches, for soprano and three female voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano,
contralto) and orchestra - lyrics: Anna de Noailles
1931: Nymphea, for voice and orchestra
1932: Après la tempête, song and fugue based on a theme by Georges Hue
1932: Sérénade à Bettine, song for tenor and small orchestra - after a poem by Alfred
de Musset
1932 Soir, for tenor and piano - lyrics: Albert Samain
1933: La Mare, for tenor and piano - lyrics: Théophile Gautier
1933 Les Rêves d’amour, for voice and small orchestra - lyrics: F. Beissier
1933 Fin de journée, for tenor and orchestra (or piano) - lyrics: Henri de Régnier
1935 Quatre mélodies, for soprano and orchestra (or piano)
1. Le Marchand de sable - lyrics: Jacques Fourcade
2. Berceuse de la Poupée - lyrics: Tristan Klingsor
3. Le Fossoyeur
4. à son page - lyrics: Pierre de Ronsard
1936: Adorons cette croix
1936: Deux oiseaux
1938: Évasion de la jeunesse, four lieder - lyrics: Claude Chardon
1. Donnez-nous le printemps
2. La mer
3. La montagne
4. Dansons une vaste ronde
5. Sur le pont de Nantes
1947: La Poupée d’Hyde Park, for voices
A Cassandre, for tenor and piano (or orchestra) - lyrics: Pierre de Ronsard
Il était un roi, lied - lyrics: Maurice Carême
Soleil couchant, for voice and orchestra (or piano) - lyrics: José Maria de Heredia
Chamber music[edit]
1970: Epythalame
1982: Prélude, Aria et Final about the old name of Montélimar
Pieces for piano[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan [de]: Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens, 4.
Auflage, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
Jean-Marie Londeix: Musique pour saxophone, volume II : répertoire général des
œuvres et des ouvrages d' enseignement pour le saxophone, Cherry Hill: Roncorp
Publications, 1985.
Nicole Lacombe, Alain Lacombe: Des compositeurs pour l'image - (Cinema et
Television), Neuilly sur Seine: Musique et promotion editeur, 1982., 602 p.
References[edit]
1. ^ Alphonse Planel on BNF
2. ^ Firmin Touche on Gallica
3. ^ Paul Arosa on BNF
4. ^ Jean Planel
External links[edit]
(in French) Official website
(in French) Catalogue
(in French) Biography
Robert Planel, Concerto pour trompette (YouTube)