Émile Desportes
Émile Desportes (born in Pont l'Evêque[disambiguation needed], France)(1878 - death date unknown) was a French composer, conductor, painter, inventor and explorer.[1] His daughter was the composer Yvonne Desportes (1907).[2][3][4]
Desportes was originally a lawyer at Caen, then professor of music and conductor.[5] He studied composition with Paul Dukas, but soon became more interested in other activities.
After the Second World War, Desportes became rich from his inventions.[citation needed] He also painted, in a style influenced by Henri Rousseau, and even made a short film of Rousseau's life.[citation needed] In the 1950s Desportes embarked on an expedition to the Amazon basin, partly to study the music of the Amazonian tribes.[citation needed]
Works
Most of his compositions were written for wind instruments, but he also wrote songs,[6] and his best known piece is pastorale joyeuse for flute and guitar.
References
- ↑ Revue internationale de musique française Société internationale de musique française - 1982 "Yvonne Desportes (1) est née le 18 juillet 1907 à Cobourg (Saxe), d'un père français, originaire de Pont l'Evêque, compositeur et chef d'orchestre, et d'une mère d'origine allemande, peintre et couturière de modèles."
- ↑ Qui est qui en France Jacques Lafitte, Stephen Taylor, Jacques Lafitte - 1977 ".. Compositeur de musique. Née le 18 juillet 1907 à Cobourg ( Allemagne) Fille d'Emile Desportes. Compositeur de musique, et de Mme, née Berthe Froriep. Mar. en secondes noces le 26 juin 1937 à Ulysse Gémignani, ..."
- ↑ Revue internationale de musique française Société internationale de musique française - 1982 "Au piano est assis le compositeur, la silhouette blonde et fine, d'une élégance toute simple. ... Son père, Emile Desportes, lui enseigne les premiers rudiments musicaux et, en 1918, la fait admettre dans une classe de solfège au ..."
- ↑ "Née à Cobourg en 1907, d'un père compositeur / chef d'orchestre et d'une mère peintre, Yvonne Desportes avant l'âge de douze ans a écrit sa première œuvre, le Congé de Papa et exposé ses tableaux de peinture !"
- ↑ Nouvelle revue musicale Léon Vallas - 1903 "... le 29 novembre 1908, " Emile Desportes, d'abord avocat à Caen, devenu professeur de musique, chef d'orchestre et éditeur des ..."
- ↑ Le Fureteur breton: bulletin documentaire 1908 "Le chanteur Marius Bouteloup, poète à ses heures, a écrit les paroles de trois gracieuses mélodies d'Émile Desportes : Ariette, Noèl d'amour, Ma mie Rosette, éditées chez Roudanez"
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