Daniel Lazarus
Daniel Lazarus (13 December 1898 – 27 June 1964) was a French conductor, composer, musicologist and pianist.
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Biography
Daniel Lazarus was born in Paris. Lazarus studied under Diemer, Leroux, and Vidal at the Paris Conservatory and received a 1st prize for piano, among other awards.
In addition to his work as a composer, he was musical director of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, of the Ballets Futuristes Italiens, the Paris Opéra-Comique (1936–39) and chorus master of the Paris Opéra (1946–56), then professor at the Schola Cantorum (from 1956). Furthermore, Lazarus worked as a reviewer of the magazine Europe and as a music critic of the daily Ce Soir.
As a composer authored works for orchestra (2 symphonies, concertos), music theater (operas, ballets, incidental music), vocal music and chamber music.
Private life
In early 1924, he married the Russian poet and activist Ariadna Scriabina, daughter of Alexander Scriabin. Although the marriage did not last, the couple had two daughters together, Tatiana-Miriam (1925) and Gilbert-Elizabeth (1926).
Works
Operas
- L'Illustre Magicien (1924; with libretto by Jean Richard Bloch, based on the novella of the same name by Arthur de Gobineau)
- La Véritable histoire de Wilhelm Meister (1927)
- Trumpeldor (1935)
- La Chambre bleue (1937; with libretto by Henry Prunières, based on the novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée)
Ballet
- Zaos et les Nymphes (1920)
- Krischna (1921)
- Le Roseau (1924; with choreography by Jean Börlin)
Orchestral
- Prelude to the 2nd act of the opera L'Illustre Magicien (1924)
- Concert (1928)
- Symphonie No. 1 (Symphonie avec hymne juif; for mixed choir and orchestra; libretto by Denise Alphandéry)
- Symphonie No. 2 (1938)
- Carnaval héroïque - Rhythmes de guerre (1945; for piano and orchestra)
- Stalag
- Escadrille
- Nostalgie
- Stalingrad
- Chanson ecossaise
- Rives d'Espagne dans le periscope
- La lettre arrivera-t-elle?
- Croix de Lorraine sommant le désert
- Nocturne
- Tarentelle sous les bombes
- Madame Tchang-Kaï-Chek
- Jeeps
- Lendemains qui chantent
- Fantaisie (for cello and orchestra)
- Suite concertante (for chamber orchestra)
Piano
- Deux pièces (1923)
- Fantaisie (1923)
- Six pièces (1923)
- Toccata (1931)
- Marche funèbre - extraite de la Symphonie avec hymne juif (1933; for piano four hands)
- Soir sur la ville insurgée - à Romain Rolland (1936)
- Carnaval héroïque - Rhythmes de guerre (1945; for piano)
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