Hue, Georges (Adolphe)
Hue, Georges (Adolphe)
Hue, Georges (Adolphe), French composer and teacher; b. Versailles, May 6, 1858; d. Paris, June 7, 1948. After piano lessons with his mother, he studied counterpoint and fugue with Paladilhe and organ and composition with Franck and Reber at the Paris Cons. In 1879 he won the Prix de Rome with his cantata Médée and in 1881 he received the Prix Crescent with his comic opera Les pantins. He devoted himself to composing and teaching in Paris. In 1922 he succeeded to Saint-Saëns’ seat in the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Works
dramatic (all 1st perf. in Paris): Les pantins, opéra comique (Dec. 18, 1881); Le roi de Paris, opera (April 26, 1901); litanìa, opera (1902; Jan. 20, 1903); Le miracle, opera (Dec.14, 1910); Dans l’ombre de la cathédrale, opera (Dec. 7, 1921); Siang-Sin, ballet-pantomime (March 12, 1924); Riquet à la houppe, comédie-musicale (Dec. 17, 1928). ORCH.: Rübezahl, symphonie legend (1886); Le Berger for Violin and Orch. (1893); Sym. (n.d.); etc. VOCAL: Médée, cantata (1879); choral pieces; songs.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire