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Albert Roussel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Albert Roussel , 1869-1937, French composer, studied with Vincent D'Indy. His early works show the influence of impressionism. With the symphonic poem Pour une fête de printemps (1920) and his Second Symphony (1919-21) he achieved a highly personal style marked by subtlety of melodic inflection, sharp dissonance, and contrapuntal agility. He wrote operas, ballets, four symphonies, chamber and vocal works, and music for piano. Best known are the suites from his ballets The Spider's Feast (1913) and Bacchus and Ariadne (1931). Author not available, ROUSSEL, ALBERT.... Read more

Albert Roussel
Albert Roussel Albert Roussel (1869-1937) was one of the most...than those of his contemporaries. Albert Roussel was born in Tourcoing, a town close...Additional Sources Deane, Basil, Albert Roussel, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press... Read more

Roussel, Albert (Charles Paul Marie)
Roussel, Albert (Charles Paul Marie) ( b Tourcoing, 1869; d Royan, 1937). Fr. composer. Despite showing mus. tendencies as a child, began career...x2013;18, thereafter devoting himself to comp. and living secluded life because of ill-health. Once free of d'Indy influence, Roussel developed a neo-classical ... Read more

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	A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ALBERT ROUSSEL'S A GLORIOUS DAY, OP. 48 ; ...Notwithstanding, French composer Albert Roussel (1869-1937) composed A Glorious...frequent. A Biographical Sketch Albert Roussel's career in music was circuitous...love for the sea. Now a civilian, Roussel showed his compositions to Julien... Read more
	Children of fortune: coming into billions, Athina Roussel and Albert von Thurn und Taxis inherit not only untold wealth, but also speculation that their checkered family histories will repeat themselves. (Feature). ; ...billionaires. Athina Roussel and Albert von Thurn und Taxis are...and Frenchman Thierry Roussel, front row at Chanel...change her bonfire plans. Albert's inheritance is less...press then reported that Albert's 61,000 acres of forests... Read more
	CLASSICAL Roussel Symphony No 2/Bacchus et Ariadne-Eschenbach/ Orchestre de Paris ONDINE * ABC DISCS ; ...and master of orchestral colour, Albert Roussel (1869-1937) was held back by his...de Paris, whose admiration for Roussel's ballet Bacchus et Ariadne (1931...finely honed throughout this disc, Roussel**'s brilliance appears in short flashes... Read more
	Classical Music: Double Play: Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane;Le festin de l'araignee BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9494) ; ...then we're into the familiar Roussel stomp, a kind of fleshy neo-baroq...immortality about it) which Roussel has held patiently, prudently...ancient Greece. ES Look for Albert Roussel in the music dic-tionaries...Hindemith, and in some of Roussel's English contemporaries...a thing as an ... Read more
	Robert L. Roussel ; ...great-grandchildren. Surviving are his wife, Rita C. (Moriarty) Roussel; a daughter, Cindy (Marty Berns), of Dubuque; three sons, Randy (Lynne) Roussel, of Dubuque, Mike (Kelly) Roussel, of Dodge Center, Minn., and Jay (Jo Ann) Roussel, of Dubuque; 11 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; four ... Read more
	India drug maker Albert David ties up with Japan's Ajinomoto. ; ...MUMBAI, India -- Kolkata-based pharmaceutical company Albert David has entered into an agreement with Japanese chemicals...developing amino acid-based products and will also give Albert David the rights to sell Ajinomoto's products in India. Albert David already has a tie-up with Roussel Morishita ... Read more
	The Arts: Having a ball in the Albert Hall Concerts ; ...broadcast live on Radio 3. For much of Tuesday evening at the Albert Hall, you wondered whether this amounted to an unnecessary...performance of Poulenc's Les biches and a powerful rendition of Roussel's Symphony No 3. Annick Massis sang a party piece each from... Read more
	Arts: Between light and shade Classical: PROMS 29 & 30 ROYAL ALBERT HALL / R3 LONDON ; ...comfortable at home than in the stifling heat at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday - although, as presenter Penny Gore told us...some spirited playing from the BBC Concert Orchestra, though Roussel's muscle-bound Third Symphony would have benefited from fuller-ton... Read more
	CLASSICAL: PROM 60 ROYAL ALBERT HALL LONDON / RADIO 3 ; ...roles for both cello and orchestra in a continuous five- movement form that is darkly dramatic as well as sensuous. Albert Roussel also had a hedonistic element in his make-up, though the neo-Classical scores for which he's best remembered are gritty... Read more
	The Arts: Classical: How Schumann responds to vigour and virtuosity PROMS 32-34 ROYAL ALBERT HALL LONDON ; ...Kafka which works as Twenties pastiche. And the Short Symphony? Rhythmically alert despite melodic poverty - but not quite Roussel. Another anniversary on Wednesday, the 25th of Shostakovich's death, brought blockbusters from the National Orchestra of Wales... Read more

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