Durand
Durand. Fr. mus. publishers (Durand, Schoenewerk, & Cie) founded 1869 in Paris by mus. critic Auguste Durand (1830–1909). Became Durand et Fils 1891. Complete editions of Rameau begun 1894 (ed. Saint-Saëns). Pubd. editions of Chopin by Debussy and of Schumann by Fauré. Composers in firm's list incl. Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Milhaud, Poulenc, d'Indy, Messiaen, Ibert, and others.
More From encyclopedia.com
Charles Camille Saint-saens , Saint-Saëns, Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns
Composer, pianist
A piano prodigy in his youth but an estimable personage in French music as an adult, Camil… Saint , saint [O.Fr., from Latin sanctus=holy], in Christianity, a person who is recognized as worthy of veneration.
Nature of Sainthood
In the Hebrew Script… Yves Saint Laurent , Saint Laurent, Yves
A direct heir of the couture tradition of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent e… Charles Augustin Sainte-beuve , Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
The French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869), who developed a very personal technique of litera… Saint David , Saint David
Saint David
Saint David (c. 520-c. 601) is the patron saint of doves, poets, and Wales. One source calls him "perhaps the most celebrated… Isidore Geoffroy Saint-hilaire , GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, ISIDORE
(b. Paris, France, 16 December 1805; d. Paris, 10 November 1861),
zoology, acclimatization, zookeeping, natural histo…
About this article
Durand
All Sources -
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Durand