Léon Vallas(17 May 1879 inRoanne– 9 May 1956 in Lyon) was a 20th-century Frenchmusicologist.
Biography
editOrphaned at 8 years of age, after studying at the St. Mary's Institution atSt. Chamond,held by theMarists,he passed his baccalaureate and studied medicine in Lyon, which he dropped out. In 1908, he defended a thesis of musicology onLa Musique à l'Académie de Lyon au XVIIIe( "Music at the Academy of Lyon in the 17th Century" ).
A collaborator ofVincent d'Indy,in 1902 he became amusic criticatTout Lyon,then foundedLa Revue musicale de Lyonin 1903,[1]which later became theRevue française de musiquein 1912, and then theNouvelle revue musicalein 1920.[2]He was involved in the creation of the "Société des grands concerts" in 1905, with the composerGeorges Martin Witkowskiand the construction of theSalle Rameauin 1908.
A physician during the war, he received his doctorate in 1919 onUn Siècle de musique et de théâtre à Lyon (1688–1789)( "A Century of Music and Theatre in Lyon (1688–1789)" ) and returned toLe Progrèsin Lyon where he was a music critic for 35 years.
In 1925, he founded the "Conférences de musique vivante" in Paris and taught courses at theSorbonnefrom 1928 to 1930.[2]From 1929 to 1935, he lectured worldwide for theAlliance Française,which led him to be madeChevalier de la Légion d'honneurin 1934.
He was elected president of the Société française de musicologie in 1937, until 1943[3]and a member of theAcademy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyonin 1947. He applied twice (1924 and 1941), unsuccessfully, to the leadership of theConservatoire de musique de Lyon.
He married pianist and singer Paule de Lestang[4]in 1936, and then resided until his death at 286 rue Vendôme, in Lyon.
His biographies ofFranck,DebussyandD'Indyconstitute the essence of his work as a historian.[3]
Publications
edit- La Musique à l'Académie de Lyon au dix-huitième siècle(Lyon: Éditions de la Revue musicale de Lyon, 1908) (Read online)
- Le Théâtre et la Ville: 1694–1712[5](Lyon: Cumin et Masson, 1919)
- Debussy (1862–1918)(Paris:Plon,1926)
- Un Siècle de musique et de théâtre à Lyon (1688–1789)[6](Lyon: Masson, 1932)
- Les Idées de Claude Debussy, musicien français[7](Paris: Éditions musicales de la Librairie de France, 1927; translated into English by Maire O'Brien, Oxford: University Press, 1929)
- Claude Debussy et son temps[8](Paris: F. Alcan, 1932; reissued Paris:Albin Michel,1958; translated into German, Munich: Nymphenburger Verlags-Handlung, 1961)
- Achille-Claude Debussy(Paris:Presses universitaires de France,1944) (rééd. 1949)
- Vincent d'Indy(Paris:Albin Michel,2 vols. (1.La Jeunesse, 1851–1886,1946; 2.La Maturité, la vieillesse, 1886–1931,1949)
- La Véritable histoire de César Franck(Paris:Flammarion,1955)[9]
References
edit- ^Dufourcq 1956,p. 101.
- ^abChristiane Spieth-Weissenbacher (2001). "Vallas, Léon".Grove Music Online.Oxford Music Online.Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28937.
- ^abJean Roy,"Vallas (Léon)", inMarc Vignal(2005).Dictionnaire de la musique(in French). Paris: Larousse. p. 1012.ISBN2-03-505545-8.OCLC896013420.Vignal 2005.
- ^Paule de Lestang,chanteuse, pianiste et claveciniste: une musicienne aux multiples talentson Symétrie
- ^Le Théâtre et la Ville: 1694-1712on Jestor
- ^Un siècle de musique et de théâtre à Lyon (1688-1789)on WorldCat
- ^Les idées de Claude Debussy, musicien françaison WorldCat
- ^Vallas, Léon (1958)."Claude Debussy et son temps".
- ^La Véritable Histoire de César Franckon World Cat
Bibliography
edit- Philippe Lebreton and Jean-Frédéric Schmitt, "Léon Vallas" inCentenaire de l’orchestre de Lyon 1905-2005BnF40089578m
- Dufourcq, Norbert(1956). "Léon Vallas, 1879–1956".Revue de musicologie(in French). Vol. 38, no. 114. pp. 101–104.ISSN0035-1601.JSTOR928000.
External links
edit- Fonds Léon Vallasof theBibliothèque municipale de Lyon
- Biographie(2014) on sbla-lyon.fr
- Léon Vallason IdRef
- Léon Vallason Prosopo
