Jacques Charlot
Jacques Louis Albert Charlot (13 September 1885 – 3 March 1915) was a French composer. He was killed in action, mort pour la France during World War I.
Charlot was born on 13 September 1885 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.[1][2]
A nephew of the music publisher Jacques Durand,[3] he published with the firm Éditions Durand numerous compositions for piano as well as many transcriptions of the works of others, most notably Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.[4] He wrote reductions for single piano two hands of Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye; of the 3rd movement, Habanera, of his Rapsodie espagnole; and of the 1st piece of his Sites auriculaires for two pianos.[5] He reduced for piano Debussy's Première rhapsodie[6] and the Petite pièce.[7] Of Debussy's other work, he transcribed for piano four hands "Golliwogg's Cake Walk" from Children's Corner,[8] Hommage à Haydn[9] and four Préludes.[10]
Mobilized during World War I, he served as a lieutenant in the 170th infantry regiment and was killed at the front at the Col de la Chapelotte on 3 March 1915.[2][11] Ravel dedicated the prelude of his suite Le Tombeau de Couperin to him,[12] Debussy the 2nd movement of his En blanc et noir.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archives numérisées d'état civil de Paris, 1885, 17e arr., acte de naissance n° 3064, vue 22/31".
- ^ a b "Jacques Louis Albert Charlot". www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ François-René Tranchefort (1987). Guide de la musique de piano et de clavecin. Paris: Fayard. p. 324. ISBN 2-213-01639-9.
- ^ "Jacques Charlot (18..-1915?)". data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Marnat 1986, p. 327.
- ^ Lesure 2003, p. 546.
- ^ Lesure 2003, p. 549.
- ^ Lesure 2003, p. 543.
- ^ Lesure 2003, p. 545.
- ^ a b Lesure 2003, p. 547.
- ^ "Archives numérisées d'état civil de Paris, 1915, 7e arr., acte de décès n° 1640, vue 26/31".
- ^ Marnat 1986, p. 435.
Bibliography
[edit]- Marnat, Marcel (1986). Maurice Ravel (in French). Paris: Fayard. ISBN 2-213-01685-2..
- Lesure, François (2003). Claude Debussy (in French). Paris: Fayard. ISBN 2-213-61619-1..
External links
[edit]- Charlot, Jacques at International Music Score Library Project