ROPARTZ, Joseph Guy
b Guingamp, Cotes-du-Nord, 15 June 1864
d Lanloup, 22 November 1955, aged ninety-one
At the Jesuit College in Vannes he played bugle, horn and double-bass. He read law at Rennes and graduated in 1885, but decided on a musical career and went to the Paris Conservatory, later studying with Franck. In 1894 he became director of the Nancy Conservatory, leaving in 1919 to go to Strasbourg. He retired to Brittany in 1929 but continued to compose. He was made a member of the Institut Français in
1949.
1887 (23)
La cloche des morts, for orchestra
1888 (24)
Les Landes, for orchestra
Marche de fête
1889 (25)
Cinq pieces brèves, for orchestra
Carnaval, for orchestra
1892 (28)
Serenade
1893 (29)
Le diable couturier, opera
Dimanche breton, for orchestra
String Quartet No 1 in G minor
1900 (36)
Five Motets
1904 (40)
Cello Sonata No 1 in E major
1907 (43)
Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor
Pastorale and Dance, for oboe and orchestra
1911-12 (47-8)
String Quartet No 2 in D minor
Serenade, for string quartet
1912 (48)
Le Pays, opera
A Marie endormie, for orchestra
La Chasse du Prince Arthur, for orchestra
1913 (49)
Soir sur les Chaumes, for orchestra
Dans l'ombre de la montagne, for orchestra
1915 (51)
Divertissement No 1
1917 (53)
Violin Sonata No 2 in E major
Musiques au jardin, for orchestra
1918 (54)
Piano Trio in A minor
Cello Sonata No 2 in A minor (1918-19)
1924-5 (60-1)
String Quartet No 3 in G major
1926 (62)
Romance and Scherzino for violin and orchestra
1928 (64)
Rhapsody, for cello and orchestra
1933 (69)
Serenade champêtre
1937 (73)
Requiem, with orchestra
1942 (78)
De profundis, with orchestra
1943 (79)
Indiscret, ballet
Petite Symphonie
1947 (83)
Divertissement No 2
Ropartz also composed five symphonies (1895-1945), No 3 with soloists and chorus.