Georges hue biography

Georges Hüe (6 May 1858, Versailles, France – 7 June 1948, Paris) was a French composer.
Georges Hüe was born into a family of architects.
Hue, Georges (Adolphe), French composer and teacher; b.

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Hue, Georges (Adolphe)

Hue, Georges (Adolphe), French composer and teacher; b. Versailles, May 6, 1858; d. Paris, June 7, 1948. After piano lessons with his mother, he studied counterpoint and fugue with Paladilhe and organ and composition with Franck and Reber at the Paris Cons. In 1879 he won the Prix de Rome with his cantata Médée and in 1881 he received the Prix Crescent with his comic operaLes pantins. He devoted himself to composing and teaching in Paris. In 1922 he succeeded to Saint-Saëns’ seat in the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Works

dramatic (all 1^st perf. in Paris): Les pantins, opéra comique (Dec. 18, 1881); Le roi de Paris, opera (April 26, 1901); litanìa, opera (1902; Jan. 20, 1903); Le miracle, opera (Dec.14, 1910); Dans l’ombre de la cathédrale, opera (Dec. 7, 1921); Siang-Sin, ballet-pantomime (March 12, 1924); Riquet à la houppe, comédie-musicale (Dec. 17, 1928). ORCH.:Rübezahl, symphonie legend (1886); Le Berger for Violin and Orch. (1893); Sym. (n.d.); etc. VOCAL:Médée, cantata (1879); choral pieces; songs.

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Musicalics

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Hue - Fantaisie Flute/Piano — Georges Hue

Flute, Piano — Softcover Book —
Composed by Georges Hue (1858-1948). Woodwind, Repertoire, Solos. Fantaisie. Softcover Book. Gerard Billaudot Editeur #CC1851. Published by Gerard Billaudot Editeur (HU.CC1851).
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Fantaisie — Georges Hue

flute and piano — Solo Part with Piano Reduction — Classical Period and 20th Century
Composed by Georges Hue (1858-1948). Classical Period and 20th Century. Solo Part with Piano Reduction. With Standard notation. Composed 1913. 16 pages. Duration 7h. Gerard Billaudot Editeur #524-00385. Published by Gerard Billaudot Editeur (PR.524003850).
Price: $16.00

Fantasie — Georges Hue

flute and piano — — Classical, Chamber Music
Composed by Georges Hue (1858-1948). Classical, Chamber Music. Published by Little Piper (LI.FP-H1).
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Gigue — Georges Hue

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Flute. Composed by Georges Hue (1858-1948). A

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Georges Hüe

French composer (1858–1948)

Georges Adolphe Hüe (6 May 1858 – 7 June 1948) was a French composer of classical music.

Biography

Hüe was born in Versailles into a noted family of architects. His musical education included studies with Charles Gounod and César Franck. In 1879, he won the Prix de Rome with his cantataMédée. Upon his return to Paris, the Opéra Comique produced his first stage work, Les Pantins ("The Jumping Jacks"). This plotless, two-act set-piece for four singers doubling roles completely ignored fashionable realist trends of the day, and won high acclaim. For the next twenty years, his musical career went in other directions.

Hüe returned to the stage with his first full-length opera, Le Roi de Paris, a historical drama with a subplot about unrequited love. His follow-up opera was Titania. Stimulated by fantasy and Shakespeare, this work is noteworthy for its impressionistic woodland scenes for chorus and orchestra. In 1910, the Opéra produced Le Miracle, a grand five-act work combining the mythological story of Pygmalion w