Raoul Bardac

Raoul Bardac (30 March 1881 – 30 July 1950) was a French classical composer and pianist.[1]

Biography

Born in Paris in 1881, Bardac was Emma Bardac's son and became Claude Debussy's stepson after the marriage of the latter to his mother.[2] He is the brother of Hélène Bardac,[3] known as Dolly, who became Madame Gaston de Tinan[4] and until her death in 1985, the beneficiary of Debussy's work.[5]

Bardac inherited Debussy's Blüthner piano and took it to Meyssac when he retired. This piano was acquired by the Musée Labenche [fr] at Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1989.[6]

Bardac died in Meyssac at the age of 69.

Works

  • Fleurs de crépuscule for voice and piano, lyrics by André Lebey [fr] (Mercure de France, 1899)
  • Cinq Mélodies (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
  • Trois Stances de Jean Moréas (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
  • Tel qu'en songe (words: Henri de Régnier) (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
  • Horizons, first collection (Paris: E. Demets, 1906)
  • Esclavage (words by Henry Gauthier-Villars) (Paris: A.-Z. Mathot, 1910)
  • Horizons, second collection (Paris: E. Demets, 1912)
  • Petite suite majeure, for piano 4-hands (Paris: A. Durand, 1914)
  • Simone (words by Remy de Gourmont) (Paris: A. Durand, 1914)

Bibliography

  • Hommage à Raoul Bardac: Paris 1881 – Meyssac 1950 (Meyssac: Association Culture et Patrimoine du Canton de Meyssac, 2006)

References

  1. ^ "ccm :: Bardac, Raoul Bardac". composers-classical-music.com.
  2. ^ "The Blüthner". www.litart.co.uk.
  3. ^ Hélène Bardac
  4. ^ Hélène de Tinan on data.bnf.fr
  5. ^ Ornella Volta, Erik Satie. Correspondance presque complète (Fayard/IMEC, 2000), p. 664.
  6. ^ Cahiers Debussy (Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, 2007), p. 84.