Alfred Georges Bachelet 1864-1944

[giles.enders]

Alfred Georges Bachelet  Born 26.2.1864 Paris - Died 10.2.1944 Nancy

He studied under Ernest Giraud at The Paris Conservatoire, winning The Prix de Rome with his cantata 'Cleopatre' in 1890.  He was considered by some as the French Wagner.  From 1907 he was conductor and chorus master at the Paris Opera, then from 1919 until his death, he was director of The Nancy Conservatoire.

Orchestral

Suryah - Symphonic poem
Joie - Symphonic poem
Ballade for violin and orchestra (also for violin and piano)  1919  pub. by A Durand & Son
Barcarolle, nocturne et petit historie for violin, cello, piano and orchestra
Poem for cello and orchestra

Chamber

Dans la Montagne, ballade for cello or horn and piano in C major  1907  pub. by Evette & Schaeffer

Piano

Two pieces; Barcarolle nocturne, Petite histoire. 1889 pub. by A Durand & Son.
Two impromptus  1894
Fantasie melancolique  1895
Berceuse

Song

Pale etoile du Soir  in E major  Words by de Musset pub. by Heugel et Cie.  1894
Chere Nuit  1897
Beloved Night with piano or or orchestral accompaniment
La Chanson destrois
Tendresse
Le dormeur du Val  in E major  words by Arther Rimbaud  pub. by Heugel et coe.
Vocal

Cleopatra - cantata

Ballet

Night Fantasy
La Fete chez la Poupliniere

Opera

Scemo  1914
Quand la Cloche Sonnera (When the bell rings)  1922  pub. by Heugel
Un Jardin sur l'oronte  1932

[FBerwald]

Interesting catalog... If the Symphonic poem - Suryah refers to the [east] Indian "Surya" it would mean the Sun or Sun God! Quite intriguing.

[semloh]

Yes, indeed!

We need to try and locate some recordings.... Arkiv lists 17 items on CD, but they are all short piano pieces or songs within collections, and there are some similar items on YouTube.... but sadly no orchestral music. 

[eschiss1]

Can't find any other recordings either at the moment. Among scores there is a Chant nuptial for piano trio that I don't see listed (published in Paris around 1905) and 2 pieces for violin and piano (Durand, ©1923) (also 2 pieces for violin or cello and orchestra - Durand, ©1927- which might be an orchestration of the former, or could be a different work - I don't know... likewise the "Deux pièces inséparables pour violon ou violoncelle ou alto et orchestre" mentioned @ Worldcat.) Hamelle later (1927) published (possibly an edited edition of the 1905 work above) a "Chant nuptial, pour violon, violoncelle, orgue ou piano et harpe".  BNF's listing for Bachelet mentions an intriguing piano quartet but it turns out to be by someone else - Brahms - just listed under Bachelet because Bachelet edited ("édition revue par...") Brahms' 3 violin sonatas and first two piano quartets (and some other chamber works, not least 2 of the composer's piano trios...) in the late 1920s/early 1930s.