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{{short description|Swiss composer and conductor}}
{{short description|Swiss composer and conductor}}

[[File:Gustave Doret.jpg|thumb|250px|Gustave Doret.]]
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'''Gustave Doret''' (20 September 1866 – 19 April 1943) was a Swiss [[composer]] and [[conductor (music)|conductor]].
| name = Gustave Doret
| image = Gustave Doret.jpg
| caption = Deloncle in 1940
| birth_name = Gustave Charles Vincent Mathey-Doret
| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1866|9|20}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1943|4|19|1866|9|20}}
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| nationality = Swizz
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| occupation = Music [[composer]] and [[conductor (music)|conductor]]
| known_for = Founder of [[La Cagoule]]
| awards = [[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|50px]] [[Legion of Honour]] - Knight (1915)
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==Career==
==Career==
Doret was born in 1866 in [[Aigle]], [[Switzerland]]. He studied at the [[Berlin Academy of Music]] with [[Joseph Joachim]], and then at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] with [[Théodore Dubois]] and [[Jules Massenet]]. His career as a conductor began in 1894 in Paris, where he led the first performance of [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]]'s ''[[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]]''. He was second conductor of the Concerts d'Harcourt from 1893 to 1895 and director of the [[Opéra-Comique]] in the 1890s and 1900s. He was also the founder of the [[Théâtre du Jorat]], in [[Mézières, Vaud|Mézières]].
Doret was born in 1866 in [[Aigle]], [[Switzerland]]. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Music with [[Joseph Joachim]], and then at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] with [[Théodore Dubois]] and [[Jules Massenet]]. His career as a conductor began in 1894 in Paris, where he led the first performance of [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]]'s ''[[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]]''. He was second conductor of the Concerts d'Harcourt from 1893 to 1895 and director of the [[Opéra-Comique]] in the 1890s and 1900s. He was also the founder of the [[Théâtre du Jorat]], in [[Mézières, Vaud|Mézières]].


His two serious operas, heavily indebted to Massenet, were performed in Paris; his [[light opera]] and other stage works were far more popular across French-speaking Europe. In 1914, Doret returned to Switzerland and began studying local [[popular music]] and [[folk music]] traditions. He also wrote for Swiss newspapers and wrote a memoir, ''Temps et contretemps'', published in 1942.
His two serious operas, heavily indebted to Massenet, were performed in Paris; his [[light opera]] and other stage works were far more popular across French-speaking Europe. In 1914, Doret returned to Switzerland and began studying local [[popular music]] and [[folk music]] traditions. He also wrote for Swiss newspapers and wrote a memoir, ''Temps et contretemps'', published in 1942.
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Doret died 1943 in [[Lausanne]].
Doret died 1943 in [[Lausanne]].

==Awards==

Doset was made a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]] (decree: 17 February 1915).<ref>{{cite web|title=Mathey-Doret, Gustave Charles Vincent|website=National Archives - Léonore Database|location=France|date=13 February 1913|language=fr|url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/254184#show|access-date=5 August 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==

Revision as of 03:00, 7 August 2021

Career

Doret was born in 1866 in Aigle, Switzerland. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Music with Joseph Joachim, and then at the Conservatoire de Paris with Théodore Dubois and Jules Massenet. His career as a conductor began in 1894 in Paris, where he led the first performance of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. He was second conductor of the Concerts d'Harcourt from 1893 to 1895 and director of the Opéra-Comique in the 1890s and 1900s. He was also the founder of the Théâtre du Jorat, in Mézières.

His two serious operas, heavily indebted to Massenet, were performed in Paris; his light opera and other stage works were far more popular across French-speaking Europe. In 1914, Doret returned to Switzerland and began studying local popular music and folk music traditions. He also wrote for Swiss newspapers and wrote a memoir, Temps et contretemps, published in 1942.

Most of his output was vocal, and included operas, music theatre pieces, one oratorio, choral music, and more than 300 songs. His only instrumental works were two orchestral pieces, a string quartet, and a piano quintet. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Doret died 1943 in Lausanne.

Awards

Doset was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour (decree: 17 February 1915).[2]

Works

  • Les Sept paroles du Christ (1895), oratorio
  • Les Armaillis (1900), opera
  • Fête des Vignerons (1905)
  • Aliénor (1910), stage music
  • La Nuit des Quatre Temps (1910), stage music
  • Tell (1914), stage music
  • Fête des Vignerons (1927)
  • La Serv Ante d'Evolène (1937)

References

  1. ^ "Gustave Doret". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Mathey-Doret, Gustave Charles Vincent". National Archives - Léonore Database (in French). France. 13 February 1913. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Sources

  • Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 223.

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