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Henri Gagnebin
1886 - 1977
Belgium | Switzerland
| H. Gagnebin |
Henri Gagnebin (13/03/1886 - 02/06/1977), a Swiss organist, writer on music and composer. He was born in Liège, Belgium. The University of Geneva bestowed a doctor's degree honoris causa on him.
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians and http://www.classicos.hpg.ig.com.br/index2.htm |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis (picture) |
Requiem des vanités du monde
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1939 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Jules Baillods (1889-1952) |
Requiem des vanités du monde (Requiem of the vanities of the world), composed in 1938/1939, is for solo voices, chorus, organ and orchestra.
| Source: | Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis |
Requiem des vanités du monde: O mort, o nuit profonde! = Requiem von der Welt Nichtigkeit: O Tod, o tiefe Nacht!
Oratorio.
Original text in French: Jules Baillods. Translated in German: Frédéric Liebstoeckl.
Printed: Genève, Henn, 1944.
Original text in French: Jules Baillods. Translated in German: Frédéric Liebstoeckl.
Printed: Genève, Henn, 1944.
| Source: | Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |
Jules Baillods (1889-1952), writer, professor and literary critic, was born in Couvet and died in La Chaux-de-Fonds. After the Ecole Normale de Fleurier, he obtained a degree in Letters from the University of Neuchâtel.
Frédéric Liebstoekl (1900-1979) is a concert organizer , journalist and musician from Austria , then Geneva. Friend of Henri Gagnebin.
Frédéric Liebstoekl (1900-1979) is a concert organizer , journalist and musician from Austria , then Geneva. Friend of Henri Gagnebin.
| Source: | https://biblio.chaux-de-fonds.ch/bvcf/patrimoine/archives-fonds-speciaux/Manuscrits/Pages/jules-baillod.aspx https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Liebstoeckl |
| Jules Baillods (text) |
Frédéric Liebstoekl (translater) |