Victor Dourlen

Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen (born 3 November 1780 in Dunkerque – died 8 January 1864 in Paris) was a French composer and music teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris during the first half of the nineteenth century. He is primarily known as a theorist being his treatises on harmony, based on the methods of Charles Simon Catel,^[1] widely used as reference, especially his Tractat d'acompanyament pràctic (1834) and Tractat d'harmonia (1838), as well as his Méthode élémentaire pour le piano-forte (1820).

Biography

Victor Dourlen entered the Conservatory de Paris in 1799 at the age of 19 as a pupil of Francois-Joseph Gossec and Francois-Adrien Boieldieu. He became a teacher of elementary singing in 1800 and, presented with the Prix de Rome by his teachers in 1805, he won the first prize for musical composition with his cantata Cupidon pleurant Psyché. He subsequently went to Italy and on his return to Paris he produced several operas, among which are Philocles and Limn0e.^[2] He was appointed professor of harmony and composition in 1816,^[3] a position which he held until 1842. Among his graduated pupils are Ambroise Thomas, son of Boieldieu, Francois Bazin, Henri Herz, Antoine François Marmontel, Félix Le Couppey, Alexandre Goria and Louis Désiré Besozzi.

Works

Victor Dourlen is the composer of nine comic operas, a piano concerto, a piano trio, sonatas for piano, for violin, and for flute.^[4]

La Belle lune blanche Debout petit berger Le Soleil levant La patrie Philocles Solfèges sans accompagnement à l’usage des orphéons et sociétés chorales

Cagliostro (with Anton Reicha) La Cupe de son Art Les Oies du Frère Philippe Appel au printemps Bonsoir… Limnée

See also

• List of music students by teacher

References

1. Pratt, Waldo Selden Pratt (1935). The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students. New York: Forgotten Books. p. 493. ISBN 144-004-295-0.
2. Alexandre Choron, John S. Sainsbury (1827). A dictionary of musicians: from the earliest ages to the present time. London: Sainsbury and Co. p. 215. OCLC 631811
3. Eddie, William Alexander Eddie (2007). Charles Valentin Alkan: His Life And His Music. England: Ashgate Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 184014260X.
4. Nicolas Slonimsky, Oscar Thompson (1958). The international cyclopedia of music and musicians. New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 468. OCLC 317520758

Attribution

• This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the Català Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there in the History section.

External links

• Free scores by Victor Dourlen at the International Music Score Library Project