Aymé Kunc
Aymé Kunc was a French composer and administrator.
Career
Born in Toulouse, Kunc won second prize alongside Maurice Ravel in the Prix de Rome competition of 1902. Until 1907 he conducted the orchestra of the Théâtre Apollo in Paris. In 1914 he became the director of the Toulouse Conservatory, in which capacity he served for thirty years until 1944. He died in Toulouse aged 81.Beginning in 1996, the Association Aymé Kunc has promoted the composer's music, and has recorded a number of his works, including the Messe de Sainte-Cécile.
Selected works
Music for the stage
Les Esclaves, opera Les Armes de Vulcain, balletLes Dieux morts, balletPastorale antique, balletOrchestral works
Ouverture de fête Suite dramatique Feuillets d'albumQuatre Esquisses méditerranéennes Cloches d'AutomnePrelude and finalFantaisie, for piano and orchestra Pensée musicale, for harp and orchestra Quatre Pièces, for flute and orchestraPastorales, for violin and orchestra Légende, for viola and orchestra Poème, for cello and orchestra Nocturne, for horn and orchestraChamber music
- Sonata for Violin and PianoFantaisie en forme de danse, for violin and pianoPastorale, for violin and pianoSuite symphonique, for two cellos and piano
- Suite, for flute, cello and piano
- Trio, for violin, cello and piano
- Piano Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2 Pièces brèves, for string quartet
- Petite Suite, for wind quintet
- Wind Quintet Scherzetto, for wind quintetAsturiana, for wind quintet
Keyboard works
Piano musicScherzettoSimples chansonsOrgan musicScherzetto
- ''Fantaisie symphonique''
Vocal music
CantatasCantate pour le couronnement de Dante Hymne des ailesChoral works Le Bohémien Chanson pastorale Deux Chants folkloriquesChants populaires languedociensJe ne veux plus chanterNoël de la libérationLe Plus doux chant
Motets and sacred works
Songs with piano accompanimentApaisementJe ne sais pas de fleurPrintempsSoleil d'automne
- ''Le Voyage''