Georges Dandelot


Georges Édouard Dandelot was a French composer and teacher.

Biography

Dandelot was born in Paris. His father was Alfred Dandelot, and his mother was the daughter of a piano maker. Dandelot studied at the Paris Conservatory under Émile Schwartz, Louis Diémer, Xavier Leroux, Jean Gallon, Georges Caussade, Charles-Marie Widor, Vincent d'Indy, Maurice Emmanuel, Paul Dukas, and Albert Roussel. After serving in World War I, he began teaching piano in 1919 at the École Normale de Musique de Paris; from 1942 he taught harmony at the Paris Conservatory, and published treatises on solfege and harmony.
Among his pupils were composers Paul Méfano, Michel Perrault, Rodica Sutzu, and Michel Philippot.
He died in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, Charente-Maritime.

Selected compositions

Orchestral works

  • Pax, Oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra
  • Symphony in D minor
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra
  • Concerto romantique for violon and orchestra

    Chamber music

  • String quartet
  • Trois valses, for 2 pianos
  • Sonatine, for flute and piano
  • Sonatine, for violin and piano
  • Sonatine, for trumpet

    Ballets

  • Le Souper de famine
  • Le Jardin merveilleux
  • ''La Création''

    Operas

  • L'Ennemi, opera in 3 acts
  • Midas, opéra-comique bouffe in 3 acts
  • Apolline, operetta in 3 acts