Raoul Bardac (30 March 1881 – 30 July 1950) was a French classical composer and pianist.[1]
Biography
editBorn in Paris in 1881, Bardac was Emma Bardac's son and became Claude Debussy's stepson after the marriage of the latter to his mother.[2] He is the brother of Hélène Bardac,[3] known as Dolly, who became Madame Gaston de Tinan[4] and until her death in 1985, the beneficiary of Debussy's work.[5]
Bardac inherited Debussy's Blüthner piano and took it to Meyssac when he retired. This piano was acquired by the Musée Labenche at Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1989.[6]
Bardac died in Meyssac at the age of 69.
Works
edit- Fleurs de crépuscule for voice and piano, lyrics by André Lebey (Mercure de France, 1899)
- Cinq Mélodies (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
- Trois Stances de Jean Moréas (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
- Tel qu'en songe (words: Henri de Régnier) (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
- Horizons, first collection (Paris: E. Demets, 1906)
- Esclavage (words by Henry Gauthier-Villars) (Paris: A.-Z. Mathot, 1910)
- Horizons, second collection (Paris: E. Demets, 1912)
- Petite suite majeure, for piano 4-hands (Paris: A. Durand, 1914)
- Simone (words by Remy de Gourmont) (Paris: A. Durand, 1914)
Bibliography
edit- Hommage à Raoul Bardac: Paris 1881 – Meyssac 1950 (Meyssac: Association Culture et Patrimoine du Canton de Meyssac, 2006)
References
edit- ^ "ccm :: Bardac, Raoul Bardac". composers-classical-music.com.
- ^ "The Blüthner". www.litart.co.uk.
- ^ Hélène Bardac
- ^ Hélène de Tinan on data.bnf.fr
- ^ Ornella Volta, Erik Satie. Correspondance presque complète (Fayard/IMEC, 2000), p. 664.
- ^ Cahiers Debussy (Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, 2007), p. 84.
