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Vincent D'Indy
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Document size is 11/5 cm x 17.7 cm (unfolded) with black printed edge. |
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FERVAAL1 Page from program probably dates from the accompany not by D'Indy. Size is 19.3 cm x 28.2 cm. |
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Cast for this performance Tenor: Lubart de la Tour Baryton: Seguin Beyle Mezzo: Jaire Rounoy |
TRANSCRIPTION
Cher monsieur,
(Remainder of transcription not available at this time)
Vincent d'Indy
TRANSLATION
Dear Sir:
NOTES:
1) Grout comments about D'Indy and Fervaal: "The most thorough and at the same time the most personal adaptation of Wagner's methods to French opera was brought about by Franck's pupil Vincent D'Indy in his Fervaal (1897)... Like Wagner, D'Indy wrote his own librettos. The background of Fervaal is vaguely mythological...the conflict between pagan religion and sacrificial love..." (Source: Donald Jay Grout, A Short History of Opera, 2nd ed. (New York:1965) pp. 430-431
2) Debussy noticed that there was far less of Wagner in D'Indy's opera than usually thought, Fervaal, the prime candidate uses a vast orchestra and leitmotifs and the original libretto is based on an ancient legend symbolizing the conquest of love and Christian purity over pagan beliefs.(Source: Groves, 6th ed. IX, p.222)
3) Fervaal, Op.40, with libretto by the composer based on an earlier text he wrote called Axel, orchestrated 1893-95 and premiered Brussels, at Théâtre de la Monnaie [Opera House], March 12, 1897, six weeks before this document was written
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Vincent Paul-Marie-Théodore d'Indy was born in Paris on March 27, 1853. Like so many composers D'Indy studied law out of respect for his family's wishes. He became a student of César Franck. In 1894, he co-founded the Schola Cantorum in Paris with Charles Bordes and Alexandre Guilmant. D'Indy died December 2, 1931. (N.B. Two musicians who refused to accept the constraints of the Establishment --the Conservatoire and the Académie-- were also two of César Franck's pupils, Charles Bordes and Vincent d'Indy. Together they established the Schola Cantorum in 1894 "to combat the stifling atmosphere of the Conservatoire. One of the positive effects of the teaching and orientation at the Schola Cantorum was its emphasis on French nationalism...to explore their own musical backgrounds, to research their own musical patrimony and build new works from these fresh musical resources" (Paris: The Musical Kaleidoscope 1870-1925, by Elaine Brody, pp. 231-232)
(N.B. d'Indy's daughter was Countess de la Laurencie (Brody, p.122)
Rev. 2/14/2005
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