Louis Ganne

Louis-Gaston Ganne (born Buxières-les-Mines (Allier), 5 April 1862 - died Paris, 13–14 July 1923) was a conductor and composer of French operas, operettas, ballets, and marches.

Biography

Louis Ganne was born in the Auvergne region of France and grew-up in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the suburbs of Paris. He studied under César Franck and Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris. He conducted at the Nouveau Théâtre de la Rue Blanche and at the Folies-Bergère, and later led a concert series at the Monte Carlo Casino.

Ganne is most recognized today for his popular patriotic marches, "Le père la victoire" and "La marche Lorraine". He also composed for the ballet, including the 1902 ballet "In Japan". [Pritchard, Jane, "'More Natural than Nature, More Artificial than Art': The Dance Criticism of Arthur Symons" (Winter 2003). "Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research", 21 (2): pp. 36-89.] He is less well-known outside his native France, and his many operettas are now rarely performed. His most successful light opera is the circus musical "Les saltimbanques" ("The Acrobats"), from 1899.

elected operas & operettas

*"Ophélia" (1887)
*"Tout Paris" (1891)
*"L'Heureuse rencontre" (1892)
*"Rabelais", opera in 4 acts (1892)
*"Les colles des femmes" (1893)
*"Le Réveil d'une parisienne" (1894)
*"La Puce" (1894)
*"Raseur" (1895)
*"Qui veut de l'amour?" (1899)
*"Les saltimbanques", opera in 3 acts (1899)
*"Miss Bouton d'Or", opera in 2 acts (1902)
*"Les Plaques de l'année", (1906)
*"Hans, le joueur de flûte", opera in 3 acts (1906)
*"Les Ailes" (1910)
*"Rhodope", opera in 3 acts (1910)
*"Cocorico", opera in 3 acts (1913)
*"L'Archiduc des Folies-Bergère", opera in 2 acts (1916)
*"La Belle de Paris", opera in 2 acts (1922)

References

ource

"Ganne, Louis" by Kurt Gäzl, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

External links

* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Dec01/ganne.htm MusicWeb International review of EMI recording of "Les saltimbanques", December 2001]
* [http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio27284.htm Naxos Records short biography of Louis Ganne]
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/anao/composit/ganne.html "Opérette" : Louis Ganne] (in French)