Arthur Hoérée (16 April 1897 in Brussels – 2 June 1986 in Paris) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, conductor and composer.
Arthur Hoérée | |
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| Born | 16 April 1897 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 2 June 1986 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Musicologist Critic Composer Conductor |
He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels from 1908 to 1912, then at the Conservatoire de Paris.
He was a lecturer and a professor at the École normale de musique, École de la radio à Montrouge and the Sorbonne University.
He wrote music reviews in many French periodicals including the prestigious and famous La Revue Musicale of Henry Prunières.
A specialist in French music, Hoérée has transcribed and produced several works by François Couperin, and he has published two monographs on Albert Roussel (Paris, 1938, 1969).
His activities as a composer extend to film and stage music. He often collaborated with Arthur Honegger. He had the composer and organist André Jorrand as student in his course of instrumentation.
Film music
edit- 1934: Rapt, by Dimitri Kirsanoff
- 1937: Passeurs d'hommes by René Jayet
- 1938: Liberty by Jean Kemm
- 1938: L'Ange que j'ai vendu by Michel Bernheim
- 1939: L'Or dans la montagne by Max Haufler
- 1939: Musicians of the Sky (Les Musiciens du ciel) by Georges Lacombe
- 1942: À la belle frégate by Albert Valentin
- 1942: Eight Men in a Castle by Richard Pottier
- 1942: Malaria by Jean Gourguet
- 1943: La Main de l'homme by Jean Tedesco and François Ardoin (short film)
- 1945: Dawn Devils by Yves Allégret
- 1945: Enquête du 58 by Jean Tedesco (short film)
- 1946: A Lover's Return (Un revenant) by Christian-Jaque (cast member)
- 1950: Arrière-saison by Dimitri Kirsanoff
- 1951: Les Hommes de l'acier by Jean Tedesco (short film)
- 1955: L'Art d'être heureux by Armand Chartier (documentary)
- 1956: Une tâche difficile by Jean Leduc (short film)
Works
edit- 1923: Septet (mezzo-Soprano, flute, string quartet and piano), Opus 3
External links
edit- Arthur Hoérée on Encyclopédie Larousse
- Arthur Hoérée on Allo Ciné
- Arthur Hoérée on Discogs
- Arthur Honegger, Arthur Hoérée on CAIRN
- Excerpt from "Rapt" (1933) on YouTube
- Arthur Hoérée at IMDb
