Dub Miller - Miles and Memories

GIL-MARCHEX (Gil-Marchex) Henri Emil (16 XII 1894, Saint-Georges d'Esperance, Isère - 22 XI 1970, Paris) - French. pianist and composer. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1911 in the class of FP. y L. Diemer in Paris, where he also cultivated y K. Lepy, A. Corto, L. Cape. He toured in the USA (1912-13), Japan (1925-37), Sov. Union (1926-35), plural Western countries Of Europe. B 1927-30 Professor of Ecol Normal, c 1953 Director of the Conservatory in Poitiers. He lectured on the history of music. J.-M. - One of the prominent representatives of the virtuoso-salon direction in the French. pianistic school. In his repertoire of variety, ch. place occupied op. French impressionists, as well as F. Schmitt and D. Millau. Game J.-M., not perfect in tech. respect, differed artistic. freedom.He performed as a musician. critic with articles o P. Schumann, F. Liszt, M. Ravel. Author Prev. compositions for fp. (program pieces in Japanese. Theme, Preludes), chamber and orc. productions., songs; transcriptions for fp. orc. modern music composers. Author of articles on pianistic issues. art and fp. music, including The Piano Language of French Composers (Le langage pianistique des compositeurs francais, RM, 1955, No. 226). Op .: Trois musiciens francais: Rameau, Berlioz, Debussy, [s. 1.], 1943. B. Yu. Delson.