Marcel Marnat
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| Born | 1933 Lyon, France |
| Died | 17 December 2024 (aged 91) Paris, France |
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| Organizations | France Musique |
Marcel Marnat (1933 – 17 December 2024) was a French musicologist, journalist and radio producer, responsible for the program of France Musique from 1978 to 1992. His works on Maurice Ravel and Giacomo Puccini have been regarded as landmark books.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Marnat was born in Lyon in 1933.[2] After a short scientific training in medicine,[3] he began to write, self-taught, for various cultural newspapers and magazines[3] (Combat, Jazz Hot, Arts, Les Lettres Françaises, L'Express, Preuves, Le Monde, Disques, Harmonie, Le Monde de la musique, Nouvelle Revue Française).[2] He wrote on current affairs, art, cinema, literature and made lists new discographic publications. He was also secretary of the Ravel Foundation[2] and compiled a catalogue of works by Maurice Ravel.
Marnat was responsible for programming at France Musique from 1978 to 1992.[1][2] He worked from 1990 with the Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2.[2] He was awarded the prize for music criticism. His 2006 book on Giacomo Puccini was honoured by the Académie des Beaux-Arts and received the prix Pelléas as well as a prize for musical biography of the SACEM at the Deauville book festival. He was a member of the International Music Press Association for many years.[2]
On 30 September 2022, his collection of tribal art was auctioned at the Hôtel Drouot.[1][4]
Marnat died in Paris on 17 December 2024, at the age of 91.[1]
Publications
[edit]- Maurice Ravel, Fayard, 1986[5][6]
- Haydn, la mesure de son siècle, Fayard, 1995[1]
- Stravinsky, Éditions du Seuil, 1995[1]
- Antonio Vivaldi,[7] Fayard, 2003
- Giacomo Puccini, Fayard, 2006[1]
He also wrote publications about Modest Mussorgsky (1962), Paul Klee (1969), Michelangelo (1974),[1] D. H. Lawrence,[2] and Ludwig van Beethoven.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Disparition du musicologue Marcel Marnat" [Death of musicologist Marcel Marnat]. Diapason (in French). 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Marcel Marnat". presse musicale internationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b Venturini, Philippe (18 December 2024). "Disparition de Marcel Marnat" [Death of Marcel Marnat]. classica.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Thierry de Maigret commissaire-priseur. Collection Marcel Marnat" (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Decornoy, Jacques. ""Joseph Haydn. La mesure de son siècle" by Marcel Marnat". monde-diplomatique.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Maurice Ravel Marcel Marnat". SensCritique.
- ^ "Antonio Vivaldi, Marcel Marnat | Fayard". www.fayard.fr.
External links
[edit]- Marcel Marnat discography at Discogs
- Marcel Marnat at IMDb
- Marcel Marnat on Éditions Fayard
- Marcel Marnat on France Culture
- Marcel Marnat on YouTube
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