André Gedalge

André Gedalge studied at Conservatoire de Paris. Training under Ernest Guiraud is recorded. Charles Koechlin, Albert Louis Wolff and Raymond Loucheur are recorded as having studied under André Gedalge. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

André Gedalge was born at 75 rue des Saints-Pères in Paris where he first worked as a bookseller and editor, specialising in livres de prix for public schools. During this time his father and him published books by Marie Laubot and Edmond About for the Librairie Gedalge. In 1886, at the age of 28, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris. In that same year he won the Second Prix de Rome. He studied under Ernest Guiraud, professor of counterpoint and fugue, who had also been Jules Massenet's teacher. In 1891, Gedalge composed the score for Le Petit Savoyard, a pantomime in four acts performed at the Théâtre des Nouveautés. In 1895, Pris au Piège was awarded the Prix Cressant. In June 1900, his one act ballet Phoebé debuted at the Opéra-Comique. He composed Quatuor d'archet, Les Vaux de Vire (a collection of mélodies), children's songs, and three symphonies. These illustrated the proud motto that he followed: "Neither literature, nor painting", which defined "pure music". His Third Symphony in F Major and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (written in 1899) were considered masterpieces of French music. In the years before World War I, Gedalge served as mayor of Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, where he later died and was buried.

• Volapük-Revue (1886), Play, libretto by William Busnach and Albert Vanloo • Pris au piège (1890), Opéra comique • Le Petit Savoyard (1891), Pantomime • Le Rabbin (1891), Opéra comique • Hélène (1893), Drama • La Farce du cadi (1897) • Sita, Légende dramatique • Yvette, Pantomime

• Phoebé (1900)

• Symphony No. 1 in D major (1893) • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 16 (1899) • Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1902 reorchestrated 1912) • Symphony No. 3 in F major (1910) • Violin Concerto in A minor (date unknown) • Symphony No. 4 in A major (unfinished)

• Menuet for String Trio (1873) • Romance sans paroles for violin and piano (1880) • String Quartet in B major (1892) • Sonata No 1 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 12 (1897) • Sonata No 2 in A minor for violin and piano, Op. 19 (1900)

• Séguedille (1884) • 3 Valses (1888) • Quatre Préludes et fugues, Op. 11 (1896) • 4 Pièces pour piano à 4 mains, Op. 18 (1901) • 3 Etudes de concert, Op. 23 (1902) Also works for piano, piano and voice, a requiem and other choral works.