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Manfred Kelkel

January 01, 1970

Manfred Kelkel (15 January 1929 – 18 April 1999) was a 20th-century French musicologist and composer of contemporary music. A pupil of Darius Milhaud at the Conservatoire de Paris, he got interested in the music of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, whose latest works (from Prometheus: The Poem of Fire to Mysterium) influenced his own compositions. His work on Scriabin and a certain esoteric aesthetic of music are authoritative.

Studies and publications edit

Kelkel was born in Siersburg [de] in Saarland, then under French occupation[1]

As a student of Darius Milhaud at the Conservatoire de Paris, Kelkel "always felt a sincere admiration and almost filial recognition for his former teacher, even if, aesthetically speaking, he followed a divergent path.".[2]

From 1969 onwards, the composer resumed his university studies, obtaining a doctoral degree and a State doctorate of music and musicology, "with works that have since become authoritative in their fields",[3] from his study À la recherche de la musique polynésienne traditionnelle, in ethnomusicology, to State doctorate on lyrical music at the beginning of the 20th century (Naturalisme, vérisme et réalisme dans l'opéra). His postgraduate thesis, dedicated to the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (Scriabine, sa vie, l'ésotérisme et le langage musical dans son œuvre), is a defining moment in his career.[3]

In his memories, Jacques Viret evokes a man "of perfect simplicity, modesty and affability", making him meet Marina Scriabin, daughter of the composer of the Mysterium, of which the Acte préalable presents a twelve-tone tuning which carried him with enthusiasm.[4]

Among the many publications by Manfred Kelkel, Jean-Jacques Velly mainly retains the book Musique des mondes, published in 1988, "a unique work of its kind which synthesizes his two activities as a composer and musicologist."[5]

Teaching edit

Manfred Kelkel has held a number of important positions in music publishing and higher education. Music Director from 1957 to 1978 at Éditions Heugel [fr],[3] he was a lecturer at the Universities of Paris IV, Metz, Strasbourg II and Paris XII from 1974 to 1981, before being appointed professor at Lumière University Lyon 2, from 1985 to 1991, the year he was appointed to Paris IV.[3]

Passionate about traditional Arabic music[4] and early twentieth-century Russian music, he was the thesis director of André Lischke, himself a future specialist of Tchaikovsky's music and of The Mighty Handful.[6]

Composition edit

Fascinated by oriental civilizations and occult practices, Manfred Kelkel decided on the basis of Tabula Smaragdina (referring to the Emerald Tablet), to apply to his compositions "in a rational and coherent manner, principles derived from Chinese esoterism, Arabic geomancy and the alchemical operations, playing on unsuspected correspondence between Buddhist mandalas, hermetic diagrams, magic squares and the art of sound".[3]

Jean-Jacques Velly undertook a brief analysis of his musical language. In the field of melody, writing is "governed by three essential elements: chromatic total, modal use of melody and the use of artificial symmetrical scales".[7] In the harmonic domain, his work "draws inspiration from Scriabin's latest works and makes extensive use of chords that are more or less complex and close to the chromatic total",[7] in a polytonality where "melody and harmony are articulated on solid landmarks, even if the resulting musical syntax has nothing in common with tonality in the narrow sense".[8]

"An admirer of Berlioz and the great Germanic orchestra school of the 19th century," his orchestral writing "is distinguished by an emphasis on the instrumental timbre in which his musical thought immediately becomes part of his orchestral work."[8] In the field of orchestration, his mastery and originality were recognized very early on, in particular by Henri Dutilleux.[8] Jacques Viret sees in Manfred Kelkel an "alchemist of sounds".[9]

In the field of rhythm, the science of the teacher and the composer come together in his scores. Philippe Reynal evokes a "real puzzle for students"![10]

Manfred Kelkel died in Paris 18 April 1999 at age 70,[11] shortly after the publication of his biography and full analysis of the works of Scriabin.[12]

Works edit

Symphonies edit

  • Symphonie n°1 Per aspera ad astra op.34, commission by Radio France (1983), premiered 19 October 1995
  • Symphonie n°2 Architectura Cælestis op.40 (1986/87)

Concertos edit

  • Concertino for cello and chamber orchestra op.4 (1955)
  • Rhapsodie for saxophone and orchestra op.12 (1962)
  • Concerto for bassoon op.13 (1963)
  • Concerto de Zagreb for guitar and orchestra op.19 (1969)

Pieces for orchestra edit

  • Musique funèbre for oboe and orchestra op.5 (1954/61)
  • Hommage à Mozart, for string orchestra op.7 (1956)
  • Ostinato et Mazel Tov, opening on a theme by Darius Milhaud op.11 (1960)
  • Suite de danses hongroises for orchestra op.18 (1967)
  • Ouverture sur un thème de Darius Milhaud (after op.11) op.21 (1971)
  • Tombeau de Scriabine from the sketches of the Acte préalable by Alexander Scriabin, op.22 (1972/1973) with the permission of the composer's heirs[13]
  • Tabula Smaragdina, acoustic mandalas for piano, percussion, chorus and small orchestra op.24 (1975-1978)
  • Ming Tang, symphonic poem for chamber orchestra op.39 (1990)

Chamber music and for ensemble edit

  • Toccata for piano op.2/1 (1952) / for oboe and piano op.2/2 (1969)
  • Divertimento for oboe, clarinet and bassoon op.3 (1952)
  • Quatuor à cordes n° 1 op.6 n°1 (1955)
  • Quatuor à cordes n° 2 op.6 n°2 (1956)
  • Sonatine for oboe (or recorder) and piano op.9 (1959)
  • Suite for oboe (or recorder), celesta and gong op.10 (1959)
  • Laterna magica for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, piano and percussion op.16 (1964)
  • Miniatures pour le petit Alexandre, 7 children's songs for piano without opus number (1964)
  • Danses aux miroirs, for harp, piano, celesta and string quartet op.20 (1969/1970)
  • Deux pièces for solo harp (Melancolia and Mirabilis) op.23 (1970)
  • Castalia pour flûte et bande sonore op.25 (1979)
  • Talisman, sound mandala for 3 trombones and analogue echo op.28 (1981)
  • Crachat de lune for celesta (or piano) and percussions op.29 (1981)
  • Saturnalia for 3 violas and magnetic tape op.30 (1982)
  • Tan Matra, sound mandala for 5 ondes Martenot or wind quintet op.31 (1981/1982)
  • Athanor, for variable ensemble op.32 (1983)
  • Irigangi for horn and analog echo op.35 (1984)
  • Malinconia for solo guitar op.26 (1985)
  • Rongorongo for Alphorn and basset horn op.36 (1985)
  • Quatuor à cordes n° 3 op.38 (1992)
  • Enigma, geometrical figures for organ op.41 (1997)

Vocal music edit

  • Mélodies d'automne, for singing and piano, op. 1 (1950).
  • Chanson à boire, for men's choir, op. 15 (1961).
  • Les Voix de l'au-delà, mystery play after Victor Hugo for narrator, soloists, choir, tape and orchestra, op. 27 (1980/1981).

Incidental music edit

  • Le Cœur froid, ballet with choir op.8 (1956/1958)
  • La Mandragore, one-act psychodrama op.17 (1965/1966)
  • V.I.T.R.I.O.L.[note 1][14] audiovisual show after Chymical Wedding by Johann Valentin Andreae, for narrator, magnetic tape and small ensemble, op.33 (1983)
  • Aux armes, citoyens, popular action for narrator, 2 mixed choirs and magnetic tape, op.37 (1989)
  • Lady L, radio program after Romain Gary, op.42 (1997)

Bibliography edit

Books by Manfred Kelkel edit

General works edit

  • À la découverte de la musique polynésienne traditionnelle (in French). Paris: P.O.F. 1981. p. 143. ISBN 2-716-90155-4.
  • Naturalisme, vérisme et réalisme dans l'opéra (in French). Paris: Éditions Vrin. 1984. pp. 532. ISBN 978-2-7116-4253-3.
  • Alexandre Scriabine (in French). Paris: Fayard. 1988. p. 418.
  • Musique des mondes : essai sur la métamusique (in French). Paris: Vrin. 1988. p. 240. ISBN 978-2-7116-4263-2.
  • La musique de ballet en France de la Belle époque aux Années folles (in French). Paris: Vrin. 1992. p. 330. ISBN 978-2-7116-4273-1.

Monographs edit

  • Manfred Kelkel (1985). Le mythe de la fatalité dans Le pauvre matelot de Jean Cocteau et Darius Milhaud (in French). Paris: Vrin. p. 198. ISBN 2-711-64257-7.
  • Manfred Kelkel (1989). Albert Roussel; musique et esthétique (in French). Paris: Vrin. p. 352. ISBN 2-7116-4267-4.
  • Manfred Kelkel (1999). Alexandre Scriabine; un musicien à la recherche de l'absolu (in French). Paris: Fayard. p. 412. ISBN 2-213-60365-0.

Works about Manfred Kelkel edit

  • Jean-Jacques Velly (2001). Le dessous des notes : voies vers l'ésosthétique. Hommage au professeur Manfred Kelkel (in French). Paris: Presses Paris Sorbonne. p. 442. ISBN 2-84050-209-7. ISSN 1275-2622.
    Jean-Jacques Velly. Préface (in French). pp. 5–15.
    Jacques Viret (2001). "L'alchimiste des sons : Manfred Kelkel compositeur" (in French). pp. 251–263.
    Jean-Jacques Velly. De la tradition classique aux spéculations ésotériques (in French). pp. 286–295.
    Philippe Reynal (2001). In memoriam Manfred Kelkel (in French). pp. 391–393.

Sources edit

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ It should be recalled that the acrostic V. I. T. R. I. O. L. decrypts Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem and is translated as "Visit the interior of the earth and, by rectifying, you will find the hidden stone.

References edit

  1. ^ Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 6
  2. ^ Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 8
  3. ^ a b c d e Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 7
  4. ^ a b Jacques Viret 2001, p. 252
  5. ^ Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, pp. 7–8
  6. ^ Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 9
  7. ^ a b Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 286
  8. ^ a b c Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 287
  9. ^ Jacques Viret 2001, p. 251
  10. ^ Philippe Reynal 2001, p. 392
  11. ^ Jean-Jacques Velly 2001, p. 5
  12. ^ Philippe Reynal 2001, p. 391
  13. ^ Manfred Kelkel 1999, p. 355
  14. ^ Philippe G. Kerbellec 1988, p. 237

External links edit

  • Manfred Kelkel on musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr
  • Manfred Kelkel on IdRef
  • Manfred Kelkel on Goodreads

January 01, 1970
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Manfred Kelkel 15 January 1929 18 April 1999 was a 20th century French musicologist and composer of contemporary music A pupil of Darius Milhaud at the Conservatoire de Paris he got interested in the music of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin whose latest works from Prometheus The Poem of Fire to Mysterium influenced his own compositions His work on Scriabin and a certain esoteric aesthetic of music are authoritative Contents 1 Studies and publications 2 Teaching 3 Composition 4 Works 4 1 Symphonies 4 2 Concertos 4 3 Pieces for orchestra 4 4 Chamber music and for ensemble 4 5 Vocal music 4 6 Incidental music 5 Bibliography 5 1 Books by Manfred Kelkel 5 1 1 General works 5 1 2 Monographs 5 2 Works about Manfred Kelkel 5 3 Sources 6 Notes and references 6 1 Notes 6 2 References 7 External linksStudies and publications editKelkel was born in Siersburg de in Saarland then under French occupation 1 As a student of Darius Milhaud at the Conservatoire de Paris Kelkel always felt a sincere admiration and almost filial recognition for his former teacher even if aesthetically speaking he followed a divergent path 2 From 1969 onwards the composer resumed his university studies obtaining a doctoral degree and a State doctorate of music and musicology with works that have since become authoritative in their fields 3 from his study A la recherche de la musique polynesienne traditionnelle in ethnomusicology to State doctorate on lyrical music at the beginning of the 20th century Naturalisme verisme et realisme dans l opera His postgraduate thesis dedicated to the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin Scriabine sa vie l esoterisme et le langage musical dans son œuvre is a defining moment in his career 3 In his memories Jacques Viret evokes a man of perfect simplicity modesty and affability making him meet Marina Scriabin daughter of the composer of the Mysterium of which the Acte prealable presents a twelve tone tuning which carried him with enthusiasm 4 Among the many publications by Manfred Kelkel Jean Jacques Velly mainly retains the book Musique des mondes published in 1988 a unique work of its kind which synthesizes his two activities as a composer and musicologist 5 Teaching editManfred Kelkel has held a number of important positions in music publishing and higher education Music Director from 1957 to 1978 at Editions Heugel fr 3 he was a lecturer at the Universities of Paris IV Metz Strasbourg II and Paris XII from 1974 to 1981 before being appointed professor at Lumiere University Lyon 2 from 1985 to 1991 the year he was appointed to Paris IV 3 Passionate about traditional Arabic music 4 and early twentieth century Russian music he was the thesis director of Andre Lischke himself a future specialist of Tchaikovsky s music and of The Mighty Handful 6 Composition editFascinated by oriental civilizations and occult practices Manfred Kelkel decided on the basis of Tabula Smaragdina referring to the Emerald Tablet to apply to his compositions in a rational and coherent manner principles derived from Chinese esoterism Arabic geomancy and the alchemical operations playing on unsuspected correspondence between Buddhist mandalas hermetic diagrams magic squares and the art of sound 3 Jean Jacques Velly undertook a brief analysis of his musical language In the field of melody writing is governed by three essential elements chromatic total modal use of melody and the use of artificial symmetrical scales 7 In the harmonic domain his work draws inspiration from Scriabin s latest works and makes extensive use of chords that are more or less complex and close to the chromatic total 7 in a polytonality where melody and harmony are articulated on solid landmarks even if the resulting musical syntax has nothing in common with tonality in the narrow sense 8 An admirer of Berlioz and the great Germanic orchestra school of the 19th century his orchestral writing is distinguished by an emphasis on the instrumental timbre in which his musical thought immediately becomes part of his orchestral work 8 In the field of orchestration his mastery and originality were recognized very early on in particular by Henri Dutilleux 8 Jacques Viret sees in Manfred Kelkel an alchemist of sounds 9 In the field of rhythm the science of the teacher and the composer come together in his scores Philippe Reynal evokes a real puzzle for students 10 Manfred Kelkel died in Paris 18 April 1999 at age 70 11 shortly after the publication of his biography and full analysis of the works of Scriabin 12 Works editSymphonies edit Symphonie n 1 Per aspera ad astra op 34 commission by Radio France 1983 premiered 19 October 1995 Symphonie n 2 Architectura Caelestis op 40 1986 87 Concertos edit Concertino for cello and chamber orchestra op 4 1955 Rhapsodie for saxophone and orchestra op 12 1962 Concerto for bassoon op 13 1963 Concerto de Zagreb for guitar and orchestra op 19 1969 Pieces for orchestra edit Musique funebre for oboe and orchestra op 5 1954 61 Hommage a Mozart for string orchestra op 7 1956 Ostinato et Mazel Tov opening on a theme by Darius Milhaud op 11 1960 Suite de danses hongroises for orchestra op 18 1967 Ouverture sur un theme de Darius Milhaud after op 11 op 21 1971 Tombeau de Scriabine from the sketches of the Acte prealable by Alexander Scriabin op 22 1972 1973 with the permission of the composer s heirs 13 Tabula Smaragdina acoustic mandalas for piano percussion chorus and small orchestra op 24 1975 1978 Ming Tang symphonic poem for chamber orchestra op 39 1990 Chamber music and for ensemble edit Toccata for piano op 2 1 1952 for oboe and piano op 2 2 1969 Divertimento for oboe clarinet and bassoon op 3 1952 Quatuor a cordes n 1 op 6 n 1 1955 Quatuor a cordes n 2 op 6 n 2 1956 Sonatine for oboe or recorder and piano op 9 1959 Suite for oboe or recorder celesta and gong op 10 1959 Laterna magica for clarinet bassoon trumpet violin piano and percussion op 16 1964 Miniatures pour le petit Alexandre 7 children s songs for piano without opus number 1964 Danses aux miroirs for harp piano celesta and string quartet op 20 1969 1970 Deux pieces for solo harp Melancolia and Mirabilis op 23 1970 Castalia pour flute et bande sonore op 25 1979 Talisman sound mandala for 3 trombones and analogue echo op 28 1981 Crachat de lune for celesta or piano and percussions op 29 1981 Saturnalia for 3 violas and magnetic tape op 30 1982 Tan Matra sound mandala for 5 ondes Martenot or wind quintet op 31 1981 1982 Athanor for variable ensemble op 32 1983 Irigangi for horn and analog echo op 35 1984 Malinconia for solo guitar op 26 1985 Rongorongo for Alphorn and basset horn op 36 1985 Quatuor a cordes n 3 op 38 1992 Enigma geometrical figures for organ op 41 1997 Vocal music edit Melodies d automne for singing and piano op 1 1950 Chanson a boire for men s choir op 15 1961 Les Voix de l au dela mystery play after Victor Hugo for narrator soloists choir tape and orchestra op 27 1980 1981 Incidental music edit Le Cœur froid ballet with choir op 8 1956 1958 La Mandragore one act psychodrama op 17 1965 1966 V I T R I O L note 1 14 audiovisual show after Chymical Wedding by Johann Valentin Andreae for narrator magnetic tape and small ensemble op 33 1983 Aux armes citoyens popular action for narrator 2 mixed choirs and magnetic tape op 37 1989 Lady L radio program after Romain Gary op 42 1997 Bibliography editBooks by Manfred Kelkel edit General works edit A la decouverte de la musique polynesienne traditionnelle in French Paris P O F 1981 p 143 ISBN 2 716 90155 4 Naturalisme verisme et realisme dans l opera in French Paris Editions Vrin 1984 pp 532 ISBN 978 2 7116 4253 3 Alexandre Scriabine in French Paris Fayard 1988 p 418 Musique des mondes essai sur la metamusique in French Paris Vrin 1988 p 240 ISBN 978 2 7116 4263 2 La musique de ballet en France de la Belle epoque aux Annees folles in French Paris Vrin 1992 p 330 ISBN 978 2 7116 4273 1 Monographs edit Manfred Kelkel 1985 Le mythe de la fatalite dansLe pauvre matelotde Jean Cocteau et Darius Milhaud in French Paris Vrin p 198 ISBN 2 711 64257 7 Manfred Kelkel 1989 Albert Roussel musique et esthetique in French Paris Vrin p 352 ISBN 2 7116 4267 4 Manfred Kelkel 1999 Alexandre Scriabine un musicien a la recherche de l absolu in French Paris Fayard p 412 ISBN 2 213 60365 0 Works about Manfred Kelkel edit Jean Jacques Velly 2001 Le dessous des notes voies vers l esosthetique Hommage au professeur Manfred Kelkel in French Paris Presses Paris Sorbonne p 442 ISBN 2 84050 209 7 ISSN 1275 2622 Jean Jacques Velly Preface in French pp 5 15 Jacques Viret 2001 L alchimiste des sons Manfred Kelkel compositeur in French pp 251 263 Jean Jacques Velly De la tradition classique aux speculations esoteriques in French pp 286 295 Philippe Reynal 2001 In memoriam Manfred Kelkel in French pp 391 393 Sources edit Philippe G Kerbellec 1988 Comment lire Raymond Roussel cryptanalyse in French Paris Editions Pauvert fr p 264 ISBN 978 2 876 97035 9 Notes and references editNotes edit It should be recalled that the acrostic V I T R I O L decrypts Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem and is translated as Visit the interior of the earth and by rectifying you will find the hidden stone References edit Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 6 Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 8 a b c d e Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 7 a b Jacques Viret 2001 p 252 Jean Jacques Velly 2001 pp 7 8 Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 9 a b Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 286 a b c Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 287 Jacques Viret 2001 p 251 Philippe Reynal 2001 p 392 Jean Jacques Velly 2001 p 5 Philippe Reynal 2001 p 391 Manfred Kelkel 1999 p 355 Philippe G Kerbellec 1988 p 237External links editManfred Kelkel on musiqueclassique forumpro fr Manfred Kelkel on IdRef Manfred Kelkel on Goodreads Portals nbsp classical music nbsp France Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Manfred Kelkel amp oldid 1164962066, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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