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REYNALDO HAHN (CARACAS, VENEZUELA, AUGUST 9, 1874 — PARIS, FRANCE, JANUARY 28, 1947)

 

 

 

 

Reynaldo Hahn was a Venezuelan-born French composer, remembered chiefly for his art songs. Hahn went to Paris as a child and later studied at the Conservatoire under Jules Massenet. He was music critic of Le Figaro from 1934 and in 1945 became director of the Paris Opéra. His operettas, which were developments of the style established by Jacques Offenbach, include L’Île du rêve (1898) and Ciboulette (1923). He also wrote incidental music for plays by Edmond Rostand, Sacha Guitry, and others, as well as ballets, notably La Fête chez Thérèse (1910) and Le Dieu bleu (1912). His piano suite Portraits de peintres was inspired by poems of Marcel Proust, who portrayed Hahn in his novel Jean Santeuil. Several of his exquisite art songs, such as “Si mes vers avaient des ailes” (“If my verse had wings”), remain in the concert repertory. Hahn’s music is melodious and graceful. His memoirs are valuable sources for the musical and literary life of the time.

 

 

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1. Amadis de Gaule (Lully) Bois épais 4-32240 16246u Gramophone, Paris 1911-01-18
2. Biondina bella (Gounod) 032397 03296v Gramophone, Paris 1919-12-02
3. Chanson de mai (Gounod) 4-32073 14969u Gramophone, Paris 1909-07-09
4. Chanson de printemps (Gounod) 4-32467 20865u Gramophone, Paris 1919-11-04
5. Così fan tutte (Mozart) Un’ aura amorosa 4-32561 20948u Gramophone, Paris 1919-12-02
6. La barcheta, Chanson vénitienne (Hahn) 4-32014 15456u Gramophone, Paris 1909-11-22
7. La cimitière de campagne (Hahn) 4-32074 14970u Gramophone, Paris 1909-07-09
8. La paix (Hahn) 4-32469 20841u Gramophone, Paris 1919-10-27
9. La Tour Saint-Jacques (Darcier) 4-32076 14989u Gramophone, Paris 1909-08-21
10. Le Devin du Village (Rousseau) L’amour ne sait guère 4-32239 16435u Gramophone, Paris 1911-04-22
11. L’enamourée (Hahn) 032429 03293v Gramophone, Paris 1919-12-02
12. Les cigales (Chabrier) 4-32468 20839u Gramophone, Paris 1919-10-27
13. L’île heureuse (Chabrier) 4-32075 14986u Gramophone, Paris 1909-08-21
14. Maître Wolfram (Reyer) Les larmes 4-32470 20861u Gramophone, Paris 1919-11-04
15. Musette du XVII siècle (-) 4-32013 15454u Gramophone, Paris 1909-11-22
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17. Offrande (Hahn) 4-32077 14990u Gramophone, Paris 1909-08-21
18. Offrande (Hahn) 4-32405 20840u Gramophone, Paris 1919-10-27
19. Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) De mon amie fleur endormie 4-32078 14995½u Gramophone, Paris 1909-08-24
20. Toutes le fleurs (Chabrier) 032398 03295v Gramophone, Paris 1919-12-02
21. Venezia (Hahn) 4-32406 20838u Gramophone, Paris 1919-10-27