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Born in Burgundy and brought up in Dijon, Marie François Maurice Emmanuel became a choristor at Beaune cathedral after his family moved to the city in 1869. He entered the Paris Conservatoire, studying composition with Léo Delibes, and came in touch with Claude Debussy who was also studying there. Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ... Location within France Street in the centre of Dijon Dijon (   pronunciation?) is a city in eastern France, the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Côte-dOr département (county) and of the Bourgogne région. ... Beaune is a commune in eastern France, a sub-prefecture of the Côte dOr département, in the Burgundy région. ... Former Conservatoire building (until 1911), still used as Théâtre du Conservatoire The Conservatoire de Paris, full contemporary name Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe. ... (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891) was a French composer of Romantic music. ... Claude Debussy Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a composer of European classical music. ...

Emmanuel pursued a notable academic career. He wrote a treatise in 1895 on the music of Ancient Greece, and was appointed professor of the history of music at the Paris Conservatoire in 1909. His students there included Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux. Emmanuel's interests included folksong, Oriental music, and exotic modes — his use of these modes in his compositions had appalled Delibes, who had vetoed his entering for the Prix de Rome. Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ... Olivier Messiaen (IPA: or ; December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... The term the Orient - literally meaning sunrise, east - is traditionally used to refer to Near, Middle, and Far Eastern countries. ... In music, a mode is an ordered series of musical intervals, which, along with the key or tonic, define the pitches. ... The Prix de Rome is a scholarship for students of the arts. ...

Other appointments included choirmaster at the church of Sainte-Clotilde from 1904–1907, where Charles Tournemire was organist. Charles Tournemire (Bordeaux, 1870 - November 3, 1939), was a French composer and organist, famous also for his improvisations. ...

His compositions include operas after Aeschylus Prométhée enchaîné and Salamine as well as symphonies, string quartets and other chamber music. Like many of his compositions, his six sonatines for solo piano demonstrate his academic interests. The first draws on the music of Burgundy, the second incorporates birdsong, the third uses a Burgundian folk tune in its finale, the fourth is subtitled en divers modes Hindous ("in various Hindu modes"). SYMPHONY is an acronym standing for Single- or Multi-Process Optimization over Networks. ... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ... Bird song refers to the sounds, usually melodious to the human ear, made by many birds of the order Passeriformes as a form of communication. ...

Reference

• Malcolm MacDonald, notes for recording Continuum CCD 1048, Maurice Emmanuel Six Sonatines, Peter Jacobs (piano).

External link

• Maurice Emmanuel at Musicologie.org (in French)