Ernest Gillet

Ernest Gillet (13 September 1856 – 6 May 1940) was a French composer and cellist, the brother of oboist and composer Georges Gillet.

Ernest Gillet
Born
Ernest Vital Louis Gillet

13 September 1856
Batignolles (Paris)
Died6 May 1940(1940-05-06) (aged 83)
Paris
OccupationComposer
Cellist

Biography

A student at the École Niedermeyer de Paris then of Auguste-Joseph Franchomme at the Conservatoire de Paris, Gillet won the First Prize of the Conservatoire in 1874[1] and became a cellist of the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris (1875–1882).[2] Solo cellist of the Concerts Colonne, the Concerts Lamoureux and the Concerts de Monte-Carlo, Gillet obtained a great success with his operetta La Fille de la mère Michel,[3] with a libretto by Daniel Riche in 1893 as well as with his piece Loin du bal (1888) that can be heard in the feature film The Dancing Masters with Laurel and Hardy in 1943.

Works

He wrote more than four hundreds pieces including:

Operetta
  • La Fille de la mère Michel (1893)
Compositions
  • Loin du bal (1888)
  • Marche burlesque
  • Intermezzo
  • Entr'acte, gavotte pour violon et piano
  • Lejos del baile
  • La Lettre de Manon[4]
  • Intermezzo lointain
  • Babillage
  • Cortège du Sardar
  • Passepied for cello and piano
  • Canzonetta for cello and piano
  • Au moulin
  • Au village
  • Babillage
  • Dans le Forêt
  • Douce caresse
  • Doux murmure
  • La Toupie
  • Serenade de Pierrot, pièce de caractère
  • Sommeil d'enfant
  • Sous l'ombrage
  • Pizzicati
  • Sérénade impromptu
  • Souvenir d'Espagnole
  • Walzer Vous êtes charmante!

Bibliography
  • Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der Straeten, History of the Violoncello, the Viol Da Gamba, 1915, p. 537
  • Florian Bruyas, Histoire de l'opérette en France, 1855-1965, 1974, (p. 336)
  • Oscar Thompson, Bruce Bohle, The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 1985, p. 822
  • Benoît Duteurtre, L'opérette en France, 1997, p. 99, ISBN 978-2213625782
  • Maurice Hinson, Wesley Roberts, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide, 2006, p. 630
  • Bodewalt Lampe, Stephanie Chase, Popular Classics for Violin and Piano, 2013, p. IX

References
  1. The Aeolian Pipe-organ and Its Music, 1919, p. 140.
  2. Nelson James Newhard, The Newhard Piano Quartette of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Story, 1946, p. 124.
  3. La Fille de la mère Michel on IMSLP
  4. La lettre de Manon on YouTube
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