Gabriel Verdalle

{{Short description|French harpist and composer (1847–1918)}}

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Gabriel Verdalle (1847–1918){{efn|Some authority control records give his year of death as 1915. See, e.g., {{VIAF|58324843}}.}} was a French virtuoso harpist and composer who held the position of Principal Harp at the Paris Opera for most of his career.{{Cite web |title=Gabriel VERDALLE (1847–1918) |url=https://musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr/t14095-gabriel-verdalle-1847-1918 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Category:Verdalle, Gabriel – IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Verdalle,_Gabriel |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=imslp.org}}

He wrote numerous pieces for solo harp and duets with harp.{{Cite web |title=Butterflies, by Gabriel Verdalle – Elizabeth Jaxon |url=https://elizabethjaxon.com/butterflies-by-gabriel-verdalle/ |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=elizabethjaxon.com}} Most of his compositions were published by Carl Giessel Jr in Bayreuth between 1898 and 1901{{Cite web |title=Valse caprice Op. 8 |url=https://www.presser.com/zm14670-valse-caprice-op-8.html |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=www.presser.com |language=en}} and a reprinted a few years later by Wilhelm Zimmermann in Leipzig.{{Cite book |last=Zingel |first=Hans Joachim |title=Harp Music in the Nineteenth Century |last2=Palkovic |first2=Mark |date=1992 |location=Bloomington |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=49 |isbn=0-253-36870-7}}

Works

=With opus=

All works are for solo harp unless specified.

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  • Op.1. Andante religioso
  • Op.2. L'oiseau-mouche
  • Op.3. Petite marche
  • Op.4. Aubade
  • Op.5. Sérénade
  • Op.6. Romance sans paroles
  • Op.7. Adagio
  • Op.8. Valse-Caprice
  • Op.9. Mazurka
  • Op.10. Barcarolle
  • Op.11. Ballade
  • Op.12. Caprice original
  • Op.13. Prière
  • Op.14. Air de ballet
  • Op.15. Bébé dort!
  • Op.16. Canzonetta (1898)
  • Op.18. Méditation pour violoncelle et harpe (cello and harp)
  • Op.20–22. Trois Romances sans Paroles No. 1. Op. 20 in F. No. 2. Op. 21 in D#. No.3 Op. 22 in F.
  • Op.20 (bis) Larghetto pour violon et harpe en sol (1898) (violin and harp)
  • Op.23. Saltarelle
  • Op.24. Rêverie pour violon et harpe (violin and harp)
  • Op.26. Cantilène pour violon et harpe (violin and harp)
  • Op.27. Sevillana
  • Op.29. Chant d'Amour pour violon et harpe (violin and harp)
  • Op.30. Mélancolie pour violon et harpe (violin and harp)
  • Op.32. Larmes et Rires pour violon et harpe (violin and harp)
  • Op.33. Invocation
  • Op.34. Doux songe
  • Op.39. Lucciola
  • Op.40. Danse slave
  • Op.41. Légende bretonne
  • Op.42. Remembrance
  • Op.43. Recueillement
  • Op.45. Childish March
  • Op.46. Leggenda d'amore
  • Op.67. Primavera
  • Op.73. Badinage
  • Op.76. Amoroso
  • Op.77. Serpoletta
  • Op.79. Berceuse
  • Op.84. Fantasia pour harpe en fa majeur (published by Izzo, 1901)
  • Op.87. Scherzetto
  • Op. 89 Impromptu

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=Without opus=

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  • Air de ballet No.4
  • Butterflies, morceau caractéristique
  • A Capri
  • Capricciosa, valse lente
  • Impromptu No.2
  • Vision
  • 6 Morceaux pour harpe
  • Ninetta, sérénade andalouse pour piano (1904)
  • Divertissement pour piano (1902)
  • Sous l'olivier, mélodie pour voix et harpe (lyrics by Jacques Linerais)
  • On the Lake

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Notes

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References

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