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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External links
- [https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Verdalle%2C+Gabriel%22 Scores by Gabriel Verdalle] on archive.org from the International Harp Archives
- {{IMSLP|id=Tournier, Marcel}}
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Category:19th-century French composers
Category:20th-century French composers