Raoul Bardac Explained

Raoul Bardac (30 March 1881 – 30 July 1950) was a French classical composer and pianist.^[1]

Biography

Born in Paris in 1881, Bardac was Emma Bardac's son and became Claude Debussy's stepson after the marriage of the latter to his mother.^[2] He is the brother of Hélène Bardac,^[3] known as Dolly, who became Madame Gaston de Tinan^[4] and until her death in 1985, the beneficiary of Debussy's work.^[5]

Bardac inherited Debussy's Blüthner piano and took it to Meyssac when he retired. This piano was acquired by the at Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1989.^[6]

Bardac died in Meyssac at the age of 69.

Works

• Fleurs de crépuscule for voice and piano, lyrics by (Mercure de France, 1899)
• Cinq Mélodies (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
• Trois Stances de Jean Moréas (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
• Tel qu'en songe (words: Henri de Régnier) (Paris: E. Demets, 1905)
• Horizons, first collection (Paris: E. Demets, 1906)
• Esclavage (words by Henry Gauthier-Villars) (Paris: A.-Z. Mathot, 1910)
• Horizons, second collection (Paris: E. Demets, 1912)
• Petite suite majeure, for piano 4-hands (Paris: A. Durand, 1914)
• Simone (words by Remy de Gourmont) (Paris: A. Durand, 1914)

Bibliography

• Hommage à Raoul Bardac: Paris 1881 – Meyssac 1950 (Meyssac: Association Culture et Patrimoine du Canton de Meyssac, 2006)

External links

• BnF Data
• Raoul Bardac
• Les cloches de Casbeno (R. Bardac) - M. Marcuzzi, piano (YouTube)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ccm :: Bardac, Raoul Bardac . composers-classical-music.com.
2. Web site: The Blüthner . www.litart.co.uk.
3. https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/info/editoriaux/le-symphoman/dolly-de-faure-ce-n-est-pas-que-la174800 Hélène Bardac
4. http://data.bnf.fr/14800672/helene_de_tinan/ Hélène de Tinan
5. Ornella Volta, Erik Satie. Correspondance presque complète (Fayard/IMEC, 2000), p. 664.
6. Cahiers Debussy (Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, 2007), p. 84.