Marcel Marnat
Marcel Marnat (6 July 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a French musicologist, journalist and radio producer.
Life and career
[edit]Marnat was born in Lyon on 6 July 1933.[1][2]
After a scientific training, he collaborated in the writing of various cultural newspapers and magazines (Combat, Jazz Hot, Arts, Les Lettres Françaises, L'Express, Preuves, Le Monde, Disques, Harmonie, Le Monde de la musique, Nouvelle Revue Française). He wrote on current affairs, art, cinema, literature and lists new discographic publications. He was also secretary of the Ravel Foundation[3] and compiled a catalogue of works by Maurice Ravel.
Marnat was responsible for programming at France Musique from 1978 to 1992 and has been working since 1990 with the Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2. He was awarded the prize for music criticism. His book on Giacomo Puccini was honoured by the Académie des Beaux-Arts and received the prix Pelléas as well as a prize for musical biography of the SACEM at the Deauville book festival.[4]
He was a member of the International Music Press Association for many years.[5]
On 30 September 2022, his collection of tribal art was auctioned at the Hôtel Drouot.[6]
Marnat died in Paris on 17 December 2024, at the age of 91.[2]
Publications
[edit]- Maurice Ravel,[7] Fayard, 1986
- Haydn, la mesure de son siècle,[8] Fayard, 1995
- Stravinsky, Éditions du Seuil, 1995
- Antonio Vivaldi,[9] Fayard, 2003
- Giacomo Puccini, Fayard, 2006
- Publications about Modest Mussorgsky, Michelangelo, D. H. Lawrence, Paul Klee and Ludwig van Beethoven.
References
[edit]- ^ "Presse Musicale Internationale". pressemusicaleinternationale.net (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Disparition du musicologue Marcel Marnat" [Death of musicologist Marcel Marnat]. Diapason. 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Fondation Maurice Ravel". fondationmauriceravel.com.
- ^ "14e édition du Festival livre et musique de Deauville - La Région Normandie". www.normandie.fr.
- ^ "Marcel Marnat". presse musicale internationale. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Thierry de Maigret commissaire-priseur. Collection Marcel Marnat" (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Maurice Ravel Marcel Marnat". SensCritique.
- ^ Decornoy, Jacques (August 1, 1996). "Joseph Haydn. La mesure de son siècle". Le Monde diplomatique.
- ^ "Antonio Vivaldi, Marcel Marnat | Fayard". www.fayard.fr.
External links
[edit]- Marcel Marnat on Éditions Fayard
- Marcel Marnat at IMDb
- Marcel Marnat on France Culture
- Interview with Marcel Marnat (22 February 2003) on INA.fr
- Marcel Marnat at Discogs
- Stravinsky et la musique française, intervention de Marcel Marnat on Dailymotion
- Joseph Haydn. La mesure de son siècle by Marcel Marnat (August 1996)
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