{{Short description|French composer (1885–1931)}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} thumb|Marc Delmas '''Marc Marie Jean Baptiste Delmas''' (28 March 1885{{spaced ndash}}30 November 1931) was a French expressionist composer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.requiemsurvey.org/composers.php?id=249|title=Marc Marie Jean Baptiste Delmas|access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> and writer.
==Life and career== Marc Delmas was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France, and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Xavier Leroux and Paul Vidal. He won the Prix Rossini in 1911 with ''Anne Marie'', Second Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata ''Le et la Fée Poète'' and later the Prix Cressent and Prix Ambroise-Thomas.<ref name=Holoman>{{cite book |title=The Societé des concerts du conservatoire, 1828–1967|page=339|last=Holoman|first=D. Kern|author-link=D. Kern Holoman|year=2004}}</ref> In 1914 Delmas and Marcel Dupré were tied for first prize on the first ballot of the Prix de Rome, and Camille Saint-Saëns was called in to break the tie. He voted for Dupré, and Delmas took second prize.<ref>{{cite book |title=Saint-Saëns and the Organ|page=168|last=Smith|first=Rollin|year=1992}}</ref>
Delmas taught music in Paris,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/raoul-paquet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017070632/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/raoul-paquet|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|title=Raoul Paquet|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> and was a biographer of noted musicians. He took part in the choral movement and participated in the Conseil Superieur de la Musique Populaire. He died in Paris at the age of 46.
==Works== Delmas was a prolific composer, known primarily for his stage works, but he was also author of choral, solo and chamber music. Selected works include:
*''Laïs'', opera 1908 *''Sylvette'', operetta 1932 *''Camille'', opera comique<ref>{{cite journal|title=Paris – ''Camille''|author=George Cech|journal=The Musical Times and Singing-Class Circular|volume=62|number=946|page=876|date=1 December 1921|url=https://archive.org/details/musicaltimessing6219unse/page/876/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> *''Balade féerique'' for French Horn and piano *''Promenade for Clarinet and Piano'' (1920) *''Lusacienne'', rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1928) *''Choral et Variations Op.37'' for trumpet and piano *''Messe de requiem'' *''Le Masque'' for solo voice *''Fantaisie Italienne'' for clarinet and piano
His music was used in the film ''The Little Thing'' in 1923, and recorded and issued on CD including: *''Recital Favorites for Clarinet and Piano by Eugene Bozza, Gabriel Grovlez, Andre Bloch, Philippe Gaubert and Marc Delmas'' (2005) *''Musique Française pour Cuivres et Piano by Andre Chpelitch, Marc Delmas, Henri Dutilleux, Pierre Gabaye and Pierick Houdy'' (2007) *''Solos de Concours II: Music from the Premier Prix by Charles-Marie Widor, Arthur Coquard, Charles Edouard Lefebvre, Max D'Ollone and Marc Delmas'' (2005)
Delmas also wrote books including: *''Gustave Charpentier et le Lyrisme Francais'' (1931) *''Georges Bizet, 1838–1875'' (1930)<ref name=Holoman />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMSLP|id=Delmas, Marc}} * {{IMDb name|nm1749424}} * {{YouTube|tnaNfrB9xLo|''Fantaisie Italienne'' by Marc Delmas (video)}}, Stephen Johnson, clarinet; Soojin Joo, piano
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