{{Short description|French classical pianist and composer}} '''Alexis Marcel Félicien Chadeigne''' (2 January 1876<ref>[http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDYtMTkiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjI1MzE2O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-1262%2C116&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=158 birth certificate n° 31 (view 6/31).] On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil registry of the 18th arrondissement, birth register of 1876.</ref> – 2 January 1926<ref>[http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDYtMTkiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6Mjc4Njk5O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=7%2C77&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=167 deaths certificat n° 11 (view 2/31).] On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 16th arrondissement, 1926 death register.</ref>) was a French classical pianist and composer.
He was composer Alain Bernaud's grandfather.
== Life == Born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, son of the composer Félicien Chadeigne, he was a student of Charles de Bériot at the Conservatoire de Paris where he became a friend and fellow student of Ravel and Ricardo Viñes.<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k105573n/f144.item.r=%22marcel%20chadeigne%22 Musique. Concerts Engel-Bathori.] ''Mercure de France'', 16 January 1908, p. 336, {{Gallica}}.</ref> After winning a first piano prize in 1895 and a second piano accompaniment prize in 1899,<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k284808x/f4.item.r=%22chadeigne%22.zoom Courrier des théâtres.] ''Le Figaro'', 6 July 1899, p. 4, {{Gallica}}.</ref> Chadeigne became a pianist, singing conductor (1901-1904), then assistant conductor and choir director<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k76532975/f3.item.r=%22chadeigne%22.zoom Informations. Opéra.] ''{{ill|Comœdia (journal)|fr|3=Comœdia (journal)|lt=Comoedia}}'', 30 October 1919, {{p.|3}}, {{Gallica}}.</ref> at the Opéra de Paris (1909-1925),<ref>Alain Pâris, ''Le Nouveau Dictionnaire des interprètes'', 2015 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=bC7BBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Alexis+Chadeigne%22&pg=PT1884])</ref> piano teacher at the Schola Cantorum de Paris<ref>Pierre Guillot, ''Déodat de Sévérac: la musique et les lettres'', 2002, {{p.|235}}</ref> and professor of solfège at the Conservatoire in 1919, a position from which he resigned in December 1924<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7654651v/f2.item.r=%22marcel%20chadeigne%22.zoom La musique. Au Conservatoire; Nomination et démission.] ''Comoedia'', 24 December 1924, p. 2, {{Gallica}}.</ref> for health reasons.
Chadeigne died one year later on his fiftieth birthday and was buried in the strictest privacy<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7639754f/f2.item.r=%22marcel%20chadeigne%221926%20intimite.zoom Informations. Le monde et la ville.] ''Le Journal'', 12 January 1926, p. 2, {{Gallica}}.</ref> in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery
== Career == Apart from a few piano transcriptions of works for orchestra, there are no known original creations by Marcel Chadeigne or, at least, they have not been preserved.<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2884739/f2.item.r=%22chadeigne%22.zoom Le Monde et la Ville.] ''Le Figaro'', 29 May 1909, p. 2, {{Gallica}}, which evokes a young composer already very appreciated.</ref> Between 1895 and 1925, he divided his time between a career as a concert performer, a singing master at the Opera, a professor of solfege at the Conservatory and a jury member in piano competitions. As a pianist, he is best known for his interpretations of works by Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel and overall Claude Debussy who loved "the persuasive style and intelligent musicality<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56152748/f2.item.r=%22chadeigne%22debussy.zoom Claude Debussy.] ''Le Ménestrel'', 18 June 1920, p. 250, {{Gallica}}.</ref> of his performer.
His wife,<ref>[http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDYtMjEiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjQ1MjA2O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=90%2C-8&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=133 Marriage certificate no. 848 (view 7/31)]. On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 6th arrondissement, 1901 marriage register.</ref> Camille Mouveau<ref>In the press of the time, she was referred to as "Camille Chadeigne, "Mme Chadeigne" or "Mme Marcel Chadeigne".</ref> singer at the Opera, led a career as a contralto with her husband sometimes accompanying her on stage. Their daughter Odette (1902-2002) was also a lyrical singer under the name "Miss Chadeigne".
== Awards == * Ordre des Palmes Académiques (3 January 1904 Ministerial decree)<ref>[http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDYtMTkiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjI1MzE2O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-1262%2C116&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=158 Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-arts.] ''Journal Officiel'', 4 January 1904, {{p.|163}}, {{Gallica}}.</ref>
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