Emmanuel Maurice Marie François, *2 May 1862 Bar-sur-Aube (Haute-Marne), †14 December 1938 Paris, French musicologist and composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Th. Dubois (harmony), L. Delibes (composition), and L.-A. Bourgault-Ducoudray (music history); in Brussels under F.A. Gevaert (history of ancient music); and at the Sorbonne, where he received his doctorate with the dissertation L’orchestique grecque (Paris, 1895). From 1907 to 1936, he taught music history at the Paris Conservatoire.
Literature: Béclard d’Harcourt L’oeuvre musicale de Maurice Emmanuel, “La Revue Musicale” XVI, 1935; J.G. Prod’homme Maurice Emmanuel, “Rivista Musicale Italiana” XLIII, 1939; H.F. Stewart Maurice Emmanuel, “Music and Letters” XX, 1939; special issue of “La Revue Musicale” 1947 (includes a bibliography).
Writings:
Histoire de la langue musicale, 2 vols., Paris 1911 (Prix Kastner-Bourgault)
La musique grecque antique, in: A. Lavignac Encyclopédie de la musique, Paris 1913
Traité de l’accompagnement modal des psaumes, Lyon 1913
La polyphonie sacrée, z R. Moissenetem, Dijon 1921
Pelléas et Mélisande de C. Debussy, Paris 1926
Franck, Paris 1930
Reicha, Paris 1937
co-editor (since 1911) of the complete works of J.-Ph. Rameau
Compositions:
Instrumental:
First Symphony, 1919
Second Symphony, 1930–31
Zingaresca for orchestra, 1902–34
Suite française for orchestra, 1934–35
2 string quartets
trio for clarinet, flute and piano
violin and cello sonatas
piano sonatas
Vocal:
including:
Trois odelettes anacréontiques, 1911
Trente chansons bourguignonnes du pays de Beaune, 1913
Stage:
Pierrot peintre, 1886
Prométhée enchaîné, 1916–18
Salamine, 1921–28
