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Henri Duparc

アンリ・デュパルク　/　あんり・でゅぱるく

Composer from France

January 21, 1848 – February 12, 1933　・　former 1st arrondissement of Paris, France

composer
musician

My Take

Duparc fascinates me precisely because he wrote so little. He left only a handful of mélodies, then a nervous illness silenced him for the back half of a long life, and he reportedly destroyed work he deemed unworthy. Yet those few French art songs are treasured, which says something profound about quality over volume. I'm drawn to artists who are merciless self-editors, even to a tragic degree. The Legion of Honour recognition fits a figure whose tiny catalog punches far above its size. There's a haunting lesson here: sometimes a dozen perfect pages outlast mountains of the merely good.

Overview

Eugène Marie Henri Fouques Duparc (21 January 1848 – 12 February 1933) was a French composer of the late Romantic period. He is best known for his mélodies ("art songs").

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Henri Duparc
Name (Japanese): アンリ・デュパルク
Reading: あんり・でゅぱるく
Born: January 21, 1848 – February 12, 1933
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Monkey
Origin: former 1st arrondissement of Paris, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Knight of the Legion of Honour

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%91%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF

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