Antoine Mariotte

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Antoine Mariotte, born in Avignon (Vaucluse) on 22 December 1875 and died in Izieux, (Loire) on 30 November 1944 was a French composer, conductor and music administrator. After studies at the School of Saint-Michel in Saint-Étienne, he entered naval school aged 15. In 1894, while serving on the frigate Iphigénie, he wrote to a friend that he missed music and if he had the means he would go to the Conservatoire. While still split between the life of a sailor and musician, he worked away on harmony. He took part in campaigns on board the Forfait in the China Seas,[disambiguation needed ] then on the Vinh-Long, where he witnessed the closing stages of the sino-japonese war. He brought back sketches which became a suite Kakimonos, initially written for the piano, but later orchestrated and performed at the Concerts Poulet on 29 January 1923 (Panorama, Geishas, Temple au Crépuscule, Fête). In the Far East he read the Oscar Wilde play Salome, and decided to set it to music. On return to Europe, he sailed on the Marceau then the Magenta where finally, thanks to the Admiral Gervais, he had a piano. On six months leave he followed a course at the Conservatoire by Charles-Marie Widor. After prolonging his absence, he resigned from the navy in 1897. He entered the Schola Cantorum where he was taught by Vincent d'Indy who found him work as a pianist at the home of the comte de Chambrun, to whom he played each day for preceisely 60 minutes, in particular the 32 sonatas of Beethoven i

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