Paul-Gilbert Langevin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Paul-Gilbert Langevin

French musicologist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1933

Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1986

Profession: writer, teacher, music critic, musicologist, physical chemist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Paul-Gilbert Langevin

  • Paul-Gilbert Langevin (Boulogne-Billancourt, 5 July 1933 – Paris, 4 July 1986) was a French musicologist, who wrote books on Anton Bruckner, Franz Schubert and 19th-century classical music. Paul-Gilbert Langevin was the son of French physicist Paul Langevin (1872–1946) and Eliane Montel (1898–1992), a private teacher at the Sorbonne science department.
  • He started his scientific education at the Sorbonne and then completed it at the UniversitĂ© Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, obtaining a degree in physical chemistry under the supervision of professor RenĂ© Freymann. From a young age, Langevin had a deep interest in classical music, listening to Anton Bruckner's symphonies on radio recordings during his youth and meeting conductor Roberto Benzi.
  • Having completed his scientific degrees, he decided to write a thesis under the supervision of Daniel Charles at the Centre Universitaire de Vincennes about 19th century Austrian music, focusing on composer Anton Bruckner and the so-called "ethnoromantic" period. He became a physics teacher at the Sorbonne science department, and then, at the UniversitĂ© Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, which was created in the 1960s.
  • During this time, he met musicologists Harry Halbreich, Gustave Kars, Jacques Feschotte, Pierre Vidal, Marc Vignal and Jean-Luc Caron.
  • Langevin went on to create the Anton Bruckner French society, wrote books on 19th-century symphonic music, edited in La Revue Musicale and L'Age d'Homme, and became a music critic in Le Monde de la musique, edited by Anne Rey. From the 1950s, Langevin focused on classical music, symphonic music, and writing.
  • Specifically, he wrote articles, monographs and books about Anton Bruckner, Franz Schubert, Guillaume Lekeu, AlbĂ©ric Magnard, Joseph-Guy Ropartz and Charles Koechlin.
  • He was also interested in works by Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schmidt, Ferruccio Busoni, Leoš Janácek and Carl Nielsen. He died on 4 July 1986.

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