Maurice Emmanuel - Sonatine No.4 'Sur des Modes Hindous', Op.20

Intro : [0:00] I. Allegro [0:05] II. Adagio [2:51] III. Allegro deciso [6:36] - - - Piano : Laurent Wagschal - - - Maurice Emmanuel was a French composer of classical music. Brought up in Dijon, Marie François Maurice Emmanuel became a chorister at Beaune cathedral after his family moved to the city in 1869. Subsequently he went to Paris, and he entered the Paris Conservatoire, where his composition teacher was Léo Delibes. At the Conservatoire he came to know Claude Debussy who was also a pupil there. In addition, he attended the Conservatoire classes of César Franck, about whom he wrote a short book in 1930 (César Franck: Etude Critique). Emmanuel pursued a notable academic career. He wrote a treatise in 1895 on the music of Ancient Greece, and was appointed professor of the history of music at the Conservatoire in 1909. His students included Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux.