Camille Chevillard

Camille Chevillard (1859-1923). Collection of the Library of Congress.

Camille Chevillard (14 October 1859 – 30 May 1923) was a French composer and conductor.

He was born in Paris, France. He led the Orchestre Lamoureux in the premieres of Claude Debussy's Nocturnes (1900 and 1901) and La mer (1905). He was the son-in-law of conductor Charles Lamoureux. He died in Chatou.

His pupils included Suzanne Chaigneau, Clotilde Coulombe, Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Yvonne Hubert, Eugeniusz Morawski, and Robert Soetens.

Selected works

Stage

• La Rousalka, Incidental Music for the play by Édouard Schuré (1903)

Orchestral

• Ballade symphonique, Op.6 (1889)
• Le chène et le roseau (The Oak and the Reed), Symphonic Poem after the fable by Jean de La Fontaine, Op.7 (published 1900)
• Fantaisie symphonique, Op.10

Chamber music

• Piano Quintet in E♭ minor, Op.1 (1882)
• Piano Trio, Op.3 (1884)
• Quatre pièces (4 Pieces) for viola (or violin) and piano, Op.4 (1887)
• Sonata for violin and piano, Op.8 (published 1894)
• Quatre petites pièces (4 Little Pieces) for cello and piano, Op.11 (1893)
• Sonata in B♭ major for cello and piano, Op.15 (1896)
• String Quartet in D♭ major, Op.16 (published 1902)
• Allegro for horn and piano, Op.18
• Introduction et marche for viola and piano, Op.22 (published 1905)

Piano

• Thème et variations, Op.5
• Impromptu in D♭ major, Op.14
• Zacharie (d'apres Michel-Ange), Op.19
• Étude chromatique

Vocal

• Attente for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano, Op.12

External links

• Biographical details
• Free scores by Camille Chevillard at the International Music Score Library Project

Cultural offices
Preceded by Charles Lamoureux	Principal Conductors, Lamoureux Orchestra 1897–1923	Succeeded by Paul Paray