Marc Burty
French composer
Marc Burty (French: [maʁk byʁti]; 18 February 1827, Lyon – 2 February 1903, Lyon) was a French composer and music teacher for Lycée de Lyon who also went by the pseudonym, Georges Bull, in some of his works. He became interested in the harmonium after building a relationship with Alfred Lefébure-Wély in Paris who introduced him to the instruments, in which Burty later taught the instrument in the Lyon-based institution. He mainly wrote music pieces for the piano and were published in Paris between 1859 and 1900.
Legacy
In America, his works were considered to be well-adapted for teaching purposes.
Compositions
(Most of the catalogue is from Marc Burty's entry in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.)
A la belle étoile
Au gré du vent
Au pays de Bohème
Au Temps passé, gavotte pour piano
Aubade à Grand'maman
Aux Alpes
batteurs de blé
Bonhomme Jadis
Chanson de chasse
Chant du Soldat. Romance dramatique. Paroles de Léon Rayssac
Charité divine. Mélodie. Paroles de F. Barrillot
De profundis d'amour
Dernier soleil
îles d'or
Il faut partir
Jeune France
Lutins et farfadets
Menuet villageois
Noces de Figaro de W. A. Mozart fantaisie transcription [pour piano], op. 34
L'Oiseau du Paradis
Pas d'armes marche des chevaliers, pour piano à 4 mains
Pauvre Isabeau
Pendant l'étape
Perle de Cadix
Petit Noël, chant des bergers
Petite fanfare, marche
Petite reine
Pied d'alouette, caprice-polka
Pizzicato
Polka mazurka de la dame de carreau pour le piano
Pour endormir l'enfant.
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