Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard

Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard (15 May 1861, Paris – 6 December 1942, Lyons) was a French composer.

He was the son of Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard.^[1] He studied with Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris and in 1886, he won first prize in the Prix de Rome for an oratorio entitled La Vision de Saül.^[1][2][3]

An opera, La Forêt (légende musicale en 2 actes), with a libretto by Laurent Tailhade (1854-1919) was published in 1910 (Enoch et cie., Paris).^[4] The music uses modal and whole-tone scales, as well as a great deal of chromaticism.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Morris Foundation
2. ^ ^{a b} Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001)
3. ^ w:fr:Prix de Rome
4. ^ Open Library

External links

• Free scores by Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard at the International Music Score Library Project

Persondata
Name	Savard, Augustin
Alternative names	Savard, Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard
Short description	French composer
Date of birth	15 May 1861
Place of birth	Paris
Date of death	6 December 1942
Place of death	Lyons