Paul-Louis Rougnon (; 24 August 1846 – 11 December 1934) was a French composer, pianist and music educator.
Biography Paul Rougnon was born in Poitiers the son of Louis Rougnon and Claire Clotilde Robin. A student at the Lycée Bonaparte (now the Lycée Condorcet), he entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1861 as an auditor, then a full-time student in 1862.Paul Rougnon Biography Retrieved 21 August 2012. He studied piano, music theory and composition with such masters as Édouard Batiste, François Bazin, Ambroise Thomas, Antoine François Marmontel and César Franck.Rougnon: Amis et contemporains Retrieved 21 August 2012. He received degrees in music theory in 1865, harmony in 1868 and counterpoint in 1870.
In 1873, at age 27, Rougnon became a professor at the Conservatoire, then under the directorship of Ambroise Thomas. He taught music theory, counterpoint and fugue until his retirement in 1921. His students include Alfred Cortot, Yves Nat, Fernand Oubradous, Noël Gallon, and Henri Mulet. In addition to teaching, he was an administrator for the choral societies Orphéon and Sociétés musicales mutuelles. He composed choral works especially for these ensembles. After the turn of the century, he began to work with various magazines including Piano-Soleil, Le Monde Musical, Le Ménestrel, Le Monde Orphéonique and L'Harmonie.
As a prolific composer and writer, he composed more than 300 musical works in addition to literary and pedagogical volumes. He composed hundreds of piano pieces, two operas, some chamber music, and also vocal and choral works. In 1896, under the tenure of Théodore Dubois, the Conservatoire began the practice of charging composers to write contest pieces. Rougnon began composing works for this purpose, particularly for piano, viola, flute, and trumpet. His treatises on music theory and piano pedagogy are still in use today.
Rougnon received a gold medal for his collective works of music education at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1911, he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
Rougnon married Marie-Louise de Beurmann in 1887 and had five children. He died on 11 December 1934 at his home in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Selected works
Compositions This is a list of compositions sorted by genre, opus number, date of composition (or publication), and title.
GenreOpusDateTitleScoringNotes Opera 1876 La Prima Donna libretto by Lauzières de Thémines Opera Le Prince charmant Chamber music Air de ballet for oboe and piano Chamber music 1916 Allegro appassionato in D minor for viola (or cello) and piano Chamber music 1879 Aragonaise for violin and piano original for piano solo Chamber music 1900 2 Morceaux 2. Allegro symphonique for oboe (or violin) and piano Chamber music 1919 Barcarolle in G major for flute (or violin) and piano Chamber music 138 1895 Concertino romantique in D minor for viola (or violin) and piano dedicated to violist Théophile Laforge Chamber music 1921 Élégie Chamber music 1922 Fantaisie-Caprice in G major for viola and piano dedicated to violist Maurice Vieux Chamber music 1er Fantaisie de concert for trumpet and piano Chamber music 1900? Fantaisie de concert for oboe and piano Chamber music 1902 4ème Fantaisie de concert in G minor for viola (or violin) and piano Chamber music Grande étude de concert for viola and piano Chamber music Méditation for violin (or cello) and piano or organ Chamber music 1911 4 Pièces archaïques concertantes for 2 violins and piano Chamber music Polonaise de concert for 2 trumpets and piano Chamber music Prière Chamber music 1919 Rapsodie italienne for flute (or violin) and piano Chamber music 1919 Sérénade in A major for flute (or violin) and piano dedicated to flautist René Le Roy Chamber music Sicilienne for bass saxhorn, bugle, baritone or saxophone Chamber music 128 1895 1er Solo in F major for clarinet and piano dedicated to clarinetist Cyrille Rose Chamber music 1er Solo de concert for alto saxophone and piano Chamber music 1895 2ème Solo de concert for alto saxophone and piano "Ces deux parties s'enchaînent sans interruption ou peuvent être jouées séparément" Chamber music 1er Solo de concert for trumpet or cornet and piano Chamber music 129 1895 2ème Solo de concert in D minor for trumpet and piano "Imposé au Concours du Conservatoire de Paris (1895)" Chamber music 1900 4ème Solo de concert in F major for trumpet and piano "Imposé au Concours du Conservatoire de Paris (1913)"; dedicated to trumpeter Merri Franquin Chamber music 1900 5ème Solo de concert: Variations sur un thème original for trumpet and piano Fantaisie pastorale Chamber music 8ème Solo de concert for trumpet and piano Chamber music Suite de concert for viola and piano Organ 2 Pièces for organ No. 1 in C, No. 2 in E Piano 2 Caprice-Menuet, Menuet symphonique in G major for piano Piano 4 Mazurka-Polonaise for piano Pedagogical 12 1875 15 Études préparatoires de mécanisme et de style mélodiques et progressives for piano Pedagogical 15 1874 24 Récréations instructives dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, Précédées de la gamme rythmée et d'un exercice dans le ton du morceau for piano Pedagogical 21 1877 12 Études très faciles, Faisant suite aux méthodes for piano introduction to Op. 22 Pedagogical 22 1877 12 Études faciles sans octaves, Précédées d'exercises préparatoires et composées spécialement pour développer le mécanisme, le sentiment mélodique et rhythmique for piano introduction to Op. 23 Pedagogical 23 1877 12 Études chantantes de style et de mécanisme faisant suite aux Études faciles, Op. 22, Précédées d'exercices préparatoires for piano introduction to Op. 24 Piano 26 1877 15 Caprices-Études for piano dedicated to Ambroise Thomas Piano 30 La Madgyare, Fantaisie-Caprice for piano Piano 32 La Chant de la montagne for piano Piano 35 Rêve maternal for piano Piano 1879 Aragonaise for piano also for violin and piano Piano 38 1879 La charmeuse, Polka-Mazurka for piano Piano 46 1880 Historiette, Caprice for piano Piano 47 1880 Le sommeil des fleurs, Nocturne for piano Piano 1880 Fleurs et diamants, Caprice brillante for piano Piano 52 1882 Souvenance, Gavotte for piano Piano 55 1881 Caprice espagnol for piano Piano 1881 Le Réveil de flore, Valse brillante for piano Piano 1886 Au Village, Impromptu for piano Piano 1886 Valse-Caprice for piano Piano 80 1887 Gavotte for piano Piano 81 1887 Chanson vénitienne for piano Piano 82 1887 Marquis et Marquise, Souvenir d'autrefois for piano Piano 88 1885 Perruque poudrée, Vieux style for piano Piano 90 1885 Aragonaise for piano Piano 91 Concert des anges, Nocturne brilliante for piano Piano 93 Valse-Ballet, Morceau de salon for piano Piano 96 1886 Scherzo-Valse, Morceau brilliante for piano Piano 97 Tristezza, Chant de tristesse, Nocturne for piano Piano 98 Allegrezza for piano Piano 99 Valse des lutins, Morceau brilliante for piano Piano 100 1887 Valse rêveuse for piano Piano 101 1887 Menuet symphonique for piano Piano 103 Ballerine, Air de ballet for piano Piano 104 Astre des nuits, Nocturne for piano Piano 105 Menuet de l'infante for piano Piano 105 Valse-Rêverie for piano Piano 106 Chanson de l'aïeule for piano Piano 107 Valse joyeuse for piano Piano 108 Mascarade for piano Piano 109 Parmi le thym et le rosée, Idylle in A major for piano Piano 110 Valse des fileuses for piano Piano 111 Sous les tilleuls, Valse alsacienne for piano Piano 115 Polichinelle for piano Piano 117 Bagatelle for piano Piano 120 4 Pièces faciles et brillantes sans octaves for piano 4-hands Piano 121 Gavotte Régence for piano Piano 122 Valse arabesque for piano Piano 123 Russia, Mazurka for piano Piano 124 Menuet-Ballet for piano Piano 125 Danse rustique for piano Piano 126 Dans l'azur, Caprice for piano Piano 128 Echos du nord, Mazurka for piano Piano 129 Près du Ruisseau for piano Piano 131 Mazurka rêveuse for piano Piano 133 Chanson du Batelier for piano Piano 136 Hymne for piano Piano 141 Passe-pied de la reine for piano Piano 141 Chants du cœur for piano Piano 142 Les Cascatelles, Caprice brillante for piano Piano 142 2ème Valse-Caprice for piano Piano 146 Valse expressive for piano Piano 170 1899 Sérénade tendre for piano Piano 171 1899 À Grenade, Danse espagnole for piano Piano 200 Faintaisie-Valse for piano Piano 220 6 Morceaux for piano Piano 301 1912 Pour la saison nouvelle, 2 Pièces