Aymé Kunc

Aymé Kunc (20 January 1877 – 13 February 1958) was a French composer and administrator. Career Born in Toulouse, Kunc won second prize alongside Maurice Ravel in the Prix de Rome competition of 1902. Until 1907 he conducted the orchestra of the Théâtre Apollo in Paris. In 1914 he became the director of the Toulouse Conservatory, in which capacity he served for thirty years until 1944. He died in Toulouse aged 81. Beginning in 1996, the Association Aymé Kunc has promoted the composer’s music, and has recorded a number of his works, including the Messe de Sainte-Cécile. Selected works Music for the stage * Les Esclaves, opera (1911) * Les Armes de Vulcain, ballet * Les Dieux morts, ballet * Pastorale antique, ballet Orchestral works * Ouverture de fête (1904-1907) * Suite dramatique (1904-1907) * Feuillets d’album * Quatre Esquisses méditerranéennes (1949) * Cloches d’Automne * Prelude and final * Fantaisie, for piano and orchestra (1904–07) * Pensée musicale, for harp and orchestra (1916) * Quatre Pièces, for flute and orchestra * Pastorales, for violin and orchestra (1919) * Légende, for viola and orchestra (1931) * Poème, for cello and orchestra (1943) * Nocturne, for horn and orc