Duparc, Henri

(1848-1933) (Henri Fouques-Duparc)

   composer

   Born in Paris, Henri Fouques-Duparc, or Henri Duparc, as he is known, was the student of césar franck and was one of the founders of the Société nationale de musique (1871). Neurasthenia and rheumatism, however, brought an end to his career (1885). Author of works for piano (Laendler, 1874) and orchestra (Lénore, 1875), he destroyed the majority of his compositions, leaving only a collection of 13 melodies (1868-83), which passed into the canon of traditional lieder and are considered among the major works of vocal art (Soupir, the famous Invitation au voyage, Extase, Phydilé, La Vie antérieure).