11 Facts About Paul Ladmirault

Paul Emile Ladmirault was a French composer and music critic whose music expressed his devotion to Brittany.

Paul Ladmirault was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire to study under Gabriel Faure, learning harmony under Antoine Taudou and counterpoint from Andre Gedalge.

Paul Ladmirault wrote Young Cervantes for small orchestra, Valse triste and Epousailles for piano and orchestra.

Paul Ladmirault died in Kerbili en Kamoel, St Nagoire, France.

All Paul Ladmirault's music is imbued with his attachment to Brittany.

Paul Ladmirault advocated cultural autonomy for Brittany in the face of the centralisation of French culture in Paris and became a subscriber of the Breton fascist paper Breiz da Zont, an offshoot of the Breton Autonomist Party.

Paul Ladmirault was initiated into the Celtic esotericist movement led by Francois Jaffrenou.

In 1912, Paul Ladmirault was one of the founding members of the short-lived Association des Compositeurs Breton.

Paul Ladmirault composed music on Celtic themes, such as the ballet La Pretesse de Korydwenn and the symphonic poem he wrote as musical accompaniment for the film La Briere.

In 1928, Paul Ladmirault published a manifesto of Breton music in the first issue of the Celticist journal Kornog.

Paul Ladmirault argued that Breton composers should follow the example of the Mighty Handful, the Russian nationalist musical group, by rejecting German and Italian musical models and relying on folk traditions and pentatonic scales.