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Victor-Alphonse Duvernoy ([vik.tɔʁ al.fɔ̃s dy.vɛʁ.nwa]) (30 August 1842 in Paris – 7 March 1907 in Paris) was a French pianist and composer. Duvernoy counts composer Alexander Winkler (1865–1935) and Norah Drewett de Kresz (1882–1960) among his students. His brother was singer and pianist Edmond Duvernoy.
Duvernoy, son of noted bass-baritone Charles-François Duvernoy (1796–1872), was a student of Antoine François Marmontel, François Bazin and Auguste Barbereau at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied piano from 1886. He subsequently made his career as a piano virtuoso, a composer and professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris.
He composed operas, a ballet, symphonic and chamber music works, as well as music for piano. His 1880 symphonic poemLa tempête for soloists, chorus and orchestra after William Shakespeare's The Tempest won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1900.
Selected works
Stage
Sardanapale, Opera in 3 acts (1882, Paris, Concerts Lamoureux); libretto by Pierre Berton after Lord Byron
Le baron Frick, Operetta-pasticcio in 1 act (1885, Paris); libretto by Ernest Depré and Charles Clairville
Hellé, Opera in 4 acts (1896, Opéra de Paris); libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Camille du Locle
2 Fragments symphoniques for piano and orchestra (1876)
Morceau de concert for piano and orchestra, Op. 20 (1877); dedicated to Mathurin Barbereau
Scène de bal for piano and orchestra, Op. 28 (1885)
Fantaisie symphonique for piano and orchestra (1905)
Chamber music
Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 11 (c.1868)
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, Op. 23 (1885)
Sérénade for trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano, Op. 24 (1906)
Deux morceaux (2 Pieces) for flute and piano, Op. 41 (1898)
Lamento
Intermezzo
Concertino for flute and piano (or orchestra), Op. 45 (1899)
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 46 (1899)
Lied in A minor for viola and piano, Op. 47 (1901)
Sonata No. 2 in C minor for violin and piano, Op. 51 (1905)
Piano
Six pièces (published 1868)
Romance sans paroles
Gavotte
Prélude
Poco agitato
Chanson
Étude
Ballade, Op. 8 No. 1 (published 1872)
Sérénade, Op. 8 No. 2
Queen Mab (published 1872)
Regrets! (published 1872)
Le message, Caprice (published 1875)
Cinq pièces de genre (published 1876)
Voyage où il vous plaira, 15 Pieces, Op. 21 (published 1879)
En route!
Récit
Menuet
Orientale
Conversation
Allegrezza
Promenade
Ischl
Souvenir
Momente de caprice
Chanson
Un soir
Inquiétude
Kilia
Retour
La tempête, Airs de ballet for piano 4-hands (1881)
Pensée musicale, Op. 25 (1885)
Intermède, Op. 26 (1885)
Scherzetto, Op. 27 (1885)
Deux pièces (2 Pieces), Op. 35
Sous bois, Op. 36 (1894)
Humoresque, Op. 42
L'école du mécanisme, 100 Études (1903)
Sonata in A major, Op. 52 (1906)
Choral
La tempête, Symphonic Poem in 3 parts for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1880); words by Armand Silvestre and Pierre Berton after The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Cléopâtre, Scène lyrique for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1885?); words by Louis Gallet
