Franz Lamotte

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Franz Lamotte also: La Motte (* around 1751, † 7. September 1780 in The Hague ) was a from Flanders originating violinist and composer .

Life

According to Charles Burney , Franz Lamotte came from Flanders and is said to have been a student of the violinist Felice Giardini, who worked in London . A wealthy Englishman who recognized his talent is said to have adopted him, provided for his education and accompanied him on concert tours. In December 1766 he appeared in the Vienna Burgtheater. Empress Maria Theresia financed a longer concert tour for him, which took him to Prague, among other places. There he is said to have played a violin concerto by Bablizeck, the secretary of Prince von Fürstenberg, from the sheet. In Leipzig he performed his own works at a private concert in the house of the composer Johann Adam Hiller . From 1768 he stayed in several cities in Italy. Leopold Mozart reported in a letter dated June 30, 1770 (BD 194) about Lamotte's long stay in Naples. In 1769 Lamotte gave concerts in Paris. Here Lamotte suggested a concert with the violinist Giovanni Mane Giornovichi , in which each of the two should play one of the other's concerts from sight, which Giornovichi refused for fear of succumbing. From around 1770 Lamotte was concertmaster of the Vienna court orchestra , but continued his concert tours. So he appeared in Paris in 1773 and 1777 at the Concert spirituel . In 1776 and 1777 he had several appearances in London, including with the cellist Andreas Lidl and in 1778 with the soprano Venanzio Rauzzini . After the death of his adoptive father, Lamotte was arrested on account of debts and was able to flee to The Hague, where he died a short time later.

Works (selection)

  • 1st violin concerto (Leduc, Paris, 1775)
  • 2nd violin concerto (Leduc, Paris, 1775)
  • 3rd Violin Concerto (Leduc, Paris, 1775)
  • Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra
  • Six Airs mis en Variations for violin and bass (Leduc, Paris, 1775)
  • 6 sonatas for violin and bass (1776)
  • Solo for violin and bc (1780)
  • Marche des Deux Avares
  • Duetti for violin and viola

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mozart Letters and Documents online edition , publisher, International Mozarteum Foundation, Salzburg
  2. ↑ Barbara Boisits: Lamotte, Franz. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
  3. ↑ Robert Eitner: Biographical-Bibliographical Sources-Lexicon of Musicians and Music Scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the 19th century . tape 6 , 1902, pp. 27–28 ( uzh.ch [PDF; 7.3 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Barbara Boisits, Othmar Wessel:  Lamotte, Franz. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in history and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 10 (Kemp - Lert). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9 , Sp. 1112 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
personal data
SURNAME Lamotte, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Motte, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1751
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1780
Place of death The hague