Edouard Colonne
Édouard Colonne (born July 23, 1838 in Bordeaux , † March 28, 1910 in Paris ) was a French conductor . He founded the "Concerts Colonne" orchestra.
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Édouard Colonne attended the Paris Conservatory from 1856 and then became first violinist in the Paris Opera Orchestra . In 1873, the music publishers won him Georges Hartmann as head of him at the Odeon Theater justified Concert National to make that had the goal of the works by French composers a wide audience. Although the first season with works by César Franck ( Rédemption ) and Jules Massenet ( Marie-Magdeleine ) was very successful, Hartmann was forced to give up due to financial problems.
Colonne then founded his own orchestra, the Association Artistique des Concerts Colonne , which was located at the Théâtre du Châtelet . It was dedicated to the works of contemporary French composers such as Camille Saint-Saëns , Jules Massenet , Gabriel Fauré , Vincent d'Indy , Marc-Antoine Charpentier , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel , Charles-Marie Widor and Paul in the performances that have become famous as Concerts Colonne Dukas and Emmanuel Chabrier . In addition, forgotten works such as Faust's Damnation by Hector Berlioz were rediscovered, and works by foreign contemporary composers such as Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss were also featured on the program. The orchestra invited great conductors like Felix Mottl and Felix Weingartner , and composers like Gustav Mahler , Peter Tchaikovsky , Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg , Richard Strauss and Sergei Prokofjew came to perform their works. The great soloists also accepted his invitation, such as B. Pablo de Sarasate , Raoul Pugno and Eugène Ysaÿe .
Colonne went with his orchestra, which he led until his death in 1910, on tours throughout France and abroad. His successor was Gabriel Pierné .
Colonne was married to the operetta singer Irma Marié de l'Isle (1841–1891), daughter of the tenor Mécène Marié de l'Isle (1811–1879) and sister of the more famous singer Célestine Galli-Marié , the Carmen of the world premiere in 1875. That The couple had two children: Mathilde and Daniel. Daughter Mathilde married the composer Antony de Choudens (1849-1902), whose father was the well-known music publisher Antoine de Choudens (1825-1888).
In his second marriage, the conductor was married to the singer Eugénie Vergin (born in 1854 in Lille) on September 30, 1886 .
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- Painting by André Devambez “Concert Colonne” - in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Musica et memoria: Keyword: Célestine GALLI-MARIÉ, Soprano et mezzo-soprano français (Paris, 1840 - Vence, 1905) , accessed on September 12, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colonne, Édouard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Judas Colonna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French conductor and orchestra founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1910 |
| Place of death | Paris |