Émile Sauret

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Émile Sauret, 1875

Émile Sauret (born May 22, 1852 in Dun-le-Roi , France, † February 12, 1920 in London , England) was a French violinist , music teacher and composer of the Romantic period.

Life

Émile Sauret studied at the Strasbourg Conservatory from the age of six. In Paris he was a student of Charles de Bériot and Henri Vieuxtemps . From the age of eight he traveled as a violin virtuoso to France, Italy, Austria, England and Germany. From 1870 he studied composition at the Leipzig Conservatory with Salomon Jadassohn and made many friends, including Fritz Steinbach and Richard Sahla, and then toured Northern Europe. In 1872 he made his first concert tour to the United States of America.

From 1873 to 1875 he was married to the Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carreño . For several years he taught at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst Theodor Kullak in Berlin . In 1890 he was appointed to the Royal Academy of Music in London as the successor to his late compatriot Prosper Sainton . From 1903 to 1906 he was a lecturer at the "Chicago Musical College", then in Geneva, until he finally moved to London. His students included u. a. Tor Aulin , Jan Hambourg , William Henry Reed , Marjorie Hayward , Florizel von Reuter and John Waterhouse .

Émile Sauret played a violin by Guarneri del Gesù from 1744, which has been nicknamed "Sauret" since 1986 and has been played by the violinist Itzhak Perlman since 1986 .

rating

Emile Sauret was a gifted violinist and wrote two violin concertos, a serenade for violin and orchestra, a ballad , a scherzo , a barcarole and more than 100 other works for his instrument. Why he was quickly forgotten after his death in 1920 and since then has only been used as the composer of the famous cadenza to Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 is puzzling because of the high quality of his music. One of the reasons may be the excessive difficulties that he imposed on the player of his works. Since the beginning of the 21st century, several violinists have taken up his compositions again.

Works (selection)

  • Op. 3 Caprice de Concert
  • Op. 6 3 Morceaux de salon for violin and piano
  • Op. 9 Scherzo fantastique
  • Op. 11 Souvenir de Los Angeles
  • Op. 13 2 Impromptus for violin and piano
  • Op. 24 20 Grandes Études (1884)
  • Op. 26 Violin Concerto in G minor
  • Op. 27 Fantaisie brillante sur des airs espagnols
  • Op. 28 Feuillet d'Album
  • Op. 32 Rhapsody Russian
  • Op. 33 Danse polonais
  • Op. 36 Gradus ad Parnassum (1894)
  • Op. 38 12 Études artistiques
  • Op. 43 6 Morceaux de salon
  • Op. 50 scènes villageoises
  • Op. 52 Capriccio in B minor
  • Op. 57 Introduction et Valse de Concert (1898)
  • Op. 59 Rhapsody suédoise
  • Op. 64 24 Études Caprices (1902-03)
  • Op. 65 Souvenir de Hongrie. Andante et Caprice hongrois
  • Op. 66 3 Morceaux de salon
  • Op. 67 Andante et Caprice de Concert
  • Op. 68 Suite for violin solo (1907)
  • Op. 69 Chanson sans paroles et Mazurka
  • Sonata in A major by César Franck for violin and piano, (arr.É. Sauret) ISMN M-001-03262-9
  • Cadenza to the 1st Violin Concerto in D major op. 6, by Nicolò Paganini
  • Cadenza to Mozart's 4th Violin Concerto in D major KV 218
  • Cadenza to the Devil's Trill Sonata by Tartini

Web links

Individual evidence

  • Music for violin and piano [CD] / Émile Sauret, Michi Wiancko - violin, Dina Vainshtein - pianoforte, Naxos Germany (LC 05537)
personal data
SURNAME Sauret, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French violinist, pedagogue and composer of the Romantic era
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Dun-le Roi , France
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1920
Place of death London