Alexander Ivanovich Villoing
Alexander Iwanowitsch Villoing ( Russian : Александр Иванович Виллуан , scientific transliteration: Aleksandr Ivanovič Villuan ; born March 12, 1808 in Saint Petersburg ; † September 2, 1878 near Saint Petersburg) was a Russian piano teacher and composer .
As the son of a French emigrant, Villoing was one of the most sought-after piano teachers in Moscow in the 1830s. In 1837 he was given the teaching of eight-year-old Anton Rubinstein . This strengthened his reputation, as he was always considered the only teacher and best friend of Rubinstein. 1840–1843 he accompanied Rubinstein on his concert tour abroad, and from 1844–1846 together with his brother Nikolai Rubinstein and mother Kalerija Christoforowna (née Löwenstein; 1807–1891) to Berlin. In 1862 he became a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, which had just been founded by Anton Rubinstein . In 1863 his "Piano School" appeared, which was not only introduced as a guide at the Conservatory, but also reissued several times and translated into German and French.
Villoing was a student of Franz Xaver Gebel and John Field and the grandchildren of Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger .
As a composer, Villoing was not very successful; of three piano concertos, only one was published in C major.
Works
- Škola dlja fortepiano: prinjataja v konservatorii . 2nd edition, Sobstvekiost '1870.
- Theoretical-technical teaching of piano playing . Simrock, Berlin 1875. According to d. 3rd ed. Russian original text transl.
- Rubinstein's finger exercises. Technical studies from the theoretical technical teaching of piano playing . Simrock, Berlin 1875.
literature
- Hugo Riemann: Riemann Music Lexicon . Berlin 1929
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Villoing, Alexander Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Villuan, Aleksandr Ivanovič; Виллуан, Александр Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian piano teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1878 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |