Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly
Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly (born April 19, 1785 in Paris , † December 27, 1858 ibid) was a French composer, organist and pianist of the Romantic period.
Life
Alexandre Boëly received his first lessons from his father Jean-François Boëly, who was a singer at the Sainte-Chapelle . At the age of eleven he began to learn violin and piano at the Paris Conservatory; however, he did not finish this course. He gave music lessons early on. It was only in 1834 that he obtained a provisional position as organist at the Saint-Gervais Saint-Protais church , which he held until 1838. In 1840 (according to MGG 1837) he became organist at St-Germain-l'Auxerrois . This post allowed him to gain a certain reputation as a virtuoso and interpreter. He published some of his handwritten works that he had kept since his youth. From around 1845 to 1850 he taught at the choir school of Notre-Dame de Paris . Around 1852 Boëly had to give up the organist position at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois in favor of one of his students, because the pastor did not like Boëly's style. Boëly was hardly known to the public, but towards the end of his life he gained the trust of a group of friends, including Marie Bigot , Pierre Baillot , Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Johann Baptist Cramer .
plant
Boëly studied the works of J. S. Bach , Haydn , Mozart and Beethoven , among others . Although he was long committed to romanticism , Boëly turned to the older style of Viennese classicism in his later years .
His work includes two masses and numerous piano, organ and chamber music works. He made frequent use of modulation and chromatics in his instrumental works .
Several musicologists attribute a mature style and high quality to Boëly's works that were lacking in the instrumental works that were widespread at the time.
literature
- Brigitte François-Sappey: Entry "Alexandre Pierre François Boëly" in Stanley Sadie, John Tyrrell (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-517067-2
- Georges Favre / Hans Albrecht: Entry “Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly” in Friedrich Blume (ed.): Music in the past and present . 1st edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1949–1986
Web links
- Works by and about Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly in the International Music Score Library Project
- Curriculum vitae, as well as work and bibliography on Musicologie.org (fr)
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SURNAME | Boëly, Alexandre-Pierre-François |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boëly, Alexandre Pierre François |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, organist and pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1785 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1858 |
Place of death | Paris |