André-Frédéric Eler

André-Frédéric Eler (also Andreas-Friedrich Heller and Andreas-Friedrich Eler ; * 1764 in Alsace; † April 29, 1821 in Paris ) was a French composer and music teacher .

He probably went to Paris at an early age, where he soon worked in a variety of ways and with growing recognition at the Institut National de Musique - the later Conservatoire. On August 15, 1789, his Scène française was sung in the Concert Spirituel . At the Conservatoire de Parishe worked as a librarian from 1795 to 1797, as a teacher for accompaniment from 1798 to 1800, solfège from 1800 to 1801 and counterpoint from 1816 to 1821. Here he composed, among other things, the numerous works for wind instruments, appealing in their remarkably contrapuntal writing, which were certainly not least intended for the students of the Conservatoire. His occupation with the compositions of the masters of the 16th century during his last years resulted in a seven-volume collection of these works, which is kept in the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire under the name Collection Eler .

Works

Works with orchestra

• Sinfonia concertante for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra
• Concerto No.1 in F major for horn and orchestra

Works for wind orchestra

• Overture
• Ode avec le Situation de la Republique in May 1799

Chamber music for wind instruments

• 1795 Three quartets for strings opus 2
• 1807 Trio in F major opus 9 No. 1, for flute, clarinet in B flat and bassoon
• 1807 Trio in C major opus 9 No. 2, for flute, clarinet in B flat and bassoon
• 1807 Trio in D minor opus 9 No. 3, for flute, clarinet in B flat and bassoon
• Concerto for oboe and string quartet
• Six Sonates pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle, opus 8
• Quartet No. 3 for horn and string trio
• Quartet in F major opus 6 No. 1, for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon
• Three quartets op. 10 for 2 clarinets, horn and bassoon
  1. Quartet in B flat major opus 10 No. 1
  2. Quartet in C minor opus 10 No. 2
  3. Quartet in B flat major opus 10 No. 3
• Wind quartet in F major opus 11 No. 1, for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon
• Wind quartet in F major opus 11 No. 31, for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon

Stage works

• 1798 Apelle et Campaspe Opera in 1 act
• 1798 Le Chant des vengeances intermêde et pantomime 1 act
• 1801 L'Habit de la Duchesse de Grammont
• 1803 L'Habit du Chevalier de Grammont comic opera in 1 act
• La Forêt de Brama Lyric opera in 3 acts

literature

• Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan: The New Lexicon of Brass Music , 4th Edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
• Claus Reinländer: André-Frédéric Eler: thematic-systematic directory of instrumental works . Edition Engel, Puchheim 1999

Individual evidence

1. ^ Proof of the catalog raisonné in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Web links

• Works by and about André-Frédéric Eler in the catalog of the German National Library