André-Joseph Exaudet

André-Joseph Exaudet (also Exaudé ; * 1710 in Rouen , † 1762 in Paris ) was a French composer and violinist.

Step sequence of the Exaudet Minuet in Magnys “Principes de chorégraphie”, Paris, 1765

Life

André-Joseph Exaudet was the first violinist at the “Académie de Musique” in Rouen. From 1744 he worked in Paris and immediately announced the appearance of a collection with 6 trio sonatas in the “Mercure de France” . In 1749 Exaudet was appointed to the " Académie Royale de Musique ", where he worked as a repetitor and soloist. In 1751 he appeared for the first time at the concerts of the Concert spirituel and became a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy . In 1758 he became "Ordinaire de la musique de la chambre du roi". Exaudet also worked as "maître de violon" at the court of the Prince of Condé.

effect

His works for violin contain both technical and formal innovations. These include the expansions of the double and triple fingering up to the 9th and 10th position, the double trill and complex new types of bowing that run through his work. He remained unforgotten through a menuet, which was passed on in several arrangements, for example in 1763 by Pierre-Montan Berton and Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735-1809), in 1764 L'Abbé le Fils worked on the subject. The melody “L'Arbre heureux”, which has become a revolutionary song, also comes from Exaudet.

Works

• 6 sonatas for violin and bc (1744)
• 6 trio sonatas for 2 violins and bc (as the finale of the first sonata, the famous menuet) (1751)
• 12 sonatas for violin solo op.3 (1760)
• Concert à cinq, with solo violin