André Robrechte

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André Robrechte (born December 16, 1797 in Brussels , † May 23, 1860 in Paris ) was a Belgian violinist and composer .

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André Robrechtes received violin lessons from Corneille Vander Plancken (1772–1849), concertmaster of the Brussels Opera . After making technical progress at an early stage, he came to the Paris Conservatory in 1814 , which a few months later had to be temporarily closed for political reasons. So he became a private student of Pierre Baillot and Anton Reicha . Back in Brussels, he received lessons from Giovanni Battista Viotti , whom he followed for several years on his travels, including to London.

Robrechte was concertmaster in the royal chapel of King Wilhelm I (Netherlands) in Brussels. He held this post until the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He then moved back to Paris, where he had great success as a concert violinist. In the meantime, François-Joseph Fétis was able to engage him as a violin professor at the newly founded Brussels Conservatory for a few months. His most famous student was Charles-Auguste de Bériot . After his death he was buried in the Montmarte cemetery.

Robrechts played a violin attributed to Guarneri del Gesù from 1728, which has since been known under the name "Ex-Robrechts" or "Ex-Robrecht".

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Mendel: Musical Conversations Lexicon ..... (1877)
  2. ↑ Thierry Levaux: Dictionnaire of Composers de Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours , p 529, Editions: "Art in Belgium" in 2006, ISBN 2-930338-37-7
  3. ^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1864)
  4. ^ "Ex-Robrechte" ( Memento from February 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Robrechte, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1860
Place of death Paris