Carel Anton Fodor
Carel Anton Fodor or Carolus Antonius Fodor (born April 12, 1768 in Venlo , † February 22, 1846 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch composer , pianist and conductor .
Life
Antoine Fodor, as he was called, was the son of the violinist Carel Fodor, who was believed to be from Hungary. He received his first harpsichord lessons in his hometown. As a child, he played numerous concerts with his father. Accompanied by his older brothers Josephus Andreas Fodor and Carolus Emanuel Fodor , he traveled to Paris in 1781, where he received further music lessons, and his first compositions were also published during this time. In 1790 Antoine Fodor returned to the Netherlands. In Amsterdam he gave a concert in July 1790 in the concert hall of the Felix Meritis Society and in October a concert at court in The Hague. He earned his living in Amsterdam as a coal merchant, piano teacher and composer. As a successor to Bartholomeus Ruloffs (1741–1801), he became conductor of the orchestra of the “Felix Meritis Society” in 1801 and a year later also conductor of the “Eruditio Musica” concert company. In 1808 Louis Bonaparte appointed him chairman of the newly established forerunner of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences . In 1811 he was one of the co-initiators of a concert series, including Johann Wilhelm Wilms , known as “Thursday Concerts”.
Both brothers Carel Anton Fodors were also musicians and composers, the pianist Carolus Emanuel worked in Paris and the violinist Josephus Andreas worked in Saint Petersburg from the end of the 1790s. His son Carel Joseph Fodor , born in 1801, died in 1860 and left his art collection to his hometown. His house at Keizersgracht 609 was converted into a museum and existed as Museum Fodor until the collection was split up in the 1990s .
Works (selection)
Antoine Fodor's early works are based on the Viennese Classic, after 1800 his compositions took on more and more of an early romantic character. Fodor composed three symphonies (Opp. 5, 12 and 19), eight piano concertos, 5 piano quartets, choral works, songs and other chamber music. His opera “ Numa Pompilius, tweede Koning van Rome ”, written around 1830, is considered lost.
Discography
- In “Concertos hollandais pour piano” Ensemble Cristoferi, soloist Arthur Schoonderwoerd on the tangent piano . (Label: ALPHA 052, 2004)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Eitner : Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars (1901)
- ^ Karl Gustav Fellerer : Musical relations between the northern Netherlands and the empire in the 18th century. in: Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 30th, edition (1980), pp. 51-69
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fodor, Carel Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fodor, Carolus Antonius; Fodor, Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venlo |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1846 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |