Charles Dancla
Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla (born December 19, 1817 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre , † October 10, 1907 in Tunis ) was a French violinist and composer.
biography
Dancla received her first lessons from a violin teacher in his hometown. At the age of nine the violinist Pierre Rode heard him in Bordeaux; he was so impressed that he sent letters of recommendation to Pierre Baillot , Luigi Cherubini and Rodolphe Kreutzer . Dancla was a student at the Paris Conservatory with Baillot for violin and with the opera composer Jacques Fromental Halévy for composition. He was strongly influenced by Niccolò Paganini , whom he was able to experience in 1830, and by Henri Vieuxtemps . From 1835 he was solo violinist at the Paris Opera, and shortly afterwards he became concertmaster at the "Concerts du Conservatoire" . In 1857 he received a professorship at the Paris Conservatory, where he was a successful teacher for over 35 years.
With his siblings Arnaud Dancla (1819–1862), cellist and author of a well-known cello teaching method , Leopold Dancla (1822–1895), violinist and composer of chamber music and the pianist Laure Dancla-Déliphard , he gave regular chamber music soirées . He owned four Stradivarius violins , which were later given the nickname " Dancla ".
Works
According to François-Joseph Fétis , Dancla wrote more than 140 works.
- Violin concerts
- 14 string quartets
- String Trios
- Violin duos
- 3 works for male choir
- Etudes, including the “20 Études brillantes et caractéristiques” op. 73 and the “École du mécanisme” op. 74, are considered to be his most important works.
- Op. 89 Aires Variés for Violin - Each of the 6 Aires is based on a theme by the following composers: Pacini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Weigl and Mercadante
- Op. 118 Aires Variés for violin - Montecchi e I Capuletti / La Straniera / Norma / La Sonnambula / Les Puritains / Le Carnaval de Venise.
Textbooks
- A duo school
- Méthode élémentaire et progressive de violon (progressive violin school)
- École de l'expression (Methodology of Expressive Play)
- École de la melodie (methodology of melody)
- numerous musical treatises
- In 1893 his "Notes et souvenirs" appeared with a list of all of his own works.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dancla, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dancla, Jean Baptiste Charles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bagneres-de-Bigorre |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1907 |
| Place of death | Tunis |