Charles Louis Maucourt

Charles Louis Maucourt (born 1760 in Braunschweig ; died around or before 1829 there ) was a German music teacher , violinist , composer and conductor of the Braunschweiger Hofkapelle who was descended from French immigrants.

Life

Maucourt was the son of the painter Charles Maucourt , who had fled to Germany as a so-called “Refugee” as a follower of the Protestant faith and settled in Braunschweig. Here he received musical training from Carl August Pesch , who taught him to play the violin. Other sources state that Maucourt was born in Paris and was tutored by his father, who is said to have been a musician and not a painter. He was already known as a virtuoso on this instrument in Germany in 1780 at the age of 20. He learned to compose himself. After editing some duos and trios for violin, he traveled through Germany. In Braunschweig he was initially employed as court musician in 1784 and soon rose to the position of ducal concertmaster. As such he created concerts, sonatas and solos for violin, most of which were printed by Johann André in Offenbach. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1806, he was given retirement. Since the pension was not enough to make a living and the students also stayed away, in 1810 he took a position as a musician in the royal chapel Jérôme Bonaparte in Kassel. This position was not permanent, so that he returned to Braunschweig in 1813. For reasons of age he did not get a job in the newly founded band and instead gave lessons or composed other pieces from 1812 to 1813, such as a string quartet and a violin trio. His well-known students included Joachim Nicolas Eggert and Louis Spohr .

Works (selection)

Six Sonates en trio pour deux violons et une basse. (around 1746, gallica.bnf.fr )
Concert pour un violon principal accompagné de deux clarinettes, deux fluttes et deux cors de chaße deux violons, Alte et Baße.
Concert pour le violon accompagné de plusieurs instrumens: oeuvre III. Braunschweig (with dedication: " à son Excellence Monsieur le Comte de Westphalen Grand Croix de l'Ordre de St. Joseph et Ministre d'Etat de SM l'Empereur. ")
Trio Brilliant pour violon, alto & violoncelle. Johann André, Offenbach s / M (Musical Score No. 2963, around 1810/11, archive.org , reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).

literature

Gustav Schilling: Maucourt, Louis Charles . In: Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences or Universal Lexicon of Music . tape 4 : Irregular passage to Morin. . Franz Heinrich Köhler, Stuttgart 1837, p. 603 ( books.google.com ).
Gustav Schilling: Maucourt, Louis Charles . In: Musikalisches Conversations-Handlexikon, containing the most complete explanation of all musical realities, as well as the biographies of all ... composers, virtuosos ... 2nd edition. tape 2 : L-Z . Schlosser, Augsburg 1844, Sp. 97 ( books.google.de - year of death approx. 1829): "He died about 15 years ago"
Antoine Vidal: Les instruments à archet: les feseurs, les joueurs d'instrument, leur histoire dur le continent européen, suivi d'un Catalog général de la musique de chambre . J. Claye, Paris 1876, p. 304 (French, text archive - Internet Archive ).
Carsten Niemann: Braunschweig's musical personalities before 1800. In: Braunschweig Symposium 2007 - The apprenticeship and early master years of the composer, violinist, conductor and music teacher Louis Spohr in Braunschweig. Braunschweig 2014, pp. 36-37 ( braunschweig.de PDF).

Web links

Charles Louis Maucourt (approx. 1760-1825) imslp.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Maucourt, Louis Charles. In: Gustav Schilling: Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst. Volume 4, Verlag FH Köhler, Stuttgart 1837, p. 603 ( books.google.com ).
^ Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski : The violin and its masters . 6th increased edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1920, III. France and the Netherlands. - 2. The French violin playing up to the founding of the Paris School, p. 364 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “He was the son of a musician and was born around 1760 in Paris. At first his father directed his musical studies, then he enjoyed the lessons of a certain Harranc. After making his debut as a solo player in the Concert spirituel in 1778 , he undertook a trip abroad. In 1784 he found employment as concertmaster in the Brunswick court orchestra. [...] In 1813, an arm trouble compelled him to abstain from any artistic activity and to withdraw into private life. "
↑ August Gathy: Maucourt (Louis Charles) . In: Musical Conversations Lexicon. Encyclopedia of the entire music science for artists, art lovers and the educated . Niemeyer, Hamburg 1840, p. 296 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Maucourt, Charles Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maucourt, Louis Charles; Maucourt, Charles-Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician
DATE OF BIRTH	1760
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	around 1829
Place of death	Braunschweig

[Schilling-1] Maucourt, Louis Charles. In: Gustav Schilling: Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst. Volume 4, Verlag FH Köhler, Stuttgart 1837, p. 603 ( books.google.com ).

[2] Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski : The violin and its masters . 6th increased edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1920, III. France and the Netherlands. - 2. The French violin playing up to the founding of the Paris School, p. 364 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “He was the son of a musician and was born around 1760 in Paris. At first his father directed his musical studies, then he enjoyed the lessons of a certain Harranc. After making his debut as a solo player in the Concert spirituel in 1778 , he undertook a trip abroad. In 1784 he found employment as concertmaster in the Brunswick court orchestra. [...] In 1813, an arm trouble compelled him to abstain from any artistic activity and to withdraw into private life. "

[3] August Gathy: Maucourt (Louis Charles) . In: Musical Conversations Lexicon. Encyclopedia of the entire music science for artists, art lovers and the educated . Niemeyer, Hamburg 1840, p. 296 ( books.google.de ).