Cipriani Potter

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Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter (born October 3, 1792 in London , † September 26, 1871 ) was a British composer , pianist and music teacher .

Life

Cipriani Potter was a son of the piano teacher Richard Huddleston Potter and was named after his godmother Cipriani (a sister of Giovanni Battista Cipriani ). His father began his musical training, which was later continued by Thomas Attwood , William Crotch and Joseph Wölfl . In 1816 an overture was performed by him at a Philharmonic concert.

Frustrated by the lack of opportunities in England, Potter went to Vienna in 1817, where he met Beethoven . Beethoven advised him to study with Aloys Förster . Potter returned to England in 1819 and became a central figure in London's musical life as a pianist and conductor.

He was the pianist of several English premieres of Mozart piano concertos as well as Beethoven's concerts 1 , 3 and 4 . He also conducted the English premiere of Mendelssohn's 1st Piano Concerto ; The composer played the piano.

In 1822 Potter began teaching at the newly founded Royal Academy of Music , first in piano and later in conducting. In 1832 he became a principal of this institution, and in 1859 he resigned from this office. Among his students were William Sterndale Bennett and Joseph Barnby .

Potter gradually composed less and less (hardly since 1837); his main areas of work were music education and the preparation of editions of piano music by Mozart and Beethoven. His interest in new music from continental Europe remained. In 1869 he published the first transcription of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem for two pianos.

Nine Potter symphonies still exist today . However, from its numbering it can be seen that there were once ten. The Tenth Symphony in G minor was praised by Richard Wagner when he was conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Society . Potter wrote too

  • four piano concertos,
  • some chamber music ,
  • several pieces for piano solo,
  • a cantata and a handful of songs.

His instrumental music shows the legacy of his teachers, for example in the way he uses the sonata form.

Potter also wrote some articles for music periodicals. One of them reports on his visit to Beethoven.

Potter owned a Stradivarius violin from 1683, which is now known by his name ("Cipriani Potter Stradivarius").

Compositions

Orchestral works

  • Overture in E minor (1815, revised 1848)
  • Symphony [No.1] in G minor - unnumbered by the composer (1819, revised 1824/6)
  • Symphony [No.2] in B flat major - unnumbered by the composer (1821, revised 1839)
  • Symphony [No.3] in C minor - according to composer No.6 (1826)
  • Symphony [No.4] in F major - according to composer No.7 (1826)
  • Symphony [No.5] in E flat major - according to composer No.8 (1828, revised and with a slow movement in 1846)
  • Symphony [No.6] in G minor - according to composer no.10 and 2 (1832)
  • Symphony [No.7] in D major - according to composer No. 2 (1833)
  • Symphony [No.8] in C minor - unnumbered by the composer (1834)
  • Symphony [No.9] in D major - according to composer No.4 (1834)
  • Antony and Cleopatra , Overture (1835)
  • Cymbeline , Overture (1836)
  • The Tempest , Overture (1837)

Concerts

Singing & choir

  • Medora e Corrado , cantata (1829–1830)

Discography

Some of Potter's works are available on CD:

  • Symphony No. 7 in F major (Czech Chamber PO, Douglas Bostock), Label: Classico, 2005
  • Symphonies 8 & 10 (Milton Keynes City Orchestra), 1993.

Others

Richard Wagner liked to perform Potter's symphonies and often mentioned them with praise.

literature

  • Philip H. Peter, Julian Rushton: Philip Cipriani Potter in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (edited by Stanley Sadie), Volume 20, pp. 221-223

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ zeno.org, Personal. The Ginnatasio family. Heiligenstadt-Nussdorf. . Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  2. ^ A Practical Guide for Performing, Teaching, and Singing the Brahms Requiem .
  3. ↑ zeno.org, supplements and additions. . Retrieved March 9, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Potter, Cipriani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Potter, Philip Cipriani Hambly (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1871