Edouard Deldevez

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Edouard Deldevez

Édouard-Marie-Ernest Deldevez (born May 31, 1817 in Paris ; † November 6, 1897 ibid) was a French composer , violinist and conductor .

life and work

Deldevez, born in Paris in 1817, studied from 1825 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Fromental Halévy , François-Antoine habeneck and Henri Montan Berton . In 1838 he won the First Second Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata La Vendetta .

He worked as a violinist in various orchestras in Paris and became second conductor in 1852, and in 1872 chief conductor of the Paris Opera as successor to Georges Hainl . He was also the conductor of the Société des concerts du Conservatoire from 1872 to 1885 . From 1873 he taught a class for orchestral playing at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1874 he became Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur . In 1877 he resigned from his post at the Paris Opera, in 1885 he finished teaching at the Conservatoire.

In 1839 Deledevez published a collection of songs with piano accompaniment. Several of his ballets were premiered at the Paris Opera. His most popular ballet Paquita (1846) was later expanded to include an act by Ludwig Minkus . He also composed chamber music, choral works, several symphonies and a requiem. He has also published a four-volume collection of a selection of violin compositions by well-known composers from Corelli to Viotti , several musicological writings and two autobiographical books.

Works

  • Lady Henriette , ballet
  • Eucharis , ballet
  • Paquita , ballet
  • Vertvert , ballet

Fonts

  • La Notation de la musique , Paris, 1867
  • Principe de la formation des accords , Paris, 1868
  • Curiosités musicales , 1873
  • L'Art du chef d'orchestre , 1878
  • La Société des Concerts du Conservatoire 1860 à 1885 (Conservatoire national de musique) , Paris 1887 ( digitized version )
  • De l'Exécution d'ensemble , Paris, 1888
  • Mes Mémoires , 1890
  • Le Passé, à propos du présent, suite à Mes Mémoires , Paris, 1892

swell

  1. ^ RJ Stove César Franck: His Life and Times 2011, p. 62 "Édouard Deldevez - who later became a prominent conductor of Conservatoire concerts"
personal data
SURNAME Deldevez, Edouard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Deldevez, Edouard-Marie-Ernest (full name); Deldevez, Edme
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, violinist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1897
Place of death Paris , France