François Dacosta
François Dacosta (actually Franco Isaac Dacosta ) (born January 17, 1778 in Bordeaux , † 1866 ibid) was a French clarinetist and composer .
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Dacosta received his first musical instruction from his father, a merchant, on the flageolet . As an autodidact, he learned to play the clarinet and, in order to deepen his knowledge of music, committed himself at the age of 14 as a military musician to a regiment stationed in his home town for four years. In 1796 he gave a first, much acclaimed solo concert in the theater of Bordeaux. After this success he appeared regularly with a pianist friend at concerts for a while.
In the same year he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory and studied with Jean-Xavier Lefèvre . Two years later he successfully completed his studies with a Premier Prix . Then he was clarinetist in the Chapelle Impériale , first clarinet soloist at the Paris Opera and one of the co-founders of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire . In 1833 there was a close collaboration with the musical instrument maker Louis-Auguste Buffet on the development of a bass clarinet, which was used as a soloist in the 5th act of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Die Huguenots in 1836 . In 1842 he retired to Bordeaux; he went blind three years before his death in 1866.
According to François-Joseph Fétis , his compositional work includes four clarinet concertos, a concertino dedicated to the Bohemian clarinetist Joseph Beer (1744–1811), romances, “Thèmes variés” and “Fantaisies”.
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Individual evidence
- ^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1861)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dacosta, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dacosta, Franco Isaac (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1866 |
| Place of death | Bordeaux |