George Horsford

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Frédéric Chopin, Grande valse brillante E flat major op. 18, title page of the first edition, 1843, with the dedication “A Mademoiselle Laura Horsford”

George Horsford (* 1767 in Antigua , † April 28, 1840 in Paris ) was a British officer. As a lieutenant general he was lieutenant governor of Bermuda from 1814 to 1816 .

Life

The Horsford family had several relationships with Frédéric Chopin . Two of the five children, Laura and Emma, ​​were Chopin's pupils. In 1833, Chopin dedicated his Opus 12, Variations brillantes sur le rondeau favori , to Emma Horsford, “Je vends des Scapulaires” de “Ludovic” de Hérold et Halévy in B flat major. Also in 1833, Chopin dedicated the grande valse brilliant E flat major Opus 18 to her sister Laura Horsford . The manuscript of the waltz dedicated to her probably came into the possession of the family through Laura and eventually passed to Yale University . A servant of the Horsford family also changed into the service of Chopin.

General Sir Alfred Horsford (1818–1885) was one of the children of the Horsford family .

literature

  • Short biography, in: The Gentleman's Magazine , New Series, Vol. 14, London 1840, p. 430 ( digitized version )

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 168 (1841) (accessed February 22, 2015)
  2. ↑ Information on the life data on familytreemaker.genealogy.com (accessed on February 25, 2015)
  3. ↑ Description of the manuscript at Christie's (accessed December 30, 2014)
  4. ↑ Description of the work on www.ourchopin.com ( accessed December 30, 2014)
  5. ↑ Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal by Byron Janis (accessed February 25, 2015)
  6. ↑ Chopin, or, Die Sehnsucht: a biography (accessed February 25, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Horsford, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Lieutenant-General and Lieutenant-Governor of Bermuda
DATE OF BIRTH 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Antigua
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1840
Place of death Paris