Guillaume-Albert Teniers

Guillaume-Albert Teniers ; and Willem Albert Teniers (* 20th April 1748 in Leuven ; † 12. February 1820 in Amsterdam ) was a French violinist and composer .

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Guillaume Teniers was a descendant of the important Flemish painting family Teniers. In the course of his life he held numerous concertmaster positions in theaters and opera houses in various European cities. He had his first known job in 1775 at the “Théâtre des Spectacles” in Brussels, in 1780 he was concertmaster at the Opera in The Hague, during which time he wrote his violin concertos and gave numerous public solo concerts. From 1792 he worked at the Brussels Opera La Monnaie . After a brief engagement at the French theater in Hamburg, he moved to the Netherlands from 1800. He had a job at the French theater in Amsterdam, and he also gave violin lessons.

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Several works for violin by Teniers have come down to us. In the duos, the viola usually plays an accompanying role, often in lines of variation.

• 3 violin concertos op.1 (Amsterdam, 1782)
• 3 Sonates pour le violon avec accompagnement d'un alto op.3 (Amsterdam, 1786)
• Trois airs variés pour le violon op. 5
• 3 Sonates pour le violon avec accompagnement d'un alto op.6 (Amsterdam, 1800)
• Andante avec La Roxolane de Mr. Joseph Haydn , arrangement for violin and viola
• Six variations sur l'angloise de Mlle Foriosa la cadette , for two violins

Individual evidence

1. ^ René Vannes et André Souris: Dictionnaire des musiciens-compositeurs (Bruxelles, 1947)
2. ↑ Thierry Levaux et al .: Dictionnaire des compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours. Art in Belgium, Bruxelles 2006, ISBN 2-930338-37-7 , p. 602.