Louis-Gabriel Guillemain

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Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (born November 5, 1705 in Paris , † October 1, 1770 ibid) was a French composer and violinist .

Life

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain was a pupil of the Duke of Mortemart , Count Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart (1682–1747), in this environment Guillemain received his first violin and music lessons. He was able to expand his knowledge on a long trip to Italy. Guillemain became a student of the well-known violinists Giovanni Battista Somis and Jean-Marie Leclair .

From 1729 he was a member of the orchestra at the Lyon Opera, and in 1734 he became concertmaster of the Royal Academy in Dijon. In the following years he traveled to Paris, where he was active in many areas of music, both as a composer and as a violinist. In 1759 he entered the royal service as a violinist. In the course of his life he gained important positions at the court of Versailles. Obviously cornered by overwhelming debts, he took his own life with 14 knife wounds on the drive from Paris to Versailles near Chaville .

The contemporary Louis-Claude Daquin wrote of famous people in his letter: “When one speaks of a man full of genius, vivacity and fire, one cannot avoid mentioning the royal violinist Mr. Guillemain. His hand is bubbly and no difficulty can be held back. This fantastic artist is one of the most fruitful of the great masters, his works are piquant and full of beauty. "

Works

Title page of the "Amusement" Op. 18th
  • 12 trio sonatas for violins or flutes (undated)
  • 1734: Premier livre de Sonates for violin and B. c. op. 1
  • 1739: XII sonates en trio pour les violons et flûtes op. 2
  • 1739: Deuxième livre de Sonates for violin and B. c. op. 3
  • 1739: VI Sonates for 2 violins without bass op.4
  • 1739: Deuxième livre de sonates for 2 violins or flutes op.5
  • 1740: 6 Symphonies en trio in the Italian style op.6
  • 1740: Six Concertinos à quatre parties for 2 violins, viola and B. c. op. 7
  • 1740: Premier amusement à la mode pour 2 violons ou flute et basse continue op. 8
  • 1741: Pièces for 2 violins / flutes / musettes / Vièles op.9, lost
  • 1741: Six Sonates en trio for violins or flutes and B. c. op.10
  • 1742: Troisième livre de Sonates for violin and B. c. op.11
  • 1743: Six Sonates en quatuor ou conversations galantes et amusantes entre une flute traversière, violon un, une basse de viole et un violoncelle op 12th
  • 1745: Pieces de clavecin en Sonates avec violon op. 13
  • 1748: La Cabale sur un livret de Saint-Foix , comédie épisodique, first performance on January 11, 1749 at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris
  • 1748: Trio Sonatas Second livre de symphonies dans le goût italien op 14th
  • 1751: Divertissements de symphonies en trio op.15 (dedicated to the Marquise de Pompadour)
  • 1752: Symphonies d'un goût nouveau en forme de concerto pour les Musettes, vielles, flûtes ou hautbois (Concertante symphonies according to modern taste for bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, flutes or oboes) op.16 , lost
  • 1756: Second Livre de Sonates en quatuor ou conversations for flute, violin, viola da gamba and B. c. op.17
  • 1762: Amusement pour le violon seul accompagné de plusieurs airs variés de différents auteurs ... avec douze Caprices op.18

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Vernet: curriculum vitae on musebaroque.fr (French, accessed on January 20, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Guillemain, Louis-Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1705
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1770
Place of death Paris