Heinrich Domnich

Method de premier et de second cor (title page)

Heinrich Domnich (born March 13, 1767 in Würzburg , † June 19, 1844 in Paris ) was a horn player , composer and professor at the Paris Conservatory .

Life

As a twelve-year-old boy, Domnich appeared in several horn concertos in Würzburg that he had composed himself. For his further training he left his hometown, because he did not find the necessary support there, first went to Mainz in the service of Count Eltz , but soon, disappointed in his hopes, from there to Paris, where he worked on the famous horn player Giovanni Punto won a teacher and protector and, under his guidance, trained himself to be a celebrity among the Parisian horn virtuosos. At the newly established Conservatory in Paris he received the first professorship in the horn, which he held for many years, with merit and fame both through his own lectures and through the training of excellent horn virtuosos. He also justified the division of the horn into a first and a second, for which purpose he wrote his work: “Méthode du premier et du second cor à l'usage du Conservatoire”, which was considered the best horn school up to Louis François Dauprat . His multiple compositions for the horn (concertos, variations, duets and quartets) and his collections of romances also met with great acclaim. Napoleon valued and decorated him for his services .

Although Domnich had emigrated from Würzburg without funds, on his death he left behind a fortune of over a million francs, which he had earned through his handsome salary, through teaching and through the use of pension institutions. His wife, Countess Louise de Mondran née de Chaperon, had died before him.

Works

• Méthode du premier et du second cor à l'usage du Conservatoire , Paris [1805] and later editions a. a. at Schott , Mainz
• Symphonie concertante pour deux cors , Paris, Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire.

literature

• Georg Brückner :  Domnich, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 327 f. (in the family article)

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Heinrich Domnich in the International Music Score Library Project