Henri Casadesus
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Henri-Gustave Casadesus (born September 30, 1879 in Paris , † May 31, 1947 there ) was a French musician and composer. He came from the Casadesus family of musicians and was the uncle of the pianist Robert Casadesus .
Live and act
Henri Casadesus received his first musical knowledge from Albert Lavignac and studied viola with Théophile Laforge at the Paris Conservatory , where he received a first prize in 1899. From 1910 to 1917 he was the violist of the Capet Quartet .
At the suggestion of Camille Saint-Saëns , Casadesus and like-minded musicians founded the Société des Instruments Anciens ("Society for Historical Instruments") in 1901 . This was an ensemble consisting of Henri Casadesus (viola d'amore), Marius Casadesus (Quinton, a five-string instrument with the range of viola and violin), Régina Patorni-Casadesus (harpsichord), Lucette Casadesus (viol), Maurice Devilliers (bass viol ) and Édouard Nanny (double bass), who performed works on historical instruments on international concert tours up to 1939 , such as the viola da gamba or the viola d'amore .
The ensemble also performed "rediscovered" works by composers from the 18th century. However, it was later discovered that these works had been composed by Henri Casadesus and his brother Marius Casadesus (1892–1981). The so-called “Adélaïde Concerto” for violin , allegedly by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , is sometimes ascribed to Henri, but comes from Marius.
His extensive collection of historical musical instruments is now in the possession of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the instruments of the "Société des instruments anciens" in the Cité de la musique in Paris.
Henri Casadesus was married to Marie-Louise Beetz and had two children with her, the actors Christian Casadesus and Gisèle Casadesus .
Famous works
Viola Concerto in D major after Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Henri, on the other hand, is the author of a viola concerto in D major, which was attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . This concerto appeared in a Russian edition in 1911, allegedly “ broadcast ... for small orchestra by Maximilian Steinberg ”, and was subsequently performed by conductors such as Darius Milhaud and Sergei Kussewitzki and recorded by Eugene Ormandy .
Concerts in the style of Handel, Boccherini and Johann Christian Bach
Henri Casadesus is also considered to be the author of a concertante symphony for viola d'Amore, double bass and orchestra, as well as two viola concertos in the style of Georg Friedrich Handel (in B minor ), Johann Christian Bach (in C minor ) and a violin concert in Styles by Luigi Boccherini (in D major ). He composed several operettas ( Le Rosier , Sans tambour, ni trompette , La petite-fille de madame Angot , Cotillon III ) and film scores ( Le gardian, Les mystères de Paris, Paris-New York ). He also wrote a method for learning the viola d'amore and 24 etudes (1931) for this instrument.
Web links
- Literature by and about Henri Casadesus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Henri Casadesus in the International Music Score Library Project
- Henri Casadesus: Composer, Conductor (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henri Casadesus (English short biography)
- ↑ Gisèle Casadesus. Retrieved March 26, 2014 (English).
- ^ Christian Casadesus. Retrieved March 26, 2014 (English).
- ^ Boccherini, (Ridolfo) Luigi | Grove Music. Accessed April 30, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casadesus, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Casadesus, Henri-Gustave (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1947 |
| Place of death | Paris |