Jean-Jacques Grasset
Jean-Jacques Grasset (* 1769 in Paris ; † 25. August 1839 ibid ) was a French violinist, composer and conductor.
Life
Jean-Jacques Grasset was a pupil of Isidore Bertheaume , with whom he appeared in public for the first time in April 1786 at the Concert Spirituel as a soloist in a symphonie concertante for two violins by his teacher Bertheaume. In 1787 he got a job in the orchestra of the Concert Spirituel, where in 1790 he performed two of his violin concertos and a concertante symphony. During the Napoleonic Wars he was obliged to take part in the first coalition war against Germany and in the French Italian campaign. In Italy he acquired the local musical taste and style of interpretation. From January 1798, Grasset directed the newly founded orchestra of the Société des Artistes . After the death of Pierre Gaviniès in 1800 he became a violin professor at the Paris Conservatory . After Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni gave up his position at the Théâtre-Italien , the Italian opera in Paris, in 1802 , Grasset took over the musical direction of the theater for more than 25 years. As an opera conductor, Grasset continued to regularly perform the violin solos.
Works (selection)
- Concerto pour violon op.1
- Concerto for violin , Op. 2
- Sonate pour violon et piano op.3
- Concerto for violin , Op. 4
- 5 livres de duos pour deux violons
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Jean-Jacques Grasset in the International Music Score Library Project
- David Charlton, Hervé Audéon: Grasset, Jean-Jacques. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
literature
- François-Joseph Fétis : Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Vol. 4. Firmin Didot, Paris 1866, pp. 85-86 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grasset, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French violinist, composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1839 |
| Place of death | Paris |