Jean-Joseph Rodolphe
Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (also: Johann Joseph Rudolph , born October 14, 1730 in Strasbourg , † August 18, 1812 in Paris ) was a French horn player, violinist, composer and music teacher.
Life
Jean-Joseph Rodolphe took violin lessons from Jean-Marie Leclair in Paris at the age of fifteen . He became an orchestral musician in Bordeaux and Montpellier and went to Parma to study composition with Tommaso Traetta . From 1760 to 1766 he was a member of the Württemberg court orchestra Carl Eugen . Here he completed his musical training with Niccolò Jomelli . As a ballet composer he worked with the choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre .
He then went to Paris and became principal horn in the court orchestra of Prince Louis François de Conti and composition teacher at the Royale du Chant et de Déclamation . He lost his jobs through the French Revolution, but from 1795 became professor of singing at the newly founded Paris Conservatory . In the last years of his life he gave private lessons.
Works
- Rinaldo ed Armida , ballet, 1761
- Psyché et l'Amour , ballet, 1762
- Médée et Jason [Medea and Jason] , ballet, 1763
- Le Mariage par capitulation , Opera, 1764
- L'Aveugle de Palmyre , Opera, 1767
- Isménor , Opera, 1773
- Nanine, sœur de lait de la reine de Golconde , Opera, 1773
- 2 horn concerts
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rodolphe, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 225 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Jean-Joseph Rodolphe in the International Music Score Library Project
- Württemberg State Library Stuttgart - Johann Joseph Rudolph
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rodolphe, Jean-Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudolph, Johann Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alsatian horn player, violinist, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1812 |
| Place of death | Paris |