Léon de Saint-Lubin

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Léon de Saint-Lubin

Napoléon Antoine Eugène Léon de Saint-Lubin (born July 5, 1805 in Turin , † February 13, 1850 in Berlin ) was a violinist and composer of Italian origin.

Life

Saint-Lubin was born in Turin as the son of a French language teacher, but was already four years old when he came to Hamburg , where he received his first violin lessons and lessons on the harp . From 1814 to 1817 Giovanni Battista Polledro (1781-1853), a pupil of Pugnani , gave him violin lessons in Dresden. In 1817 he appeared in Berlin and Dresden and in 1818 went to Frankfurt am Main , where he became a student of Louis Spohr . In 1820 he finally settled in Vienna and found great recognition there.

Beethoven dedicated a small solo piece, a cadenza , to Saint-Lubin after Saint-Lubin played a violin solo by Beethoven when the Josephstadt Theater reopened on October 3, 1822. The autograph was later owned by the Austrian National Library under the signature Sm 3154, but was lost in the Second World War . It bears the work number Hess 296.

In 1823 Saint-Lubin became concertmaster at the Josephstädter Theater, in 1824 Kapellmeister. Later he lived for a long time as a music teacher in Hungary , including a year on the estate of Count L. Festetics. Here he sought to perfect himself as a virtuoso , following the example of Paganini . In 1830 he was appointed concertmaster at the Königsstädtische Theater in Berlin. He stayed in this position until 1847. In his house he organized concerts and quartet meetings where the most famous virtuosos such as Spohr , Liszt , Servais and Mendelssohn could be heard. In addition to virtuoso violin pieces, Saint-Lubin also wrote songs that were acknowledged by Robert Schumann , violin duos, piano trios, string quartets, string quintets and an octet for winds and strings.

After years of sickness, he died in Berlin on February 13, 1850.

Works

  • Op. 1 Variations sur un Thème de Haydn for violin solo (Berlin, Schlesinger, plate number 280) 1818
  • Op. 2 12 variations for solo violin, 2 violins, 2 flutes and violoncello / bass (Hofmeister) (1815)
  • Op. 3 Grand Duo for two violins (1817)
  • Op. 5 Rondoletto alla Pollaca for violin and string quartet (Bonn-Cologne, Simrock, PN 1647), 1818/19
  • Op. 6 Introduction et Variations sur un Thème Russe Favorit (Bonn-Cologne, Simrock, PN 1709), 1819
  • Op. 7 Polonaise brillante for violin and string quartet (Leipzig, Hofmeister, PN 981), 1824
  • Op. 8 Six grands Caprices ou Etudes for violin solo (Leipzig, Hofmeister), new edition by Jenő Hubay
  • Op. 10 String Quartet in B minor (Vienna, Artaria, PN 2661), 1821
  • Op. 14 piano trio (Vienna, Steiner, without PN)
  • Op. 16 Variations sur un thème connu for violin and piano (Vienna, Mechetti), 1824
  • Op. 18 variations brilliant sur un thème favori austria
  • Op. 19 String Quartet in D minor (Vienna, Diabelli, PN 755)
  • Op. 22 Variations brillantes sur un thème favori de Himmel (ca.1827)
  • Op. 23 Grand Notturno for piano four hands
  • Op. 25 The concert in Krähwinkel. Concertante variations on the well-known song “Zacharisel would be nice” for piano trio (Vienna, Diabelli, PN 900), 1837
  • Op. 27 Troisième quatuor brillant (Vienna, Leidesdorf, PN 1144), 1829
  • Op. 28 Trois Thèmes variés for two violins (1829)
  • Op. 29 25 Exercises for 2 Violins
  • Op. 30 Deuxième Trio brilliant "Andante et Rondo sur des airs hongroises"
  • Op. 31 3 duos for 2 violins
  • Op. 33 Grand Octetto for piano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, viola, violoncello and double bass (Vienna, Diabelli, PN 5738), 1836
  • Op. 35 Pot pourri sur diff. thèmes de "La Fiancée" de Auber
  • Op. 36 6 songs for a voice with accompaniment of the pfte (Berlin, Trautwein)
  • Op. 37 Variations brillantes sur un thème original for solo violin and orchestra
  • Op. 38 Premier grand quintetto for string quintet (Berlin, Schlesinger, PN 2095), ca.1835
  • Op. 39 Theme variée for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano (Berlin, Schlesinger), 1836
  • Op. 40 Souvenir de la Hongrie for solo violin and orchestra / piano
  • Op. 41 6 Etudes de Concert for violin and piano
  • Op. 41 6 Exercises amusants en forme de Caprice (V.solo) (published Oct. 1837)
  • Op. 42 6 Grandes Caprices for solo violin, reissued by Jenő Hubay in 1910
  • Op. 44 Adagio Religioso in E major for violin and piano (Leipzig, Schuberth, PN 502), 1842
  • Op. 45 (a) Thême Original et Etude de Sigismund Thalberg for solo violin
  • Op. 45 "La Jota aragonesa" for violin and piano or violin and string trio (2nd violin, viola, cello) (Schuberth & Comp. Hambourg & Leipzig, published April 1843)
  • Op. 46 Fantaisie sur un thême de Lucia di Lammermoor for solo violin (Leipzig, Fr. Kistner, PN 1404) 1844
  • Op. 47 Morceaux de Salon. Deux Nocturnes en Forme d'Andante, No. 1 suivie d'un Rondino. No. 2 suivie d'une Polonaise , for violin and piano (Hamburg, Schuberth, PN 706), 1844
  • Op. 48 Piano Quartet (Leipzig, Hofmeister, PN 056), 1844
  • Op. 49 Grand Duo Concertant en forme de Sonata in A major for violin and piano (Hamburg-Leipzig, Schuberth, PN 1010), ca.1847
  • Op. 50 Al chiaro della luna. Barcarole a due voci con acc. de piano (published June 1847)
  • 5 violin concerts
  • 19 string quartets
  • The Magic Horn , Opera (1824)
  • The Cornflower , Opera (1825)
  • Belisarius's Days of Happiness and Unhappiness , melodrama (1829)
  • Dr. Faust's Vetter (Le Cousin de Docteur Faust) (1832) Ballet music, operetta / pantomime
  • King Branor's Sword , Opera (1830)
  • Romance in A major for violin and piano
  • 24 Etudes-Caprices dans les 24 tons de la gamme
  • Poème d'Amour op.3 de Ad. Henselt, Andante et Etude concertante p. Pfte transc. p. Viol. seul ou Viol. et Pfte (1850)
  • Notturno p. Pfte à 4 mains No. 1 Marche, No. 2 Scherzo, No. 3 Variations, No. 4 Polonaise, No. 5 Andante, No. 6 Valse
  • Mother's lust. In the mother's lap f. Singing voice m. Puffs
  • Romance de l´Opéra "Il Torneo de Lord Westmoreland" (Piatosa al mio martir) transc. for violin and piano (published August 1844)
  • Prize song by AH Sponholtz (The red leaves rustle) as a salon piece for violin and piano (published Oct. 1846)
  • 6 variations including Coda f. Viol. m. Bgl. d. Pfte on a subject v. Beethoven the Elder Choir Fantasy op. 80 (“sound flattering, gentle and lovely”) comp. v. J. Bohm, Clement, Hellmesberger, St-Lubin.
  • Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento (Paisiello) for violin and string trio (published 1819 ?, Simrock)
  • Saint-Lubin / ML Blahetka: Fantaisie concertante (1840?)
  • Saint-Lubin / ML Blahetka: Concert Variations from "Oberon" (Weber) for violin and piano op. 3 (1823)
  • Saint-Lubin / JP Pixis: Introduction et Variations sur l`opéra "Zelmire" de Rossini (1825?)

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personal data
SURNAME Saint-Lubin, Léon de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1850
Place of death Berlin