Louis Drouet
Louis Drouet (born April 14, 1792 in Amsterdam , † September 30, 1873 in Bern ) was a flutist , flute maker , composer and conductor of French-Dutch origin.
Drouet was the son of a Parisian hairdresser and a Dutch mother. In Amsterdam he was taught by the flautist Arnoldus Dahmen, later he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Anton Reicha and Étienne-Nicolas Méhul . At the age of 15 Drouet became the court flutist of Louis Bonaparte , in 1811 Napoleon Bonaparte took him into his service, in 1814 Louis XVIII hired him . at the Académie Royale. In 1815/16 Drouet moved to England and worked, among other things, as a flute maker. In 1819 Drouet left England again, traveled through Europe and was general director of the Théâtres Royaux de Naples in Naples for three years from around 1823 . He then moved to the Netherlands, where Willem I employed him for the court orchestra. From around 1838 to 1853 he worked as Kapellmeister at the court of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
Drouet left behind more than 400 compositions, including 10 concertos for flute and orchestra, numerous variations on opera arias or songs as well as educational works.
literature
- Moritz Fürstenau: Drouet, Louis François Philippe . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 434.
- András Adorján, Lenz Meierott (Ed.): Lexicon of the Flute , Laaber-Verl., Laaber 2009, ISBN 978-3-89007-545-7
Web links
- Biography (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drouet, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Dutch flautist, flute maker, composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1873 |
| Place of death | Bern |