Luigi Abbiate

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Luigi Abbiate

Luigi (Louis) Abbiate (born January 4, 1866 in Monaco ; † July 23, 1933 there ; also in Vence ) was a French composer , cellist and music teacher .

Life

Childhood and Musical Education, 1866-1887

Abbiate came from a musical family. His father was a horn player and his mother also came from a musical family. He showed a musical talent early on. Since his parents died early, he was first raised by Jesuits. He received piano and organ lessons. He received his first cello lessons from a cellist of the Orchester du Casino de Monte-Carlo. At the age of 12 he made his first appearances at religious ceremonies. He took over the organist service at the " Chapelle de la Visitation ". In the casino he got to know the repertoire of orchestral music. His uncle enrolled him in the Turin Conservatory in 1879 . Here he studied the cello with Carlo Casella (1834–96), Alfredo Casella's father . At the age of fifteen he received two first prizes at the Conservatory, in the subjects of cello and harmony. In Turin he made his debut as the first cellist at the Teatro Alfieri and the Teatro Balbo. In 1882 he went to Paris. There he attended Auguste-Joseph Franchomme's class . After his death Jules Delsart taught him . To finance his studies, he played in cafes, at balls, in small theaters and at concerts - on the one hand at the Concerts populaires de musique classique des Jules Pasdeloup , on the other hand in the Nouveaux concerts des Charles Lamoureux . In 1887, at the age of twenty, he left the conservatory with a first prize in the cello subject.

Concert activities and compositions from 1887 to 1911

In 1889 he returned to Monaco and became principal cellist in the Orchester du Casino de Monte-Carlo. Here he played the “great” composers of his time, such as Saint-Saëns , Lalo and Dvořák . In 1891 he went to Paris as a solo cellist at the Opéra Comique. Encouraged by his success, he started a European tour to England, Germany, Russia and Switzerland. His reputation as "Paganini des Cellos" preceded him. His clear, virtuoso brilliance, his sense of style, his pleasant tone, his exquisite phrasing and the purity of his intonation were appreciated. His repertoire included works by Locatelli , Boccherini , Beethoven , Piatti , Lalo , Brahms , Saint-Saëns , Tchaikovsky , Popper and others. Despite his success as a soloist, he devoted himself to composition. But the success he was used to did not materialize. In 1895 he wrote a cello concerto. Luigi Abbiate was represented by the Hermann Wolff Concert Management in Berlin. He stayed in Berlin in February 1895. On February 13, 1895, he and the singer Marie Rost performed a concert in the Bechstein Hall. He played the Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor op. 33 by Camille Saint-Saëns and an arrangement of the 2nd violin romance by Ludwig van Beethoven . Another concert followed on February 23 at the same venue. In Berlin he also played Alfredo Piatti's cello concerto , an arrangement of the Fantaisie Caprice by Henri Vieuxtemps and a cello sonata by Luigi Boccherini . On April 6th, in a soiree in the Salle Érard in Paris, he played the cello concerto in E minor by David Popper , the 2nd romance by Beethoven, an elegy by Saint-Quentin, Hungarian dances by Johannes Brahms, a tarantella by Piatti and a Locatelli's Sonata. On February 20, 1896, before a major European tour, he played his last concert in the Salle Érard with the cello concertos by Édouard Lalo and Saint-Saëns and other pieces by Goltermann, Popper, Davidoff and Piatti. He organized another farewell soiree in January 1899 in the Salle Erard before a concert tour through Russia with performances in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. This time cello concertos by Boccherini, Lalo and Dvořák were on the program. The program was supplemented by the performance of various songs composed by Abbiate based on texts by Paul Verlaine , Valentin and Ossip Mandelstam , which were performed by the singers Daraut and Maugiére. On April 27 and May 11, 1900 he played trios with the pianist André Bloch and the violinist Jules Charles Pennequin (1864-1914) in the Salle Fétes de Journal in Paris . They played works by Franz Schubert, Léon Boëllmann , Saint Saens, Mozart, André Gedalge and Brahms. Towards the end of 1900 he published a cello school, Nouvelle méthode complète pour violoncelle , which was very well received. On March 1st, 15th and 29th he played chamber music with André Bloch and the violinist George Enescu . On February 21, March 7 and March 21, 1901 he gave concerts with Ricardo Viñes and the violinist Henri Sailler. In 1901 he published the Preludes et fugues pour violoncelle seul Preludes and fugues for solo cello with the music publisher Enoch in Paris ]. He also published a Largo and a Scherzino for bassoon and piano for Evette et Schaeffer. On February 9, 1902, Abbiate played his cello concerto at the Lamoureux Concerts . But the audience, who talked during the performance, and the critics vehemently rejected the work. This caused Abbiate to leave Paris and initially not to return. He traveled to England, Russia and Italy. In 1902, under the impression of the premiere of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande , he wrote A propos de Pelléas et Mélisande . In 1904 he published the suite for violoncello and piano with Leduc and his second piano sonata in the Mutuelle edition. On October 26, November 9 and December 15, 1905, he gave a series of three concerts in London in the Bechstein Hall with the piano accompanist Ernesto Vannuccini. In the following months he lived in the city, where he continued to give concerts and teach. In 1906 he gave several concerts, for example in the Queen's Hallon May 9th with Popper's Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 24. In 1906 he became principal cellist at La Scala in Milan . Here he played with Arturo Toscanini . In 1907 Leduc published the Suite in D minor for cello and piano op.16.

In 1909 he founded the Abbiate Quartet, together with Gino Nastrucci and Segré and G.Albisi. In a competition of the Amici della Musica they received the gold medal. At the same time he also founded an association of modern composers. His symphonic poem Illuminations gained some recognition.

Period in Russia, 1911 to 1920

In 1911 he was a member of the jury at the cello competition for the 50th anniversary of the Imperial Russian Music Society in Moscow. Due to the successful cello school and his career as a soloist, he was offered a call at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1911 to lead a cello class. The director Alexander Glasunow called him on the recommendations of Camille Saint-Saëns , Jules Massenet and Gabriel Faures , all of whom Abbiate's artistry in playing the cello highly valued. In Russia he met his wife and started a family. He also had enough freedom to compose. But the revolution ended those pleasant years. There is evidence that he lived and taught in Kostroma in 1918 . In 1920 he was allowed to leave the country, but lost almost all of his property. He was only able to save his cello and a few manuscripts.

Last years after returning from Russia until his death, 1920 to 1933

Abbiate was among the French citizens who entered Finland on April 27 and 28, 1920, via England and then back to France. In Le Menestrel of July 20, 1920, he wrote the article La Musique en Russie sous le régime bolchevique about music in Bolshevik Russia . Difficult years followed, during which he lost his son. He also went through a difficult time musically. He trundled through small concert halls on the Côte d'Azur. In 1922 a municipal music school, the Ecole Municipale de Musique , was opened in Monaco , today's Academie Rainier III. He became its director and found time to compose again. On January 16, 1924 Abbiate designed a matinee with the pianist Lucien Jourdan and the actress Marguerite Maze at the Theater Victor-Hugo in Monte Carlo . Abbiate died in Vence on July 23, 1933.

Works (selection)

Works with opus number

  • Villanelle op.2 for oboe and orchestra OCLC 42249410
  • Cello suite No. 1 op. 5, published in 1905 by A. Leduc in Paris OCLC 843188576
  • Les elfes [The Elves], poème symphonique [ Symphonic poem ] op. 7
  • String quartet op.8 OCLC 647399997
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in G minor op.12
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in B flat major Op. 15 OCLC 843188568
  • Suite in B flat minor for cello and piano based on Intermezzo No. 2 by Heinrich Heine , published in 1907 by A. Leduc in Paris OCLC 843188575
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in E major, Op. 17, 1904 published by Edition mutuelle in Paris OCLC 36398368
  • Piano trio in C major op.18
  • Illuminations op.25 Symphonic poem OCLC 222837519
  • Toccata for piano op.31
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 op.34 in E flat minor 'Elegiaque' OCLC 843188570
  • Cello Concerto in D minor op.35 Cello Concerto OCLC 989696675
  • Préludes études for violoncello op.37 OCLC 806469612
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 op.39 1920
  • Sonatina pour piano et violoncelle [Sonatina for violoncello and piano] op. 43 cello sonata
  • Volutes et meandres [volutes and meanders], three piano pieces op. 45
  • Préludes études for violoncello op.47 OCLC 806469612
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 Quasi Sonatina Op. 48; published by Hayet, 1925 OCLC 13649510
  • Sonatine pour piano et violoncelle [Sonatine for violoncello and piano] op. 53 cello sonata
  • Violin Sonata in B flat major op. 57, published in 1925 by Ch.Hayet in Paris OCLC 843188574
  • Préludes études for violoncello op.58 OCLC 806469612
  • Sonatine pour piano et violoncelle [Sonatine for violoncello and piano] op. 59 cello sonata
  • Sonatine pour piano et violoncelle [Sonatine for violoncello and piano] op. 61 cello sonata
  • Bouquet op. 61 a; Melody; Incipit: rose, chrysanthemum; Text: Lucien Forges OCLC 843188541
  • Bergerette op. 61 b; Melody; Incipit: Si jouvre la volière ; Text: Lucien Forges OCLC 843188541
  • Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 64, 1914 OCLC 843188572
  • Piano Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 74 De Profundis
  • Trois préludes op.78 I Andantino II Assai vivo III Vivace
  • Trois préludes op.84 I Moderato II Allegretto vivace III Allegretto molto
  • Three piano pieces, op.87 , 1918 I Prélude II Romance III Diabolique OCLC 9813949
  • Ondines I op.88 a; Melody; Incipit: Plie tes ailes OCLC 843188541
  • Ondines II op.88 b; Mélodie; Incipit: Quel rire aigu; Text: Lucien Forges OCLC 843188541
  • Berceuse en songe Op. 94; Mélodie ; Text: Lucien Forges OCLC 843188541
  • Le songe d'or , poème symphonique [symphonic poem] op. 95
  • Concerto Italy op.96 for piano and orchestra OCLC 843188540
  • Quatre preludes op. 97; I Pastorale II Barcarolle III Orientale IV Pirouette
  • Duetto for violoncello and organ op. 99, published in Nice in 1928 by P. Decourcelle
  • Chants d'automne [Autumn Songs] Op. 102; 4 Poèmes pour Ténor ou soprano [4 poems for tenor and sopra]; Text: Maurice Canu; I. Automne , Incipit: La brise aigre du soir ; II. Les Etoiles , incipit: Que les étoiles sont loin! III. Lassitude , incipit: Mon triste coeur IV. La toile , incipit: Le temps est comme une araignée
  • Lamento op.109 for cello and orchestra OCLC 36398368 Version for violoncello and piano OCLC 843188546
  • Monaecensis op.110 for piano and orchestra
  • Quatre préliudes op. 115 I Les Mouettes II Les Pénitents blancs III Fleurs d'amandiers IV Les Papillons blancs

Works without opus number

  • Ave Maria, written in Paris on September 27, 1899, dedicated to his uncle Francesco Paolo Bellini
  • Burlesque, duo
  • Cello Sonata in G minor 1890
  • C'est l'extase langoureuse for voice and piano Text: Paul Verlaine OCLC 843188562
  • Chant you matin, duo
  • Comme la voix d'un mort qui chanterait ; Sérénade for voice and piano; Text: Paul Verlaine OCLC 843188555
  • Elle avait un sourire d'ange ; for voice and piano Text: Ossip Mandelstam OCLC 843188557
  • Harp sonata
  • Largo for bassoon with piano accompaniment, published in 1901 by Evette & Schaeffer in Paris OCLC 647399997
  • Mademoiselle aux yeux d'opale , text: Ossip Mandelstam OCLC 843188553
  • Three motets for four voices in the style of Antico I Tribulationes civitatum II Beatus Laurentius III Peccavimus
  • Or, s'enivrer seul est maussade , for voice and piano; Text: Ossip Mandelstam OCLC 843188561
  • Petits Preludes Duo
  • Preludes et fugues pour violoncelle , 1901 published by Enoch & Cie. in Paris OCLC 1040183466
  • Les sanglots longs des violons ; Chanson d'automne : for voice and piano Text: Paul Verlaine OCLC 843188554
  • Scherzino for bassoon and piano, published in 1901 by Evette & Schaeffer in Paris OCLC 52512990
  • Squelette, réponds moi ; for voice and piano, text: Victor Hugo OCLC 843188560
  • String quartet in F major, published in 1901 by Enoch in Paris OCLC 843188576
  • Les tristesses au fond des coeurs ; for voice and piano, text: Ossip Mandelstam, OCLC 843188556
  • Above all the peaks is peace for song and piano; Text: Johann Wolfgang Goethe OCLC 843188558
  • Va sans nul autre souci , chanson for voice and piano, text: Paul Verlaine OCLC 843188559

Textbooks

He composed cadences for the cello concertos by Haydn , Boccherini and Schumann . He also edited works by other composers for cello and piano, as the Album for the Young by Schumann .

His compositional style shows characteristics of late Romanticism and Impressionism.

Famous violoncello student Luigi Abbiates (selection)

Reception and commemoration

On November 14, 1934, the Comité des Amis de Louis Abbiate organized a Festival Louis Abbiate in memory of the composer and cellist in the Salle de l'Ecole Normale de Musique with Presidents Alfred Cortot and Pierre Monteaux .

literature

  • C. Polack: Louis Abbiate - Notes biographiques (con l'elenco delle opere) Biographical notes (with catalog raisonné)
  • Pier Maria Capponi: Abbiate, Luigi (Louis). In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 1, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana , 1960 Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Sheet music editions

  • Louis Abbiate: Trois pièces pour piano. [Three piano Pieces]; I. Prelude; II. Romance; III. Diabolique (1918). Edition Jobert, Paris, ISBN 979-0-230-81306-8 .
  • Louis Abbiate: 4th Sonate pour piano. [Piano Sonata No. 4]. Edition Jobert, Paris, ISBN 979-0-230-81251-1 .

Recordings

  • Louis Abbiate: Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major op.39; Cello Sonata No. 1 in G minor op.12; Dimitry Markevitch; Violoncello; Bernard Ringsissen, piano; 1978; Calliope CAL 1862
  • Louis Abbiate: Trois pièces pour piano [Three piano pieces] op. 87; Quatorze Preludes [14 Preludes]; Op.78 No. 1–3, Op.84 No. 1–3, Op.97 No. 1–4, Op.115 No. 1–4; Toccata op.39; Annie d'Arco; Calliope CAL 1863
  • Louis Abbiate: 3rd Piano Sonata op.34 "Elegiaque"; Bernard Ringsissen, piano; Calliope CAL 1872
  • Louis Abbiate: Monaecensis op.110 for piano and orchestra; Marcelle Bousquet; Orchester du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Head: Richard Blareau; Ecce musica CM 306
  • Louis Abbiate: Italian Concerto for piano and orchestra op.96; Marcelle Bousquet; V Orchester du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo; cond. Louis Frémaux; Ecce musica CM 306
  • Louis Abbiate: 7th Piano Sonata in C minor op.74 "De profundis"; 8th Piano Sonata in C minor op.79 "Liturgique"; Marcelle Bousquet; Ecce musica CM 307
  • Louis Abbiate: Deux Poèmes Symphoniques: Les elfes, Le songe d'or; Cello Concerto in D minor op.35; Eliane Magnan; Violoncello; Orchester du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Head of Louis Frémaux; Ecce musica CM 312
  • Louis Abbiate: Preludes et Fugues. In: Mystery Fugue. Peter C. Dzialo; Violoncello; Lonely Peaks Records

Web links

grades

In libraries

BnF; Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • Louis Abbiate Page with a short biography and a listing of the 48 documents in the BnF, including 41 sheet music editions
Internetculturale.it
RISM

Others

Digital copies

  1. ↑ Cello Sonata No. 1 in G minor, op.12 as a digitized version at the Eastman School of Music - Sibley Music Library
  2. ↑ Lassitude as digitized in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
  3. ↑ La toile as a digitized version at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
  4. ↑ Préludes et fugues pour violoncelle as a digitized version at Gallica
  5. ↑ Nouvelle méthode de violoncelle 1900 as a digital copy in Gallica

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Abbiate, Luigi. In: Dizionario Biografico. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Louis Abbiate | Sonothèque | Comité National des Traditions Monégasques. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 13, 2017 ; Retrieved February 13, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.traditions-monaco.com
  3. ↑ a b c Louis Abbiate. Un musicien monégasque à redécouvrir! - . July 8, 2016 ( lagazettedemonaco.com [accessed February 13, 2017]).
  4. ↑ a b Edmond Stoullig: Concerts Lamoureux . In: Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique 1902 . 28th edition. Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris 1903, p. 504 (French, bnf.fr ).
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Mikhail Ivanovich Aljejnikow: АББИА́ТЕ ЛУИ́ | Энциклопедия Всемирная история. In: Enziklopedija Bsemirnaja Istorija. Retrieved February 14, 2017 (Russian).
  6. ↑ Inquiries and engagement applications . In: Signals for the musical world . tape 53 , no. 9 . Leipzig February 1895, p. 141 ( onb.ac.at ).
  7. ↑ Small music chronicle . In: Berliner Tageblatt and Handels-Zeitung . Berlin February 13, 1895, p. 6.8 ( staatsbibliothek-berlin.de ).
  8. ^ Major and minor Berliner Nachrichten . In: Signals for the musical world . tape 53 , no. 15 . Leipzig February 1895, p. 234 ( onb.ac.at ).
  9. ^ Major and minor Berliner Nachrichten . In: Signals for the musical world . tape 53 , no. 18 . Leipzig February 1895, p. 283 ( onb.ac.at ).
  10. ↑ a b Nouvelles Diverses - Etranger . In: Le Ménestrel: journal de musique . Paris March 10, 1895, p. 79 (French, bnf.fr ).
  11. ^ Les Concerts - Salle Érard - M Abbiate . In: L'Intransigeant . Paris April 13, 1895, p. 3 (French, bnf.fr ).
  12. ↑ Courrier des Théatres . In: Journal des débats politiques et littéraires . Paris February 20, 1896, p. 3 (French, bnf.fr ).
  13. ^ Concert de M. Louis Abbiate . In: L'Intransigeant . Paris January 17, 1899, p. 3 (French, bnf.fr ).
  14. ^ Courrier de la semaine . In: Le Monde artiste: théâtre, musique, beaux-arts, littérature . Paris April 22, 1900, p. 253 (French, bnf.fr ).
  15. ↑ Théatres et Concerts . In: Le Journal . Paris April 25, 1900, p. 5 (French, bnf.fr ).
  16. ^ Bibliography musicale . In: Angers-artist: paraîtra le samedi de chaque semaine ["puis" organe des concerts, you theater et de la Société des amis des arts . December 6, 1900, p. 133 (French, bnf.fr ).
  17. ↑ Echos des Théatres . In: Le Radical . Paris February 27, 1901, p. 3 (French, bnf.fr ).
  18. ^ Gustave Robert: Musique . In: Revue illustrée . Paris March 15, 1901, p. 2 (French, bnf.fr ).
  19. ^ Ricardo Vines, Louis Abbiate et Henri Sailler . In: Guide musical; revue international de la musique et de theâtres lyriques . Schott, Brüssels / Paris: February 17, 1901, p. 156 (French, archive.org [accessed October 3, 2018]).
  20. ^ Bechstein Hall . In: London Evening Standard . London October 27, 1905, p. 9 (English).
  21. ^ Concerts, Recitals & c . In: The Standard . London November 9, 1905, p. 1 (English, newspaperarchive.com ).
  22. ^ Concerts, Recitals & c . In: The Standard . London December 1, 1905, p. 1 (English, newspaperarchive.com ).
  23. ^ Concerts, Recitals & c . In: The Standard . London December 12, 1905, p. 1 (English, newspaperarchive.com ).
  24. ↑ Musical Notes . In: The Standard . London May 5, 1905, p. 5 (English, newspaperarchive.com ).
  25. ↑ Louis (1866–1933) Compositeur Abbiate: Nouvelle méthode de violoncelle, théorique et pratique, en trois parties, contenant de nombreuses photographies explicatives, des extraits et des cadences des concertos les plus connus, et suivie d'une étude symphonique par l ' author. 1900, accessed February 12, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Les Français rapatriés de Russie . In: Le Petit Parisien: journal quotidien du soir . Paris May 21, 1920, S. 3 (French, bnf.fr ).
  27. ↑ Louis Abbiate: La musique en Russie sous le régime bolchevique . In: Le Ménestrel . Paris July 20, 1920, S. 303 (French, archive.org [accessed October 3, 2018]).
  28. ^ Académie Rainier III - Musique et Théatre: Académie Rainier III - Musique et Théatre - Mairie de Monaco. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Au Théatre Victor-Hugo . In: Numéro L'Éclaireur du dimanche . Monte Carlo January 13, 1924, p. 29 (French, bnf.fr ).
  30. ↑ Deux poèmes symphoniques: Les elfes: (op. 7): Le songe d'or: (op. 95); Concerto en re mineur pour violoncelle et orchester (op.35). Retrieved February 14, 2017 .
  31. ↑ Louis Abbiate: Trio en ut majeur, pour piano, violon et violoncelle Op. 18. Ch. Hayet, Paris 1932 (French, bnf.fr [accessed December 12, 2019]).
  32. ↑ Louis Abbiate: Duetto pour violoncelle et orgue ... [Op. 99] . P. Decourcelle, Nice 1928 (French, bnf.fr [accessed December 12, 2019]).
  33. ↑ Luigi Abbiate: Tre Mottetti | per coro a quattro voci | nello stile Antico. In: sbn.it. Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le Informazioni Bibliografiche, December 9, 2019, accessed on December 12, 2019 (Italian).
  34. ^ Andrea Contrada: Russi in Italia: dizionario - Russi in Italia. Retrieved February 14, 2017 (Italian).
  35. ↑ Naoum Benditzky . In: The Brainerd Daily Dispatch . Brainerd, Minnesota April 6, 1929, pp. 3 (English, newspapers.com ).
  36. ↑ Special To The New York Times: Nikolai Graudan, Cellist, Was 68 . In: The New York Times . August 14, 1964, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 14, 2017]).
  37. ↑ ПЕККЕР Григорий Ильич - Российская Еврейская Энциклопедия. Retrieved February 14, 2017 (Russian).
  38. ↑ Пеккер Г. И. - это … Что такое Пеккер Г. И.? In: Словари и энциклопедии на Академике . ( academic.ru [accessed February 14, 2017]).
  39. ↑ Musique . In: L'Intransigeant . Paris September 9, 1934, p. 8 (French, bnf.fr ).
  40. ↑ Louis Abbiate, Bernard Ringsissen - Troisième Sonata «Élégiaque» Op. 34 En Mi Bémol Mineur. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  41. ↑ Mystery Fugue: the great Preludes and Fugues by Louis Abbiate | LPR. Retrieved February 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Abbiate, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbiate, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer and cellist
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Monaco
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1933
Place of death Monaco