Marius Casadesus
Marius Casadesus (born October 24, 1892 in Paris , † October 13, 1981 in Suresnes ) was a French musician and composer. He came from the Casadesus family of musicians , was the brother of Henri Casadesus and the uncle of the pianist Robert Casadesus .
Marius Casadesus was a member of the Société des Instruments Anciens ("Society for Historical Instruments"), which was founded in 1901 by Henri Casadesus and Camille Saint-Saëns . He gained dubious fame with the so-called "Adélaïde Concerto" for violin , which for decades was attributed to Mozart . The concerto was published in 1933 as a piano reduction under Mozart's name, and later recorded by Yehudi Menuhin . Numerous musicologists, including Friedrich Blume , were convinced of its authenticity. It even got a place in the Köchel directory , where it was noted as "K. Anh. 294a". Musicologist Alfred Einstein's doubts about this piece were confirmed when Casadesus admitted to being the author of the work in a 1977 copyright lawsuit .
Web links
- Short biography (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Blume: "The Concertos: (1) Their Sources," in: HC Robbins Landon, Gerald Abraham, Donald Mitchell (eds.): The Mozart Companion, New York: Norton, 1956, pp. 220ff. ISBN 0-393-00499-6
- ↑ ... edited by Marius Casadesus, with three cadences by Paul Hindemith . Köchelverzeichnis, sixth edition, Wiesbaden 1964, edited by Franz Giegling, Alexander Weinmann and Gerd Sievers , p. 869
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| SURNAME | Casadesus, Marius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1981 |
| Place of death | Suresnes |