Martin Berteau

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Martin Berteau (baptized February 3, 1691 , according to other sources around 1709 in Valenciennes ; † January 22, 1771 in Angers ) was a French gambist, cellist and composer , he became known as the founder of the French violoncello school.

Life

Martin Berteau was originally a viol player , while traveling in Bohemia he took lessons from a certain Kocecs. Berteau quickly recognized the advantages of the cello, which came to France from Italy relatively late. He began learning the instrument as an autodidact and later took lessons from Francesco Alborea (Francischello). In the course of time he developed new playing techniques and refined the bow technique. Berteau's sonatas and concerts were performed several times at the Concert spirituel . From a date unknown today, Berteau was cellist in the court chapel of the former King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine Stanislaus I. Leszczyński .

His most important students were, besides the Dauphin, François Cupis (1732-1808), Joseph Rey (1738-1811), Jean-Baptiste Janson (1742-1804), Louis-Auguste Janson (1749-1815), Jean-Pierre Duport , dit "l'Aîné", possibly also his brother Jean-Louis Duport , Joseph-Bonaventure Tillière , violoncelliste ordinaire de l'Académie royale de musique , author of a "Méthode pour le violoncelle" (1764), his last pupil was Jean-Baptiste Bréval , also author of a cello school (1808).

Works (selection)

  • 6 Sonata da camera a violoncello solo col basso continuo Op. 1 (1748)
  • 4 Sonata di signore Berteau for cello and B. c. (1759)
  • 6 Sonate da camera a violoncello solo col basso continuo Op. 2 (1767)
  • Trio sonata for 2 violins and cello, performed in 1750 and 1753 in the Concert spirituel (lost)
  • 4 concerts for cello and orchestra, performed according to François-Joseph Fétis in the Concert spirituel and mentioned in old catalogs

literature

  • Sylvette Milliot: Le violoncelle en France from XVIIIe siècle. Édition Champion-Slatkine, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-05-100690-3 . (Dissertation Université Sorbonne 1981)

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Martin Berteau in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.harmoniasacra.com/page-1050.html
  2. http://www.musimem.com/berteau.htm
  3. ^ François-Joseph Fétis biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique