Martin Marsick

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Martin Marsick

Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick (born March 9, 1847 in Jupille-sur-Meuse , today Liège , † October 21, 1924 in Paris ) was a Belgian violinist and composer. He is one of the most important representatives of the Liège violin school.

Life

Marsick attended the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Liège from 1854 to 1863 , where he was a violin student of Désiré Heynberg (1831-1897). He continued his studies in Brussels with Hubert Léonard . In 1868 he became a student of Lambert Massart at the Paris Conservatory , where he received the First Prize and an associated scholarship that enabled him to study with Joseph Joachim in Berlin.

Between 1875 and 1895 he worked as a virtuoso and performed in Paris under Charles Lamoureux , Jules Pasdeloup and Édouard Colonne . He became a member of the Société nationale de musique , founded in 1871, and founded his own string quartet. He also appeared with Joseph Joachim and in a trio with the cellist Anatoli Brandukow and the pianist Wladimir von Pachmann . From 1892 to 1900 he was a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris and was one of the most important violin teachers of the late 19th century. Among his students were Carl Flesch , Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu . He went on concert tours that took him to many European cities, and in 1895 and 1896 toured the United States. Due to a private scandal, he went to the USA with his lover in 1900 and ended his teaching career in Paris.

During his lifetime Marsick was considered the ideal interpreter of the works of Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski . Camille Saint-Saëns dedicated his 1st violin sonata to him.

Marsick played on a violin by Antonio Stradivari from 1705, which has since been known under the nickname "Ex Marsick" and was played for a long time by David Oistrach .

Armand Marsick , the son of his brother Louis-François Marsick (1843–1901), became an important violin virtuoso.

Works (selection)

  • 3 concerts for violin and orchestra
  • Numerous pieces for violin and piano, such as
    • Rèverie op.4 (1879)
    • 2 Morceaux op.6 (1879)
    • 3 Pièces op.8 (1882)
    • Song op.16 (1891)
    • Tarentelle op.19 (1897)
    • Nocturne op.20 (1897)
    • Poème d'été op.24 (1900)
  • Souvenir de Naples (for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute and clarinet) op.33
  • Numerous transcriptions for violin, cello and piano by other composers such as Chopin, Delibes, Grieg, Massenet and others.
  • Lyrical drama Le Puits (around 1900)
  • The textbooks Eureca (1906) and La Grammaire du violon (1924)

Web links

Commons : Martin Marsick  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christophe Pirenne:  Marsick, Martin. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 11 (Lesage - Menuhin). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1121-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
personal data
SURNAME Marsick, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marsick, Martin Pierre Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege (Jupille-sur-Meuse)
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1924
Place of death Paris