Michel Woldemar
Michel Woldemar (* 17th June 1750 in Orléans ; † 19th December 1815 in Clermont-Ferrand ) was a French violinist and composer of classical music .
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Michel Woldemar came from a family that was close to the king, his godfather and namesake was the Marshal of France Ulrich Woldemar von Löwendal . His real name was Woldemar Michel, as an artist name he exchanged the first name for the family name. In his youth he had a turbulent life, which earned him an induction into the "Sabot d'Angers", a prison for sons from noble families.
As a violinist he was a student of Antonio Lolli . Woldemar later worked as a violin teacher in Paris. He was director of a theater company and "maître de chapelle" at the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand . His compositional work includes violin concertos, duos and études as well as a violin method (1798) in which he cited examples from Lotti, Niccolò Mestrino , Wilhelm Cramer and Giovanni Giornovichi . Around 1800, Woldemar suggested the construction of a five-string violin, later called Quinton in France, and devised a kind of musical shorthand called "Tableau mélo-tachygraphique". In 1801 Woldemar published a new French edition of Leopold Mozart's attempt at a thorough violin school .
Works (selection)
- Concerto pour le violon alto (1787); IMSLP
- Fantomagic Sonatas; IMSLP
- Quatuor dialogué [...]; Composé d'après le Principe Phisique du Corps Sonore; IMSLP
literature
- NK Nunamaker: The Virtuoso Violin Concerto before Paganini: the Concertos of Lolli, Giornovicchi, and Woldemar (Dissertation, Indiana University, 1968)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woldemar, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French violinist and classical composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1815 |
| Place of death | Clermont-Ferrand |