Pierre Lahoussaye
Pierre Lahoussaye , actually Pierre-Nicolas Housset (born April 12, 1735 in Paris , † 1818 ibid), was a French violinist, composer and conductor of the classical period.
Life
Pierre Lahoussaye taught himself the basics of violin playing from the age of seven. He later received lessons from Étienne Piffet, a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy and violinist at the Académie royale de musique , who enabled him to play spiritually in the orchestra of the Concert . Piffet introduced it to Count Senneterre, where Lahoussaye had the opportunity to get to know the playing of important violinists such as Gaetano Pugnani , André-Noël Pagin (1721– around 1790), Domenico Ferrari , Felice Giardini and Pieter van Maldere . After Domenico Ferrari had Lahoussaye audition on one of these occasions, André-Noël Pagin took Lahoussaye on as a pupil and found him a job in the orchestra of Count de Clermont .
Impressed by the works of Giuseppe Tartini , he accompanied the Prince of Monaco on a trip to Italy and went to Padua , where he was instructed by Tartini. Called back by his patron, he took composition lessons with Tommaso Traetta and then wrote ballet music that was performed at the court of the Infante Don Philippe in Parma or with Venetian patricians. For about 15 years Lahoussaye was orchestra conductor in various Italian cities, but took further lessons from Tartini until 1769. In 1772 he traveled to London, accompanied by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi , to take over the direction of the Italian opera there, according to François-Joseph Fétis .
In 1776 he settled back in Paris, where he became conductor and concertmaster in the Orchestra of the Concert Spirituel under director Joseph Legros from 1777 and from 1781 to 1790 took over the direction of the orchestra of the Comédie Italienne . Finally, in 1790 he shared the post of maître de l'orchestre with Giuseppe Puppo at the “ Théatre de Monsieur ” ( Louis XVIII. ), The house renamed in 1791 as Théâtre Feydeau . The merger of this theater with the Salle Favart was used in 1801 as an opportunity to remove Lahoussaye from his post without a pension. From 1795 he was able to get a job as one of the violin teachers at the newly founded Paris Conservatory , which he lost in 1802. He was a member of the second violin in the opera's orchestra until 1813, when he had to give up this position due to deafness. Lahoussaye died impoverished towards the end of 1818.
Works (selection)
- Be Sonate a violino solo e basso op.1 (Lyon)
- Les Amours de Coucy , Opéra comique (August 1790, Paris, Théâtre Monsieur)
- 12 concertos d'église (lost)
Web links
- Lahoussayes is shown as a member of the “Société Académique des Enfants d'Apollon” concert company
- Sheet music and audio files by Pierre Lahoussaye in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique (1867)
- ↑ Aristide Wirsta: in MGG , 2nd edition, Vol. 10, column 1025
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lahoussaye, Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Houssaye Pierre; Housset, Pierre-Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French violinist, composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1818 |
| Place of death | Paris |