Quatuor Capet
The Quatuor Capet , also known internationally as the Capet Quartet , was a French string quartet based in Paris .
history
Immediately after completing his studies with Jean-Pierre Maurin and winning a first prize at the Paris Conservatory , Lucien Capet founded his own string quartet. Alain Pâris divides the quartet's curriculum vitae into five phases: The initial phase (1893–1899) of the quartet ended in 1899 with Capet's appointment as professor in Bordeaux. In the second phase, which Alain Pâris qualified as ephemeral and of no lasting importance, from 1899 to Capet's return to Paris in 1903, the quartet performed with Firmin Touche , Édouard Nadaud and Cros Saint-Ange . In the third section from 1903 to 1909 the quartet performed with André Touret , Louis Bailly and Louis Hasselmans . The fourth section from 1909 to 1914 was completed by the First World War . Cellist Marcel Casadesus was killed in this war . The fifth and last section, from 1918 to 1928, was of the greatest musical and artistic importance. Recordings made in London in 1925 testify to the high musical level of the quartet. The performance (and also partial recordings) of all of Ludwig von Beethoven's string quartets, including the Great Fugue in B flat major, op. 133 made the ensemble internationally famous.
The quartet disbanded in 1928 with the death of its founder Lucien Capet.
Members
- Violin I : Lucien Capet (1893–1928)
- Violin II: Giron (1893–1899, no further information about this musician is known), Firmin Touche (1903), André Touret (1903–1909), Maurice Hewitt (1909–1928)
- Viola : Henri Casadesus (1893–1899, 1903–1905, 1909–1914), Édouard Nadaud (1903), Louis Bailly (1906–1909), Henri Benoit (1918–1928)
- Violoncello : Charles-Joseph Furet (1893–1899), Cros Saint-Ange (1903), Louis Hasselmans (1903–1909), Marcel Casadesus (1909–1914), Camille Delobelle (1918–1928)
literature
- Alain Pâris : Classical music in the 20th century, instrumentalists, singers, conductors, orchestras, choirs . Quatuor Capet. 2nd Edition. dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , p. 1036 .
- Quartet Capet. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música . Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed June 14, 2020 (Catalan).
Web links
- Literature by and about Quatuor Capet in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Quatuor Capet at Discogs (English)
- Quatuor Capet on MusicBrainz (English)