Xavier Boisselot
Dominique François Xavier Boisselot (born December 2, 1811 in Montpellier , † March 28, 1893 in Paris ) was a French composer and piano maker.
Life
The son of the piano maker Jean Louis Boisselot studied counterpoint at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1830 with François-Joseph Fétis , then composition with Jean-François Lesueur , whose son-in-law he later became. With the cantata Velléda he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1836 .
In 1847 his three-act opera Ne touchez pas à la rein was performed at the Opéra-Comique , followed by the performance of the opera Mosquita la sorcière (libretto of both operas by Eugène Scribe ) at the Théâtre-Lyrique in 1851.
Despite his early successes in Paris, Boisselot went to Marseille in 1850 to take over the management of his father's piano factory Boisselot & Fils after the death of his older brother . The company, which operated a factory in Marseille and Barcelona and built a concert hall in Marseille, enjoyed a good reputation throughout Europe. She won awards at the Tenth Industrial Exhibition in Paris in 1844, at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855 . At the 1844 exhibition, Xavier's father also presented his invention, the sostenuto pedal.
Franz Liszt , his personal friend from his days in Paris, also godfather of his nephew and successor in the company management, owned a Boisselot grand piano during his time in Weimar, which had already accompanied him on his last concert tour on the Black Sea coast. Liszt's Boisselot grand piano can be considered Liszt's favorite instrument because of its length of use and the fact that it covers both concert and composing activities.
Although his work as a piano maker largely absorbed his strength, Xavier Boisselot continued to compose. The most important work was the opera L'Ange déchu , which premiered in Marseille in 1869. Here he also worked as an inspector of the conservatory and the city schools. His successor as head of the piano factory was his nephew Franz Boisselot .
Web links
- Xavier Boisselot (French)
- Boisselot, Dominique-François-Xavier on operone.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Histoire d'une manufacture Marseillaise ( Memento of November 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boisselot, Xavier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boisselot, Dominique François Xavier (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and piano maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montpellier |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1893 |
| Place of death | Paris |