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Ysaÿe Quartet (1886)
The Ysaÿe Quartet was established in 1886 by Eugène Ysaÿe. Its members were: * Eugène Ysaÿe, 1st violin * Mathieu Crickboom, 2nd violin * Léon van Hout, viola * Joseph Jacob, cello The quartet premiered Claude Debussy's String Quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ... on December 29, 1893. Belgian classical music groups String quartets Musical groups established in 1886 {{Classical-ensemble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysaÿe came from a background of "artisans", though a large part of his family played instruments. As violinist Arnold Steinhardt recounts, a legend was passed down through the Ysaÿe family about the first violin brought to the lineage: It was told of a boy whom some woodcutters found in the forest and brought to the village. The boy grew up to be a blacksmith. Once, at a village festival, he astonished everyone by playing the viol beautifully. From then on the villagers took pleasure in dancing and singing to the strains of his viol. One day an illustrious stranger stopped in front of the smithy to have his horse shod. The count's servant saw the viol inside and told the young smith that he had heard a new Italian instrument played by some m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Crickboom
Mathieu Crickboom (2 March 1871 – 30 October 1947) was a Belgian violinist, who was born in Verviers (Hodimont) and died in Brussels. Crickboom was the principal disciple of Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated to him his ''Sonata for solo violin op. 27 No. 5''. In the same vein, Ernest Chausson dedicated his string quartet to Crickboom, who for some years played second violin in the Ysaÿe Quartet. He lived for a while in Barcelona, where he directed a violin school and a concert society. The year 1897 saw the formation of Crickboom's own quartet, with Pablo Casals, cello; José Rocabruna, second violin; and Rafael Gálvez, viola. Having returned to Belgium, he became a professor at the Conservatoire of Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ... and, subsequently, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Van Hout
Léon van Hout (28 November 1864, in Liège – 23 November 1945, in Brussels) was a Belgian violist and music educator. From 1888 to 1894 van Hout was the violist of the Ysaÿe Quartet along with cellist Joseph Jacob, and violinists Mathieu Crickboom and Eugène Ysaÿe. He was principal violist of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie from 1889. Van Hout was professor of viola at Royal Conservatory of Brussels from 1893. He taught a generation of Belgian violists including Robert Courte, who succeeded him at the Conservatory, Charles Foidart, Lionel Blomme, and Gaston Jacobs. Van Hout inspired many Belgian composers to write works for the viola. Dedications * Jean Absil (1893–1974) :: Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 54 (1942) * Francis de Bourguignon (1890–1961) :: Suite for viola and orchestra, Op. 67 (1940) * Raymond Chevreuille (1901–1976) :: ''Double Concerto'' in E major for viola, piano and orchestra, Op. 34 (1946) :: Quartet for 4 violas, Op. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jacob (cellist)
Joseph Jacob (Liège 1865 – Brussels 25 October 1909) was a Belgian cellist who taught at the Ghent Conservatory''The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981) and played in the Ysaÿe Quartet from 1886. Jacob's students included Rosario Bourdon. As a member of the Ysaÿe Quartet, he premiered Claude Debussy's String Quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ... on December 29, 1893.Claude A. Debussy, ''1er Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alto et Violincelle: Arrangement a 4 mains'' (Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1893) References Belgian classical cellists 1865 births 1909 deaths 19th-century classical musicians {{cellist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Debussy
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, '' Pelléas et Mélisande''. Debussy's orchestral works include ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'' (1894), ''Nocturnes'' (1897–1899) and ''Images'' (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
String Quartet (Debussy)
Claude Debussy completed his String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (List of compositions by Claude Debussy, L.91), in 1893 when he was 31 years old. It is Debussy's only string quartet. Background That year Debussy had abandoned the opera ''Rodrigue et Chimène''. He planned to write two string quartets, only one of which materialized. The string quartet was to be dedicated to composer Ernest Chausson, whose personal reservations eventually diverted the composer's original intentions. The quartet received its premiere on December 29, 1893 by the Ysaÿe Quartet (1886), Ysaÿe Quartet at the Société Nationale in Paris to mixed reactions. Analysis The work is in four movements: Its sensuality and impressionistic tonal shifts are emblematic of its time and place while, with its cyclic structure, it constitutes a final divorce from the rules of classical harmony and points the way ahead. After its premiere, composer Guy Ropartz described the quartet as "dominated by the influence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Classical Music Groups
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Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) *Belgic (other) Belgic may refer to: * an adjective referring to the Belgae, an ancient confederation of tribes * a rarer adjective referring to the Low Countries or to Belgium * , several ships with the name * Belgic ware, a type of pottery * Belgic Confession, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
String Quartets
The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists, a violist ; german: Bratsche , alt=Viola shown from the front and the side , image=Bratsche.jpg , caption= , background=string , hornbostel_sachs=321.322-71 , hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite chordophone sounded by a bow , range= , related= *Violin family ..., and a cellist. The string quartet was developed into its present form by composers such as Franz Xaver Richter, and Joseph Haydn, whose works in the 1750s established the ensemble as a group of four more-or-less equal partners. Since Haydn the string quartet has been considered a prestigious form; writing for four instruments with broadly similar characteristics both constrains and tests a composer. String quartet composition flourished in the Classical music era, Classical era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
