Jacques Hippolyte Aristide Farrenc (9 April 1794 – 31 January 1865) was a French flautist, musicologist and music publisher.

Biography

Aristide Farrenc worked as a flautist at the Théâtre italien and founded the ''Éditions Farrenc'', a music publishing company which he left in 1841 to devote himself to musicology. In collaboration with his wife

Louise Farrenc Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber pieces and a ...

, he published the ''Trésor des pianistes'' in 20 issues (1861–1872), containing many works of early music for

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( Couperin, Bach, Haendel, Scarlatti, Rameau, etc.), and sonatas for

pianoforte The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

such as those by

CPE Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

, Haydn,

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

, Clementi, Hummel, Dussek,

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Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

, and Chopin. Eight of these issues were their joint work; the remainder were published by Louise after her husband's death. His wife Louise Farrenc was a virtuoso pianist, esteemed teacher and composer. After his death in 1865 she continued to publish the ''Trésor des pianistes'' until the 20th and last volume in 1872. Three additional volumes also appeared, but containing the music already published of the first half of the nineteenth century (Hummel,

Ries Ries is the German word for a unit of paper ream, derived from the Arabic word ''rizma''. The term can refer to: Geography * Nördlinger Ries, a large circular depression in western Bavaria, Germany. * Ries (Graz), a district of the city of Graz ...

, Weber,

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...

and Chopin).

Works

* ''Les Concerts historiques de M. Fétis à Paris'', Paris, 1855. * ''Le Trésor des pianistes'',''Le Trésor des pianistes''
''pianorarescores.com'' Paris, 1861; New York, 1977.

References

External links

* , including the complete serie
''Le Trésor des Pianistes''

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