Charles-Nicolas Baudiot (29 March 1773 – 26 September 1849) was a French classical cellist and composer.

Biography

Baudiot received lessons from Jean-Baptiste Janson the older, and succeeded his master as professor at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

in 1802. Shortly after his entrance into this school, he was commissioned to do with Jean-Henri Levasseur a cello method which was written by

Pierre Baillot Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (1 October 1771 – 15 September 1842) was a French violinist and composer born in Passy. He studied the violin under Giovanni Battista Viotti and taught at the Conservatoire de Paris together with Pierre R ...

. Baudiot, who held a post at the Ministry of Finance, was one of the professors who retained their seats at the Conservatoire, when it was reorganized in 1816 as the Royal School of Music, and he gained the title of first cello of the King's Chapel. In 1822 he applied for and obtained his retirement as professor of the Conservatoire with a pension for his former services. From then on, he made several trips to France to give concerts before dying at the age of seventy-four. Baudiot is buried in the 17th division of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

Compositions

* Two cello concertos; Paris, Frey * Two concertinos for the same instrument, works of the 19th and 20th; Paris, Pleyel * Trio for violin, viola and cello, Op. 3 * Two works of duets for two cellos, Op. 5 and 7 * Pot-pourri for cello, with accompaniment of quartet; Paris, Frey * Three fantasies for cello with piano accompaniment, Op. 12; Paris, Pleyel * Three, idem, Op. 20 * Three nocturnes for cello and harp; Paris, Pacini * Two works of cello sonatas with bass accompaniment; Paris, Pleyel and Naderman * Trios for piano, cello and horn, and for piano, harp and cello * Various themes for cello and piano * Three duos with a progressive difficulty for cello and piano on themes of Rossini and Auber, Op. 31 * Cello method to the use at the Conservatory, with Levasseur and Baillot; Paris, Brandus * Complete Cello Method,Méthode de violoncelle (Baudiot, Charles Nicolas)
/ref> Op. 25 * Instruction for composers, or notions about the mechanism and fingering of the cello and how to write for this instrument; Paris, Richaut * Many pieces arranged after Lafont and Beriot, for the cello.

Sources

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Arthur Pougin Arthur Pougin ( 6 August 1834 – 8 August 1921) was a French musical and dramatic critic and writer. He was born at Châteauroux ( Indre) and studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris under Alard (violin) and Reber (harmony). In 1855 he beca ...

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Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique
', Paris, Firmin-Didot, vol. 2, 1866, (pp. 274–5). *

References

External links

Charles Baudiot
on ''Toutes les musiques du monde''

on Cello.org
Charles Baudiot
in "One Hundred Years of Violoncello: A History of Technique and Performance." {{DEFAULTSORT:Baudiot, Charles French classical composers French male classical composers French classical cellists Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris 1773 births Musicians from Nancy, France 1849 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery