(Jean Baptiste) Charles Dancla (19 December 1817 – 10 October 1907) was a French violinist, composer and teacher.

Biography

Dancla was born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. When he was nine years old, violinist

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in Bordeaux heard his music; he was so impressed that he sent a recommendation letter to Pierre Baillot, Luigi Cherubini and

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. Thus Dancla went to the

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and studied with Baillot for violin and

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for composition. He was strongly influenced by

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, whom he heard in 1830, as well as by

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. From 1835 onward Dancla was solo violinist in the Paris Opéra, and shortly thereafter he became

concert master The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

. In 1857 he was made a professor at the Paris Conservatory where he was a successful teacher for over 35 years. He died in

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. His two brothers were Arnaud Dancla (1819–1862), cellist and author of a considerable cello teaching method, and Leopold Dancla (1822–1895), violinist and composer of chamber music.

Works

*violin concertos *string quartets *string trios *violin duos *''Airs variés'', Op. 89 for violin (each of the six airs are based on themes by different composers: Pacini, Rossini, Bellini,

Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''bel canto'' opera style duri ...

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and Mercadante). *''Airs variés'', Op. 118 for violin (on themes from ''Montecchi e I Capuletti''; ''La Straniera'', ''Norma'', ''La Sonnambula'', ''Les Puritains'', ''Le Carnaval de Venise'').

References

External links

Charles Dancla: His life & times
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Dancla's Op. 44 No. 4 piano trio
Score and parts from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection {{DEFAULTSORT:Dancla, Charles 1817 births 1907 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French male classical violinists 19th-century French composers Conservatoire de Paris faculty Conservatoire de Paris alumni French male classical composers French music educators French Romantic composers Prix de Rome for composition Pupils of Anton Reicha

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