Jean Georges Kastner Adolphe Berdoy 1867 BNF Gallica

Jean-Georges Kastner, born 9 March 1810 in

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, died 19 December 1867 in Paris, was a composer and musicologist.

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Kastner's parents were Johann Georg Kastner, from

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, and Marie Salome Pfeiffer, from Woerth. Despite his interest in music, Kastner studied theology at the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. The French university traces its history to the ea ...

at the request of his father from 1827 to 1832. After the premiere of his opera ''The Queen of the Sarmatian'' in 1835 in Strasbourg, the city council granted him a scholarship to the

Paris Conservatoire 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 ...

where he studied with

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best reme ...

and

Henri Montan Berton Henri-Montan Berton (17 September 1767 – 22 April 1844) was a French composer, teacher, and writer, mostly known as a composer of operas for the Opéra-Comique. Career Henri-Montan Berton was born the son of Pierre Montan Berton.Charlton ...

. Kastner's strongest interest was in wind music, and he was especially interested in the instrumental inventions of Adolphe Sax. His compositions for saxhorn and alto saxophone were among the earliest works written for these instruments. Included in his ''Manuel général de musique militaire'' (1848) are some of the earliest illustrations of Sax's instruments.http://www.grovemusiconline.com On 16 May 1837 he married his student in Paris, Léonie Kastner-Boursault. Since Léonie was wealthy, her husband could practice his profession without any financial worries. Kastner was the father of physician and musician

Frédéric Kastner A pyrophone, also known as a "fire/explosion organ" or "fire/explosion calliope" is a musical instrument in which notes are sounded by explosions, or similar forms of rapid combustion, rapid heating, or the like, such as burners in cylindrica ...

, inventor of the

pyrophone A pyrophone, also known as a "fire/explosion organ" or "fire/explosion calliope" is a musical instrument in which notes are sounded by explosions, or similar forms of rapid combustion, rapid heating, or the like, such as burners in cylindrical g ...

Works

*''Livres-partitions'' *''La danse macabre'', 1852 *'' Les Chants de la vie'', 1854 *''Le chant de l'armée française'', 1855 *'' Les cris de Paris'', 1857 *'' La rève d'Oswald on les sirènes'', 1856

Literature

* ''Manuel général de musique militaire à l'usage des armées françaises'', Firmin Didot Frères, 1848 * ''Les Chants de l'armée française'', Brandus, Dufour & Cie, 1855

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kastner, Jean-Georges 1810 births 1867 deaths French male composers 19th-century French composers 19th-century French male musicians

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