Louis François Dauprat (24 May 1781 – 16 July 1868) was a French

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player, composer and professor at the

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. He played and taught

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only, but was also very interested in the first experiments with keyed horns. He successfully ensured the development of a distinctively French school of playing, marginally influenced by the invention of the

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Biography

Born in

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, Dauprat first studied in the

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with Johann Joseph Kenn and in 1795, setting up in his horn class where he won the 1798 "Premier Prix". As a prize, he was awarded with an experimental horn model made by Lucien Joseph Raoux's studio, now one of the most impressive pieces in the museum of the Paris Conservatory. From 1806 to 1808, he was the principal hornist in the orchestra of the

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, and from 1808 to 1811, he worked for the

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Orchestra and the Paris Conservatory. He succeeded his teacher as professor in the Conservatory and held that position until 1842 when he was succeeded by the famous solo horn player (and his own former student) Jacques-François Gallay. Dauprat wrote the textbook ''Méthode pour cor alto et cor basse'' (Paris, 1824), which is of much historical and methodological interest, and wrote five concertos for horn and orchestra and various compositions for chamber ensembles. He died in Paris.

Works

* 1st Horn Concerto, Op. 1 * Sonata for Horn and Harp, Op. 2 * 3 Quintets for Horn and String Quartet, Op. 6 * 2nd Horn Concerto, Op. 9 * Sextet, for 6 Horns in different tunes, Op. 10 * Trio for 3 Horns and Piano or Orchestra, Op. 15 * 3rd Horn Concerto for Alto and Bass Horns, Op. 18 * 4th Horn Concerto ''Hommage a la Memoire de Punto'', Op. 19 * 5th Horn Concerto for Alto and Bass Horns, Op. 21 * Mélodie, Op. 25 * Concertino for Horn Ensemble * Six Quartets for 4 Horns * Three Grand Trios for 3 Horns * Six Trios for 3 Horns * Several works for Horn and Piano

References

Bibliography

* Jean Gribenski, Roger Cotte: "Dauprat, Louis-François", in ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'' (MGG), biographical part, vol. 5 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2001, cc. 474–476. Jeffrey Snedeker, Horn Teaching at the Paris Conservatoire, 1792 to 1903: The Transition from Natural Horn to Valved Horn (Routledge, 2021).

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dauprat, Louisfrancois 1781 births 1868 deaths 19th-century French classical composers 19th-century French male musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical horn players French male classical composers French Romantic composers Musicians from Paris