Louis Hasselmans (25 July 1878 – 27 December 1957) was a French cellist and conductor.

Biography

The son of harpist Alphonse Hasselmans, Louis Hasselmans studied the cello with Jules Desart 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 ...

. He obtained a First prize in 1893. He worked with

Albert Lavignac Alexandre Jean Albert Lavignac (21 January 1846 – 28 May 1916) was a French music scholar, known for his essays on theory, and a minor composer. Biography Lavignac was born in Paris and studied with Antoine François Marmontel, François Benoi ...

, Benjamin Godard and Jules Massenet. Between 1904 and 1909, he was a member of the Capet Quartet. He made his debut as a conductor with the

Orchestre Lamoureux The Orchestre Lamoureux () officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoureu ...

. He latter conducted the Opéra-Comique (1909–1911 - 1919–1922), the Montreal orchestra, the "Concerts classiques de Marseille" (1911–1913) and the Civic Opera House of Chicago (1918–1919). Called by Castelbon de Beauxhostes, under the advice of Camille Saint-Saëns, he conducted ''Parysatis'' and ''Héliogabale'' at the in Béziers in 1902 and 1910. From 1921 to 1936, he conducted the

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is oper ...

of New York. From 1936 to 1948, he taught at the School of Music at Louisiana State University. Louis Hasselmans was the dedicatee of the Cello sonata No 1 by Gabriel Fauré. Louis Hasselmans married the American mezzo-soprano

Minnie Egener Minnie Egener (1881–1938) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Biography She made her professional opera debut in 1904 at the Metropolitan Opera as one of the flower maidens in Richard Wagner's ''Parsifal''. In 1906 she moved to Italy and ...

(1881–1938).

Bibliography

External links

Sketch of Louis Hasselmans
on Gallica
Louis Hasselmans papers

Louis Hasselmans portrait

Louis Hasselmans
on LSU
Discography
on Discogs
Louis Hasselmans
in Déodat de Sévérac: ''la musique et les lettres''
Carmen: Final Scene - Ponselle, Maison, cond. Hasselmans (Live, Boston 1936)
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasselmans, Louis French classical cellists French conductors (music) French male conductors (music) Conservatoire de Paris alumni 1878 births Musicians from Paris 1957 deaths