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Adolphe Blanc (24 June 1828 – May 1885) was a French composer of chamber music.
Blanc was born in
Kammermusikverlag Kassel: Hans-Ruprecht Bitterhof, "Adolphe Blanc"
A list of compositions
Trios, piano, strings, no. 4, op. 35
(From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
Romance, piano, oboe, horn, op. 43
(From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection) {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Adolphe 1828 births 1885 deaths 19th-century French classical composers 19th-century French male musicians Conservatoire de Paris alumni French male classical composers French Romantic composers People from Manosque Occitan musicians
Adolphe Blanc (24 June 1828 – May 1885) was a French composer of chamber music.
Blanc was born in Manosque
Manosque (; Provençal Occitan: ''Manòsca'' in classical norm or ''Manosco'' in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. However, it is not the ''préfecture'' (capital ...
, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; ; ; ), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (, ), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the sou ...
. At the age of 13 he was sent to study violin at the Paris Conservatoire. Though he studied under Fromental Halévy, and though his one-act comic opera
Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...
''Les Deux Billets'' was performed in 1868, Blanc's refined music lies in the Romantic Viennese tradition of ''hausmusik'' for private performance, music that was essentially peripheral to the public musical life of contemporary Paris, which was centered on opera
Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...
, and as a result Blanc has been largely overlooked. There are three string trios, four string quartet
The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...
s, seven string quintets of various configurations, 15 piano trios, piano quartets and quintets as well as settings and arrangements, songs, pieces for piano and violin, choral works and some orchestral works.
He was conductor at the Théâtre Lyrique
The Théâtre Lyrique () was one of four opera companies performing in Paris during the middle of the 19th century (the other three being the Paris Opera, Opéra, the Opéra-Comique, and the Théâtre-Italien (1801–1878), Théâtre-Italien). ...
in Paris, 1855 – 1860, and died in Paris.
None of his music, save perhaps the Septet opus 40, can be called familiar. The following have been recorded:
*Trio for piano, clarinet and cello op. 23
*Quintet for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon op. 37
*Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass, op. 40 (1860)
*Sonatine concertante for two pianos, op. 64
*String quintets numbers 3 (op. 21), 4 (op. 22) and 7 (op. 50)
External links
*Kammermusikverlag Kassel: Hans-Ruprecht Bitterhof, "Adolphe Blanc"
A list of compositions
(From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
Romance, piano, oboe, horn, op. 43
(From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection) {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Adolphe 1828 births 1885 deaths 19th-century French classical composers 19th-century French male musicians Conservatoire de Paris alumni French male classical composers French Romantic composers People from Manosque Occitan musicians