Jean-Delphin Alard (8 March 181522 February 1888) was a French violinist, composer, and teacher. He was the son-in-law of

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, and had

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amongst his students.

Biography

Alard was born in Bayonne, the son of an amateur violinist. From 1827 he was a pupil of F. A. Habeneck at the

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, where he succeeded Pierre Baillot as professor in 1843, retaining the post till 1875. He was also a pupil of

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. His playing was full of fire and point, and his compositions had a great success in France, while his violin school had a wider vogue and considerably greater value. He was a representative of the modern French school of violin playing, composed

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s, duets, études, etc., for the violin, and was the author of an ''Ecole du violon'', which was adopted by the Conservatoire. Mention should also be made of his edition in 40 parts of a selection of violin compositions by the most eminent masters of the 18th century, ''Les Maitres classiques du violon'' (Schott). Alard died in Paris.

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Alard's Ten studies for violin with accompaniment of a second violin Op.10
Score from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection 1815 births 1888 deaths People from Bayonne Burials at Montmartre Cemetery French male composers Conservatoire de Paris faculty 19th-century French composers 19th-century French male classical violinists {{violinist-stub