Théodore Mozin
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Théodore Désiré Mozin (25 January 1818 – 16 November 1850) was a French composer.


Life

Mozin was born in Paris into a family of musicians.Primary source: the genealogy of the Mozin family, established by François Piet, is available on
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As a child, Mozin received music lessons from his father
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(1769–1857), a pupil of
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, who had composed several piano works himself and had taught piano at the
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since its foundation in 1795. His uncle André Pierre was one of the first students admitted and also became a teacher. Theodore entered the Conservatoire and became a teacher and composer like his father and uncle before him. Mozin completed his studies at the Conservatoire, where he studied
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with
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, composition with
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and
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,
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with Victor Dourlen and piano with Pierre Zimmermann. After attending the composition classes of Halévy and
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, he entered the
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competition in 1841 and won the Second Grand Prix with the setting of the poem ''Lionel Foscari'' by Amédée-David de Pastoret. On 27 February 1837, Mozin was appointed assistant professor of keyboard studies at the Conservatoire, while continuing his studies there. On 1 October 1848, Cherubini, then director of this establishment, appointed him professor of
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. On 18 February 1843, he married Marie Rose Adéone Fossé in Paris. He died at the age of 32 in 1850, and was buried at
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. His vault decorated with a portrait by Antoine Étex (a family friend) was vandalized and the marble medallion representing him was stolen.


Works

* ''Lionel Foscari'', cantata on a poem by Amédée-David, Marquis de Pastoret (subject of the competition for the Prix de Rome), 1841 * ''Brilliant variations on an original theme'', Op. 2 * ''First prélude'', Op. 10 * ''Six fantasies on 'La Sirène, Op. 11 * ''La Plainte du pâtre. Fantaisie brillante pour piano sur une mélodie Pang Morel'', Op. 14 * ''Valses élégantes et brillantes'', Op. 15 * ''Études spéciales'', Op. 16 * ''Études de salon'', Op. 17 * ''Souvenir de Trouville''. Original varied quadrille for 4-handed piano, Op. 22 (Paris: E. Mayaud, 1850) * 12 Special studies for small hands composed for piano, Op. 23 * ''Alma'', brilliant polka composed for piano, Op. 25 * ''Le Sourire'', Grande valse élégante, Op. 26 * ''L'Ange du réveil''. Lyrics by Louis-Émile Vanderburch. * Contredanses followed by a waltz for piano forte * ''Le Dernier vœu''. Romance. Lyrics by Auguste Humbert (1843) * Original Polka-mazurka composed for piano, Op. 54 (1851)


References


Sources

* Constant Pierre: ''Le Conservatoire national de musique et déclamation'' (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1900) (biography , "dictionnaire des lauréats", )
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