Émile Sauret (22 May 1852 – 12 February 1920) was a French violinist and composer. Sauret wrote over 100 violin pieces, including a famous cadenza for the first movement of

Niccolò Paganini Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices fo ...

's First Violin Concerto, and the "Gradus ad Parnassum" (1894).

Biography

Sauret was born in Dun-le-Roi in 1852. He began studying violin at the

Conservatoire de Strasbourg The Conservatoire de Strasbourg is a music conservatory located in Strasbourg, France. The school was created using funds given to the city of Strasbourg by arts patron Louis Apffel in 1839. The conservatoire's first day of classes began on 3 Janua ...

at the age of six, and with a reputation as child prodigy he began performing two years later. He studied under Charles Auguste de Bériot and later became a student of

Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( 17 February 18206 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th ce ...

and Henryk Wieniawski. Aged 18, he started studying composition as a pupil of Salomon Jadassohn at the

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

, where he struck up many friendships. Among these were

Fritz Steinbach Fritz Steinbach (17 June 1855 – 13 August 1916) was a German conductor and composer who was particularly associated with the works of Johannes Brahms. Born in Grünsfeld, he was the brother of conductor Emil Steinbach. He studied at the Le ...

and Richard Sahla, a child prodigy like Sauret himself. Sauret played in the most famous concert halls of his time. He made his American debut in 1872. Franz Liszt performed sonatas with him. In 1873, Sauret married

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, a Venezuelan pianist and composer, by whom he had a daughter, Emilita. The marriage did not last; in 1879 he remarried. He held posts at a variety of institutions, including the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst in

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- where he wrote the ''Twelve Études Artistiques'' for his "beloved students" -, together with

Moritz Moszkowski Moritz Moszkowski (23 August 18544 March 1925) was a German composer, pianist, and teacher of Polish-Jewish descent.

and the Scharwenka brothers, Xaver and Phillipp, and the Royal Academy of Music in

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, where he was appointed a professor of violin of 1890, the

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in Chicago in 1903, and the

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in London, an appointment he took up in 1908. His pupils included Tor Aulin, Jan Hambourg,

William Henry Reed William Henry "Billy" Reed (29 July 18762 July 1942) was an English violinist, teacher, composer, conductor and biographer of Sir Edward Elgar. He was leader of the London Symphony Orchestra for 23 years (1912–1935), but is best known for his lo ...

, Marjorie Hayward,

Leila Waddell Leila Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell, also known as Laylah, (10 August 1880 – 13 September 1932), born Leila Ida Bathurst Waddell, was a violinist who became a famed Scarlet Woman of Aleister Crowley, and a powerful historical figure in magic ...

, Otie Chew Becker,

Florizel von Reuter Florizel von Reuter (21 January 1890 – 10 May 1985) was an American-born violinist and composer, a child prodigy who went on to an adult career, mainly in Germany, as distinguished soloist and teacher of violin. He was also a psychic and medium a ...

, Elsie Southgate, Gerald Walenn,Cfr. Philippe Borer: ''Aspects of European Influences on Violin Playing & Teaching in Australia'', pp. 16, 140 https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18865/ John Waterhouse and Ethel Barns. He died in London in 1920, aged 67. Because of the excessive difficulties of his violin compositions, Émile Sauret is remembered today for little more than the cadenza for Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major. Émile Sauret played on a violin of Guarnerius del Gesù (1744), named "Sauret". In 1986, it was bought by Itzhak Perlman.

Compositions (selection)

*Op. 3, Caprice de Concert *Op. 6, 3 Morceaux de salon für Violine und Klavier *Op. 9, Scherzo fantastique *Op. 11, Souvenir de Los Angeles *Op. 13, 2 Impromptus für Violine und Klavier *Op. 24, 20 Grandes Études (1884) *Op. 26, Violin Concerto in G minor *Op. 27, Fantaisie brillante sur des airs espagnols *Op. 28, Feuillet d'Album *Op. 32, Rhapsodie russe *Op. 33, Danse polonaise *Op. 36, ''Gradus ad Parnassum'' (1894) *Op. 38, 12 Études artistiques *Op. 43, 6 Morceaux de salon *Op. 50, Scènes villageoises *Op. 52, Capriccio in B minor *Op. 57, Introduction et Valse de Concert (1898) *Op. 59, Rhapsodie suédoise *Op. 64, 24 Études Caprices (1902–03) *Op. 65, Souvenir de Hongrie. Andante et Caprice hongrois *Op. 66, 3 Morceaux de salon *Op. 67, Andante et Caprice de Concert *Op. 68, Suite für Violine solo (1907) *Op. 69, Chanson sans paroles et Mazurka * Violin Concerto in E major * Violin Sonata in A major * Cadenza to Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 * Cadenza to Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4, KV 218 * Cadenza to Tartini's ''

Devil's Trill Sonata The Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g5, more familiarly known as the ''Devil's Trill Sonata'' ( Italian: ''Il trillo del diavolo''), is a work for solo violin (with figured bass accompaniment) by Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770). It is the composer's bes ...

Bibliography

* Alberto Bachmann (tr. F. Martens): ''An Encyclopedia of the Violin'' (New York: Appleton, 1925) *

Andreas Moser Andreas Moser (29 November 1859 – 7 October 1925) was a German musician, music pedagogue and musicologist. Early life and education Born in Zemun, Syrmia, Austrian Empire, Moser was the son of a winegrower and smoker from Upper Austria. As ...

(ed. by Hans-Joachim Nösselt): ''Geschichte des Violinspiels'' (Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1967), vol. 2, pp. 174,176, and passim * Willy Russ: ''Autographes de musiciens célèbres'' (Neuchâtel: Imprimerie Centrale, c. 1956) * Stephen De'ak: ''David Popper'' (Neptune City, NJ: Paganiniana Publications, 1980)

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