Antoine Mahaut

Antoine Mahaut (also: Anton Mahault ) (* 1729 in Namur, † 1785 ) was a composer from what is now Belgium, flutist and a music editor.

Life

Mahaut was probably trained by his father, 15 - year old, he entered the service of the Bishop of Namur, Thomas de Strickland de Sigergh. In 1736 he traveled to London where he met the publisher John Walsh, who published his "Six Sonatas or Duets ". From 1737 to 1760 he lived in Amsterdam, from where he fled because of unsecured debt glichener to Paris, where he had spent in the years 1740 and 1755. Also led him to travel to Dresden and Augsburg. In 1751 he received a royal privilege to publish his works. He spent his retirement years since 1760 in a French convent to escape as his Amsterdam creditors.

Works

Mahaut published both in Dutch and French his curriculum Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre for flute en peu de temps а jouer la flute (1759, Paris and Amsterdam)

• "Six Sonatas or Duets " ( 1736, London)
• 6 Flute Sonatas op.1 (1740, Amsterdam)
• 6 Sonatas for Flute, Oboe or Violin (Paris, 1755)
• 6 chamber sonatas for 2 flutes or violins and basso continuo (Paris, 1755)
• 6 Sonatas or Duets for 2 Flutes or Violins ( London, 1756 )
• Several trios (Amsterdam )
• Several technically very demanding Flute Concertos
• 6 " symphony a piu stromenti " op.2 (Amsterdam, 1751 and Paris, 1759)
• 6 " symphony a quadro " ( Augsburg, 1751 )

The symphonies are similar to the style of Carl Stamitz or François -Joseph Gossec.

Swell

• The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians, London, 2001