Matthew Dubourg

Matthew Dubourg (* 1707 in London, † 1767 in London) was an Irish violin virtuoso and composer.

He has appeared as a child in public. Dubourg worked as Kapell- and concertmaster from 1728 to 1752 in Dublin. His official title was "Master and composer of state music in Dublin". Here he designed with Francesco Geminiani the local music scene. Its particular merit are the surviving handwritten ornaments to the 12 violin sonatas op.5 of Arcangelo Corelli.

In an evening Opernauführung in Dublin in 1742 under the baton of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel should, so a traditional anecdote, have the following happened: concertmaster Dubourg played a cadenza in which he differed between time very far to complex modulations from the topic. When he returned back to the topic, Handel is so loud that part of the audience could hear it, have exclaimed: "You are welcome home, Mr. Dubourg ."

On April 13, 1742 Dubourg conducted the first performance of Handel's " Messiah" at 16 choir singers.

He also wrote some of his own works, which are mainly listed in the UK. One of his passions was to change known Irish folk tunes ( tunes ) in the style of the late Baroque.

Works

• Violin concerto
• Variations of Druid Tunes

Wegblinks

• Notes and audio files by Matthew Dubourg in the International Music Score Library Project

• Composer ( Baroque)
• Concertmaster
• Kapellmeister
• Irish composer
• Classical violinist
• Person (Dublin)
• Born in 1707
• Died in 1767
• Man