Carel Anton Fodor

Carel Anton Fodor, Carolus Antonius Fodor or ( born April 12, 1768 in Venlo, † February 22, 1846 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer, pianist and conductor.

Life

Antoine Fodor, as he was called, was the son of probably coming from Hungary violinist Carel Fodor. He received his first harpsichord lessons in his hometown. Even as a child he played with his father numerous concerts. Accompanied by his older brothers Josephus Andreas Fodor and Carolus Emanuel Fodor 1781 he traveled to Paris, where he received further musical instruction, which may have been his first compositions laid in this period. 1790 Antoine Fodor returned back to the Netherlands. In Amsterdam he gave in July 1790 concert at the Concert Hall of Felix Meritis society and in October a concert at the court in The Hague. His living he earned in Amsterdam as a coal merchant, piano teacher and composer. In succession of Bartholomeus Ruloffs (1741-1801), he was conductor of the orchestra in 1801 the "Society Felix Meritis " and a year later also conductor of the Concert Society " Eruditio Musica ". 1808 named him Louis Bonaparte as Chairman of the newly established precursor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 1811 he was one of the co-sponsors a concert series to them was Johann Wilhelm Wilms, " Thursday concerts " called.

His two brothers were also musicians and composers, pianist Carolus Emanuel worked in Paris and the violinist Josephus Andreas worked from the end of the 1790s in Saint Petersburg.

Works (selection)

Antoine Fodor's early works are inspired by the Viennese classical period, after 1800, his compositions took more and more early-Romantic in character. Fodor composed three symphonies ( Opp 5, 12 and 19 ), eight piano concertos, 5 piano quartets, choral works, songs and other chamber music. Its around 1830 resulting opera " Numa Pompilius, tweede Koning van Rome " is considered lost.

Discography

• In " hollandais Concertos pour piano " Ensemble Cristofori, soloist Arthur Schoonderwoerd the tangent piano. ( Label: ALPHA 052, 2004)