Charles-Simon Catel

Charles Simon Catel - ( born June 10, 1773 in L' Aigle, Orne, † November 29, 1830 in Paris) was a French composer.

Life and work

Charles Simon Catel - came with 11 years on the recommendation of Antonio Sacchini to Paris, where he was admitted because of his musical talent at the Ecole Royale de Chant et de declamation. His teachers were François- Joseph Gossec and Louis Gobert ( piano). Already in 1787 he assisted his teachers and became musical companions ( accompanist ) at the Paris Opera. In 1790 he was chosen as the second conductor of the corps de musique de la Garde Nationale de Paris. In 1795 he became professor of harmony at the Conservatoire in Paris just built. 1810 he was appointed inspector of the Conservatoire. From 1814 he decided to press only as a freelance composer and music theorist. At the Institute de France, he was from 1822 to 1823 Chairman of the Commission of the Fund et de la Commission Administrative Central.

Along side his teacher Gossec the initiators of the Musique of Gardiens de la Paix in Paris and at the same time as an important composer of the French Revolution music ( Marche, Pas redoubles, hymns, etc.) and is in wind music research as one of the founders of the literature for symphonic band considered. Nevertheless, he was a versatile composer.

Works

Stage Works

Works for wind

Chamber Music

• Quartets for flute, oboe, English horn and bassoon
• Grand Quartet for Flute, Oboe, English Horn and Bassoon
• Quartets for Flute and Strings

Books and writings

• Charles Simon Catel -: Traité d'harmonie. Paris, Imprimerie du Conservatoire, 1802. 71 p. Réédition complétée par Aimé Leborne, Paris, Brandus, 1848.