Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul
Louis -Joseph Daussoigne - Mehul ( born June 10, 1790 in Givet, † March 10, 1875 in Liège ) was a French composer who worked in Belgium since 1827.
Life
Louis -Joseph Daussoigne, the nephew and later adopted son of Etienne- Nicolas Mehul, was at the age of seven years, brought by his uncle to Paris to promote his musical talent. At the age of 9 years Joseph Daussoigne entered the Paris Conservatory in the piano class of Louis and Adam was taught by Charles -Simon Catel in harmony. Luigi Cherubini and his uncle taught him composition. In 1803 he was a tutor at the Conservatory and in 1807 he applied for the first time in the Prix de Rome, where he won the second prize with his cantata " Ariane à Naxos ". In 1809 he won " Désert Agar dans le " the premier grand prix de Rome with the cantata. With the prize money connected, was a multi-year educational stay in Rome, the period from February 1811 to the end of 1813 he spent at the Villa Medici, seat of the Académie de France à Rome. In 1814 he became professor of harmony for the newly established women's class at the Paris Conservatoire.
1820 was premiered in Paris in his comic opera Aspasie et Pericles. He also completed the remaining fragment in Opera Valentine de Milan his uncle Etienne -Nicolas Mehul, which was received with great success, also composed the music for the recitatives originally spoken in the opera Stratonice.
At the Congress of Vienna, the Habsburg Netherlands were annexed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. King Wilhelm I erected thereupon in his country four royal schools of music, so in Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels and Liege. On the recommendation of Cherubini's the king Daussoigne transferred in 1827 the line of the Royal School of Music Liege, which began its work with 10 professors and 35 students. Daussoigne himself took over the subjects harmony and composition. After the Belgian Revolution and the accession of the first Belgian king Leopold I in 1831 was renamed the School of Music, in the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique ".
By a decision of 12 August 1845, he received permission to wear in honor of his uncle, the double name Daussoigne - Méhul. In 1846 he was inducted into the " Académie royale de Belgique ", for which he made numerous publications until his death. Since 1834 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux -Arts in Paris. By Royal Decree of 13 October 1859, he was awarded the Order of Leopold ( commander ) for his services.
Until 1862 Daussoigne headed the Conservatory of Liege. During this period included, among other things, César Franck, Adolphe Samuel, the violinist Martin Marsick and François Prume and Daussoignes successor Étienne Soubre to the students.
Works (selection)
In his Liege time he devoted himself primarily to teaching and shaping the musical life in the city. In addition to his operas, chamber music, choral and piano works composed Daussoigne. A particular merit in his time, was the adaptation and publication of classical choral works (Mozart, Gluck, Salieri, Schubert, Mehul, Weber, etc.) for the general chorus use, with lyrics in French and Dutch.
- 3 string Quartets
- Cantata: " A la mémoire de Grétry " (1828 )
- Symphony héroique " Bruxelles en 1830-1831 ," for chorus and orchestra (1834 )
- " Cantate sur the airs populaires " (1856 )
- Cantata: "Hommage á Grétry " (1862 )
External links and sources
- Http://www.musimem.com/Daussoigne-Mehul.htm