Marius Casadesus

Marius Casadesus ( born October 24, 1892 in Paris, † October 13, 1981 in Suresnes ) was a French musician and composer. He came from the family of musicians Casadesus, was the brother of Henri Casadesus and the uncle of pianist Robert Casadesus.

Marius Casadesus was a member of the Société des Instruments Anciens ( " Society for Historical Instruments" ), which was founded in 1901 by Henri Casadesus and Camille Saint- Saëns. He gained a notoriety by the so-called " Adélaïde Concerto " for violin, which was attributed to decades Mozart. The concert was in 1933 published as a piano reduction under Mozart's name, and later taken up by Yehudi Menuhin. Many musicologists, including Friedrich Blume, were convinced of its authenticity. It even got a place in Köchelverzeichnis where it was " Anh 294a K. " noted as. The doubts of the musicologist Alfred Einstein on this piece were confirmed when Casadesus admitted in a copyright litigation in 1977, to be the author of the work.