Martin Pierre Marsick

Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick ( born March 9, 1847 in Jupille- sur -Meuse, Liège today, † October 21, 1924 in Paris) was a Belgian violinist and composer. He is one of the major representatives of Liège Violin School.

Life

Marsick attended from 1854 to 1863, the Royal Conservatoire de Musique in Liege, where he was a violin student of Heynberg Désiré ( 1831-1897 ). He continued his studies in Brussels with Hubert Léonard. In 1868 he became a pupil of Lambert Massart at the Paris Conservatory, where he won the First Prize and an associated exchange enabled him studies with Joseph Joachim in Berlin.

Between 1875 and 1895 he worked as a virtuoso and entered Paris under Charles Lamoureux, Jules Pasdeloup and Édouard Colonne. He was a member of the Société Nationale de Musique, founded in 1871 and founded his own string quartet. He also appeared with Joseph Joachim and in a trio with cellist Anatoli Brandukov and pianist Vladimir of Pachmann. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor at the Conservatoire de Paris and was one of the mean violin teachers of the late 19th century. His pupils included Carl Flesch, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu. He made concert tours that took him to many European cities and between the years 1895 and 1896 he toured the United States. Due to a personal scandal in 1900 he went with his mistress in the United States and finished his teaching career in Paris.

During his lifetime was Marsick as the ideal interpreter of the works of Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski. Camille Saint- Saëns dedicated his first violin sonata.

Marsick played on a violin made ​​by Antonio Stradivari in 1705, since then they called the " Ex Marsick " is well known and long time of David Oistrakh was played.

Armand Marsick, the son of his brother, Louis -Francois Marsick (1843-1901) was an important violinist.

Works (selection)

  • 3 Concertos for Violin and Orchestra
  • Numerous pieces for violin and piano, as Rèverie op.4 (1879 )
  • 2 Morceaux, Op 6 (1879 )
  • 3 Pieces, Op 8 (1882 )
  • Song, Op 16 (1891 )
  • Tarentelle op.19 (1897 )
  • Nocturne op.20 (1897 )
  • Poème d' été op.24 (1900)
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