Nicolas Chédeville

Nicolas ( le cadet ) Chédeville ( born February 20, 1705 Serez, Eure; † August 6, 1782 in Paris) was a French composer and oboist.

Life and work

Nicolas Chédeville was the youngest of three brothers, the virtuoso, the Musette de Cour dominated, a very popular in France in the 18th century form of the bagpipes. The other two brothers were Chédeville Pierre (1694-1725) and Esprit Philippe Chédeville ( 1696-1762 ). Mother's side they were related to the family of the flutist Jacques -Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763), who introduced the three brothers in Paris.

Nicolas and Pierre Chédeville acted as editor of several works in publication, including Les Amusemens de Bellone from 1735, a collection of works for musette de cour, violin, flute and oboe.

Under the title Les Saisons Amusantes Nicolas Chédeville published in 1739 six concerts from Antonio Vivaldi's Opus 8 (contains The Four Seasons ) in a version for oboe. To give the then popular in France pastoral character to the work, he built flute, musette and hurdy-gurdy in the accompanying voices.

As a document discovered in 1990 his publisher, Jean -Noël Marchand occupied, Chédeville is also the composer of the 1737 issued under the name of Vivaldi's six sonatas op 13 ( Il Pastor Fido ). He used it partially topics from various published under Vivaldi's name printed works.

Works (selection)

• Les amusements champêtres, Apartments for hurdy gurdy and musette de cour
• Op. 7: 6 Sonatas for Flute, Oboe or Violin and Continuo
• Op. 9: Les Deffis ou l' Etude amusing, pieces for musette or hurdy-gurdy and Bc ( the virtuoso dedicated )