Pierre Gaviniès

Pierre Gaviniès ( Gavinies ) ( born May 11, 1728 in Bordeaux, † September 8, 1800 in Paris ) was a French violinist and composer.

Life

Pierre Gaviniès was the son of François Gaviniès luthier and one of the most important French violinist personalities of the 18th century. At the age of thirteen, he shone on the side of l' Abbé le fils called Joseph- Barnabé Saint- Sevin (1727-1803) in a duo of Jean -Marie Leclair in Concert Spirituel. At a very young age, he was one of the sought-after virtuoso in Paris, he refused even to serve in the royal chapel from. As a young man he should have been sentenced to a year in prison because of an affair with a noble maid of honor and have composed his famous Romance at this time. In the 1760s, he found his compositions, his concerts an unprecedented popularity. Even Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived at his concerts. His students respected him as a teacher and for his humanity to deal with. They included, for example Nicolas Capron, Simon Leduc, Marie -Alexandre Guénin, Louis Henry Paisible (1745-1781), Antoine- Laurent Baudron (1742-1834), Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint -Georges or the later music publisher Jean- Jérôme Imbault ( 1758-1832 ).

Him joined a long and fruitful collaboration with the concert events of the Concert Spirituel, which he headed from 1773 to 1777 with François -Joseph Gossec and Simon Leduc. During this period, the Symphony concertante reached its peak. Giovanni Battista Viotti called him full recognition as the " French Tartini ".

His sonatas he published in baroque tradition, equipped only with a figured bass. These compositions provide a stylistic transition from the late Baroque to Classical dar.

In post-revolutionary Paris, he was at the newly founded 1795, in addition to Pierre Rode, Pierre Baillot and Rodolphe Kreutzer violin teacher of the Paris Conservatoire.

Works

• Opus 1; 6 Violin Sonatas, 1760
• Le Prétendu intermède, the Italian comedy in 3 acts was premiered on November 6, 1760 in Paris.
• Receuil d' airs à 3 parties for 2 Violins, Viola and Bass 1763
• Opus 3; 6 Violin Sonatas, 1764
• Opus 4; 6 Violin Concertos 1764
• 2 Suites of sur noëls ( Christmas suites) 1764
• 3 solo sonatas for violin (including Le Tombeau de Gaviniès ) 1770
• Opus 5; 6 Violin Sonatas, 1774
• His best-known work today are the ( 24) " Vingt- quatre matinees, études pour le violon caprices " of in 1794.