Jacques Hippolyte Aristide Farrenc (9 April 1794 – 31 January 1865[1]) was a French music publisher, musicologist and flautist.
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| Born | Jacques Hippolyte Aristide Farrenc 9 April 1794 Marseille, France |
| Died | 31 January 1865 (aged 70) Paris |
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Biography
editAristide Farrenc worked as a flautist at the Théâtre italien and founded the Éditions Farrenc, a music publishing company which he left in 1841 to devote himself to musicology.[1]
In collaboration with his wife Louise Farrenc, he published the Trésor des pianistes[1][2] in 20 issues (1861–1872), containing many works of early music for harpsichord (Couperin, Bach, Haendel, Scarlatti, Rameau, etc.), and sonatas for pianoforte such as those by CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Hummel, Dussek, Weber, Beethoven, and Chopin. Eight of these issues were their joint work; the remainder were published by Louise after her husband's death.* Allen, David (8 October 2021). "Louise Farrenc, 19th-Century Composer, Surges Back Into Sound". The New York Times.
His wife Louise Farrenc was a virtuoso pianist, esteemed teacher and composer. After his death in 1865 she continued to publish the Trésor des pianistes until the 20th and last volume in 1872. Three additional volumes also appeared, but containing the music already published of the first half of the nineteenth century (Hummel, Ries, Weber, Mendelssohn and Chopin).
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Honegger, Marc (1979). Dictionnaire de la musique; Tome 1, Les Hommes et leurs œuvres. A-K (in French). Bordas. p. 332. ISBN 2-0401-0721-5.
- ^ Trésor des pianistes on Gallica, accessed 12 December 2020
- ^ Les Concerts historiques de M. Fétis à Paris on WorldCat
- ^ Le Trésor des pianistes musopen.org
- ^ Le Trésor des pianistes pianorarescores.com
Further reading
edit- Ellis, Katharine (2008). "The Making of a Dictionary: François-Joseph Fétis, Aristide Farrenc, and the "Biographie universelle des musiciens". Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap. 62: 63–78. JSTOR 25486037.
External links
edit- Free scores by Aristide Farrenc at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), including the complete series Le Trésor des Pianistes.
- Aristide Farrenc on MusOpen
- Aristide Farrenc on idref.fr
