Charles Malherbe
Charles Théodore Malherbe (21 April 1853 – 5 October 1911) was a French violinist, musicologist, composer and music editor.
Life and career
Malherbe was born in Paris, son of Pierre Joseph Malherbe (1819–1890)
Beginning in 1895, Malherbe annotated sixteen volumes of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Œuvres complètes ("Complete works") (1895–1913),[4] providing much information concerning performance practice and genre history, as well as Rameau himself. He initiated, in collaboration with Felix Weingartner, the first edition of Hector Berlioz's complete works (1900–1907).[5] Although replete with errors (and now superseded by Hector Berlioz: New Edition of the Complete Works, edited by Hugh Macdonald), it was indispensable at the time.[3]
Malherbe was a collector of documents, and acquired, besides thousands of autograph letters, a number of important manuscripts, including the largest extant collection of
Malherbe died in
Notable violin students include composer Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville.
Selected works
Malherbe composed several comic operas, plus chamber and orchestral music. Selected compositions include:
- Duo concertant
- Entr'acte–Sérénade
- Menuet de Lucette
- En Route, quickstep for orchestra
References
- ^ Primary source: the genealogy of the Malherbe family, as established by François Piet, on GeneaNet (by inscription).
- ^ "Malherbe, Charles Theodore". Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ a b c Elisabeth Lebeau, "Malherbe, Charles (Théodore)", in Grove Music Online.
- OCLC 7750304.
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- ^ The Monthly musical record. Vol. 39. 1900.
- ^ The Monthly musical record. Vol. 31. 1901.
- ^ Saffle, Michael (1998). Liszt and his world: proceedings of the International Liszt Conference.
- ^ "Précis de l'histoire de l'Opéra-Comique". A. Dupret. 1887. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
Sources
- OCLC 419285866(eBook).
External links
- Free scores by Charles Malherbe at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Genealogy Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine