Joseph Henri Altès ( Fr. Joseph-Henri Altès ; January 18, 1826 , Rouen - July 24, 1895 , Paris ) - French flutist. Ernest Altes’s brother [1] .
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 Joseph Henry Altes (1860, photo by Pierre Petit ) | |
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| Birth name | Joseph-Henri Altès |
| Date of Birth | January 18, 1826 |
| Place of Birth | Rouen |
| Date of death | July 24, 1895 (69 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
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| Professions | flutist |
| Instruments | flute |
The son of a soldier. Initially, like his brother, he studied the violin, then switched to flute and in 1840 - 1842 . studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean-Louis Tulou . In 1848 - 1872 The first flute of the Paris Opera, in 1868 - 1893 professor of the conservatory (among his students, Paul Taffanel and Georges Barrer ). The author of several dozens of compositions for a flute of didactic and salon character, as well as a well-known textbook ( Fr. Célèbre Méthode complète de Flûte ; 1880 ), subsequently finalized by Fernand Caratje and republished in 1956. He was friends with the artist Edgar Degas , who painted his portrait (1868 )
Notes
- ↑ With whom he is sometimes confused: this confusion, in particular, is based on reports that Henri Altes tried himself as a conductor and, in particular, conducted the premiere of E. Lalo’s ballet “Namuna” (actually conducted by Ernest Altes).