Charles Philippe Lafont ( fr. Charles Philippe Lafont ; 1781-1838) - French violinist - virtuoso , composer , singer and music teacher .
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Biography
Charles Philippe Lafon was born December 1, 1781 in the city of Paris [6] .
He took the first music lessons from his uncle Bertom, then improved his art under the guidance of Rodolf Kreutzer and Pierre Rohde ; studied harmony with Henri Montan Burton [7] .
As a child, Lafon made concert tours and continued the touring life of a wandering virtuoso until he received (after Rode, who returned to France) the seat of a court virtuoso in St. Petersburg , and in 1815, Louis XVIII invited him to a similar post in Paris [7] . According to N. F. Solovyov , “ his spotless, soft tone, confidence in the transmission, and charm in the chanting places led the audience to the delight ” [8] .
Meanwhile, Charles Philippe Lafon continued to make tours and, during one of them, in 1839, died in an accident, falling out of a mail carriage from a height between Bagnere de Bigor and Tarbes [7] .
Charles Philippe Lafon wrote seven violin concerts, many fantasies, rondos, variations, etc., partly with an orchestra, partly with a string quartet, piano, harp, etc., as well as about 200 romances and two small operas (St. Petersburg and Paris) [ 7] .
Lafon was also a singer, but he is mostly remembered as a virtuoso violinist. Among his students was Francois Schubert .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1017050457 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
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- ↑ A. Henry Le Père Lachaise historique, monumental et biographique - 1852. - P. 8. - 116 p.
- ↑ Musical Encyclopedia. M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, Soviet Composer. Ed. Yu. V. Keldysh. 1973-1982.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lafon // Musical dictionary : in 3 volumes / comp. H. Riemann ; add. Russian department with staff. P. Weimarn and others; per. and all ext. under the editorship of Yu. D. Engel . - Per. from the 5th of it. ed. - Moscow — Leipzig: ed. B.P. Jurgenson , 1904 .
- ↑ Solovyov N.F. Lafon, Charles-Philippe // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Moser A. "Geschichte des Violinspiels", B., 1923;
- Yampolsky I. "Niccolo Paganini", M. , 1968.
Links
- Lafont, Charles Philippe // The New International Encyclopædia (English) .