Frederic Duvernoy     



 
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Belonged to the hornist Frederic Duvernoy (1765 -- 1838) to that founder generation, which ones the glory of the French hornists justified and in a school of their own passed on. Duvernoy was born in Montbeliard on 16-10-1765 and 1788 as a hornist came to the orchestra the Comedie-Italienne. He changed 1797 at the Parisian opera, he worked there as solo hornist as of 1799. 1801 were to be able he attend better to the solo tasks with other solo windplayers of the normal opera service around himself relievedly. ***Er wirkte seit dieser Zeit in der „Chapelle Musique“ mit, welche von Napoleon Bonaparte, der ein Bewunderer Duvernoys gewesen sein soll, wieder eingerichtet wurde. As of 1795 he was a teacher also (besides at times 8 other hornists) at the Parisian Conservatoire de Musique. Different schools of the Hornblasens developed there. Separation clear to Dauprat for one in cor alto and cor basso there always was a separation into 1st and 2nd horns, was approximately the hornist Rudolphe for a comprehensive use of the complete pitch level know and particularly late. Duvernoy walked along the middle course in the true sense of the word, although he also shared, so approximately his printed horn school, into a high and deep horn a and recommended differently big mouthpieces, in the solo, however, propagated this he "cor mixed". One was, paraphrased a renunciation of the particularly high and low notes with that (something 1 ½ octave) read the middle pitch level out rare and more value put on the Sanglichkeit for this. 1816 were it still had retiredly, to 1830 Duvernoy position the solo hornists in the Chapelle Musique. It died in Paris on July 19th, 1838. Duvernoys plants (12 concerts for horn and numerous chamber music) were only not printed in Paris, they appeared also in Germany for the publishing houses Simrock, broad head and others.

1.Concerto for Horn and Orchestra

Duvernoys 1st concert for horn appeared in the pressure in the year 1795.  You advertise in the Parisian press for this work on September 16th, 1795.

first page of the score in Adobe Acrobat pdf-file
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Orchestral Parts ROM 230 ISMN M-50154-171-3 on loan
Score ROM 230a ISMN M-50154-172-0 25,00 €
Piano red. + Solo ROM 230b ISMN M-50154-173-7 20,00 €
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2.Concerto for Horn and Orchestra

Duvernoy’s 2nd concert for horn seems to be published just after his first concert, approximately at 1796. The title expels Duvernoy as a member of the Conservatoire. This concert does not take the solo virtuose way of the 1st concert, so as a work for pupils and music-loving amateurs it is very well suitable.

first page of the score in Adobe Acrobat pdf-file
Edition as Article No. ISMN Number Price
Orchestral Parts ROM 231 ISMN M-50154-174-4 on loan
Score ROM 231a ISMN M-50154-175-1 20,00 €
Piano red. + Solo ROM 231b ISMN M-50154-176-8 15,00 €
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