Rodolphe Kreutzer
(1766-1831)
Honours
Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1821 (France)[H77]
Positions Held
Director of music of the Paris Opera, 1824-26[E6L]
Chief conductor of the Paris Opera, 1817-24[E6L]
Second conductor of the Paris Opera, 1816-17[E6L]
Master of the Royal Chapel, 1815[E6L]
Biographical
Violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer.[E6L]
His father began to teach him the violin, and from 1778, Antoine Stamitz was
his teacher for violin and composition.[E6L]
Received as a prodigy in 1780 after performing a concerto at the Concert
Spirituel, Paris.[E6L]
Performed his own First Violin Concerto at the Concert Spirituel, 1784.[E6L]
Came under the influence of Marie Antoinette and the Count of Artois after
his parents' death.[E6L]
As a leading virtuoso, he moved from Versailles to Paris, 1789.[E6L]
Taught the violin at the Institut National de Musique, 1793, and the
Conservatoire de Paris, 1795-1826.[E6L]
Member of the council of the Conservatoire de Paris, 1825-30.[E6L]
Beethoven dedicated his Violin Sonata op. 47 (the 'Kreutzer' Sonata) to him.[E6L]
His career as a soloist ended in 1810 after he broke his arm in a carriage
accident.[E6L]
Retired from his public posts in 1826.[E6L]
Place of birth: Versailles[E6L]
Place of marriage: church of Notre-Dame, Versailles[J78]
Place of death: Geneva[E6L]
Place of burial: Père Lachaise, Paris[R17] |