Alexandre Joseph Montagney Artôt

Started by Wheesht, Tuesday 24 February 2015, 17:41

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Wheesht

Here's another composer born 200 years ago: Artôt, born in Brussels on 25 January 1815, was a violin virtuoso and composer who studied with Rodolphe and August Kreutzer at the Paris Conservatoire and toured Europe and the U.S. His compositions include a Violin Concerto in A minor, Fantasies and Variations for violin with piano and orchestral accompaniment, String Quartets and a Piano Quintet. He died in Paris in July 1845

Alan Howe

Toskey lists the VC as his Op.18, published in 1851.