Klarinet Archive - Posting 000022.txt from 2008/06

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Cahuzac's Cantilene
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:34:33 -0400

Jonathan

The Grove entry (by Pamela Weston), which you have probably checked, =
does
not give this composition but has some info about him.

Cahuzac, (Jean) Louis (Baptiste)

(b Quarante, 12 July 1880; d Luchon, 9 Aug 1960). French clarinettist. =
He
studied with Cyrille Rose at the Paris Conservatoire, winning a premier =
prix
in 1899. His playing was sensitive and vigorous, with a fuller tone than =
is
usually associated with the French school. He helped to make Brahms's
clarinet works known in France, and in 1921 was sent by the Ministry of =
Fine
Arts on tour with Vincent d'Indy to the Rhineland, where they played
Brahms's and d'Indy's trios. He also played Mozart at Salzburg (1934) =
and
Rome (1935) under the ministry's patronage. Cahuzac performed Debussy's
Rhapsodie with the composer, and worked with Stravinsky over Trois =
pi=E8ces.
He gave the first performance of Honegger's Sonatine, and Milhaud's =
Sonatine
is dedicated to him. At the age of 78 he recorded Hindemith's Concerto =
with
the composer conducting. He was first clarinettist for the Concerts =
Colonne
and Concerts Symphoniques Fouche. He conducted radio orchestras in =
southern
France, as well as the Luchon Casino concerts, and composed for the
clarinet.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
H. Wiener: Pencil Portraits of Concert Celebrities (London, 1937)
P. Weston: More Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past (London, 1977), 63=965

Keith Bowen

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Subject: [kl] Cahuzac's Cantilene

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Does anybody know when Cahuzac's Cantilene was written?

Or any other information about it? (Other than the standard stuff=20
that it is reminiscent of the pastoral tunes of southern France)

Thanks!

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Jonathan Cohler
Artistic & General Director
International Woodwind Festival
http://iwwf.org/
cohler@-----.org

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