Deldevez, Edouard (-Marie-Ernest), French
Deldevez, Edouard (-Marie-Ernest), French
Deldevez, Edouard (-Marie-Ernest), French conductor and composer; b. Paris, May 31, 1817; d. there, Nov. 6, 1897. He studied violin with Habeneck and music theory with Halévy and Berton at the Paris Cons. He was asst. conductor (1859–73) and then principal (1873–77) conductor at the Paris Opéra, as well as asst. (1860–72) and then principal (1872–75) conductor of the Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. He taught orch. playing at the Paris Cons. (1874–85).
Works
DRAMATIC Opéra : Samson; Le Violon enchante. B a l l e t : Eucharis (1844); Paquita (1846); Vert-Vert (1851, with Tolbecque). OTHER: 3 syms.; chamber music; sacred choruses and songs.
Writings
Curiosités musicales (1873); La Notation de la musique classique comparée á la notation de la musique moderne, et de I’exécution des petites notes en général; L’Art du chef d’orchestre (1878); La Société des Concerts de 1860 a 1885 (1887); De I’exécution d’ensemble (1888); Le Passé á propos du présent (1892), a continuation of his personal recollections publ. in 1890 as Mes mémoires.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire