'The Premier Oboist of Europe'

A Portrait of Gustave Vogt

Geoffrey Burgess (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2003
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-4851-1 (ISBN)

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"The Premier Oboist of Europe": A Portrait of Gustave Vogt describes the life and achievements of the most prolific composer of oboe music in the nineteenth century. This book attempts to stimulate appreciation of Gustave Vogt (1781-1870) as musician and historical personality. It brings together portraiture, personal correspondence, concert reviews, autographs, and countless other documents including Vogt's Conservatoire exam reports, a detailed work list of Vogt's compositions, and the first complete transcription and translation of his unpublished oboe method. Despite his exceptional career and the seminal position in the history of the oboe, Vogt's long and active career have been largely passed over. He is remembered primarily for being the teacher of oboists who took up posts in France and England. In truth, however, during his long life Vogt witnessed huge transformations, affecting not only musical fashion but the social fabric of the world about him. After being trained at the Paris Conservatoire, he earned considerable repute from his appearances in concert hall and salon. Like most artists of his day, Vogt performed his own compositions but was also praised for his skill as a chamber musician, most notably in the wind quintet that premiered the works of Anton Reicha. As well as reawakening appreciation of a musician, known in his day as Europe's greatest oboist, this book posits an alternative viewpoint by writing history from the perspective of a musician caught up in the flow of his times—an extraordinary personality who was representative of the place and time in which he lived, rather than an exception to them.

Geoffrey Burgess combines musicological research with an international career as oboist.

Part 1 List of Figures an Tables Part 2 Abbreviations and Library Sigla Part 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 PART 1: THE MAN Chapter 5 1. A Portrait in Outline Chapter 6 2. Vogt the Performer Chapter 7 3. Vogt the Teacher Chapter 8 4. Vogt the Virtuoso-Composer Chapter 9 5. Beyond the Portrait Part 10 PART 2: THE OBOE METHOD Chapter 11 6. Méthode de Hautbois/Oboe Method by Gustave Vogt Part 12 PART 3: THE MUSIC Chapter 13 7. Catalogue of the Musical Works of Gustave Vogt Part 14 Notes Part 15 Bibliography Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.12.2003
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	223 x 284 mm
Gewicht	803 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
ISBN-10	0-8108-4851-1 / 0810848511
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-4851-1 / 9780810848511
Zustand	Neuware