The Viennese Violinist, Franz Clement

Haas, Robert

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“…53 Haas and Wagner write that: "Directly or indirectly, Clement may well have influenced the texture of the solo part." 54 This is yet another example of a contemporary soloist shaping the content of Beethoven's music. …”

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“…However, Clement was criticized later in life for his short, choppy bowing and lack of singing tone quality. 47 This could be because he insisted on using the old Italian bow, whereas the French school had moved on to the Tourte bow. Did this technical decision change the reception of the Beethoven Violin concerto in 1806?…”

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“…You can imagine what one had to put up with!" 48 Clement faded into obscurity, took to drink, and died an eccentric and bitter man. "He has not vigorously advanced with the times; and whenever one neglects to do that, one has necessarily outlived his time."…”

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Beethoven and the Influence of Viotti and the French School on Nineteenth Century Violin Repertoire

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No one can deny the giant impact that Ludwig van Beethoven has had on the history of Western music in the Classical tradition. Indeed, it is Beethoven's compositions that are considered to be the pivot between the Classical and Romantic eras. However, I argue that the development of the violin virtuoso shaped the direction of nineteenth century violin music and repertoire and, more specifically, that Beethoven's violin compositions were shaped by the influence of outside forces, such as the political and social changes of the day, and also by performers, especially Viotti and the French school of violin playing. There can be no question that Beethoven's violin compositions are testaments to his creative genius but even so, his violin music and how it was played and performed was shaped by historical, political, socio-economic circumstances of the day as well as by the newly emerging French School of violin playing.

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This book is a full-length biography in English of Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824), one of the great violinist-composers in the history of music, and arguably the most influential violinist who ever lived. He rose from humble origins as a blacksmith's son in a village near Turin, Italy, and early studies with Gaetano Pugnani, to a triumphant international career, particularly in Paris and London. His multifarious career as concert performer, composer, teacher, opera theater director, and impresario was played out against the backdrop of a dramatically changing world: from the ancien régime patronage of an Italian prince and the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, to the commercial and box-office–centered institutions of the early 19th century. Viotti's life was intensely dramatic. He knew tragedy as well as success: he was forced to flee the French Revolution, he was exiled from England for an extended period, his attempt to establish himself in business met with failure, and he died heavily in debt. His correspondence with an English family, the Chinnerys, with whom he was intimately associated for the last half of his life, provides an unusually revealing glimpse into his personal life. Viotti's biography is not without its mysteries, among which is his renunciation, twice in his life, of public performance. This study is based on extensive documentary research, much of it here revealed for the first time. Viotti's works are considered in the context of his life. Eleven appendices include translations of various Viotti-related archival documents, and additional information on Viotti's siblings, his places of residence, his violins, his unfinished violin method, and financial matters.

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