- Édouard Colonne
Edouard Juda Colonne (
July 23 ,1838 –March 28 ,1910 ) was a French conductor andviolin ist.Born in
Bordeaux , Colonne studied at the Conservatoire inParis , where he won first prizes in bothharmony and violin. For almost a decade (1858-67) he was first violinist at the Opéra in Paris.In 1873, Colonne, along with a music publisher named
Georges Hartmann , founded the "Concert National " at the Odéon Théatreref|concert_n. Two years later, the venue changed to theThéatre du Châtelet and the name of the enterprise was changed toThe Association Artistique du Châtelet . The Association's performances eventually became known as "Colonne Concerts"; and this name continued to be used until the 1960s (except for the years of Paris's German occupation during World War II, when - because of Colonne'sJew ish ancestry - the events were referred to as "Pierné Concerts" instead).Noted for his interest in Berlioz (who was then more highly regarded in the English- and German-speaking countries than in France), Colonne also stood out for his support of
Wagner 's,Mahler 's, and Saint-Saëns' music. He was also the first conductor of eminence to make commercialgramophone (phonograph ) records (for the Pathé company, 1906).References
* [http://violinstudent.com/history/july/july23.html Today in Music History for violin students]
# There is some potential confusion between the sources here. The text on the Morrison Foundation website ref|morrison indicates that the Concert National was first conducted by Georges Hartmann, but the InfoPleaseref|infoplease website claims that Colonne founded the Concert National (and presumably conducted it).
# http://www.morrisonfoundation.org/Ambroise%20Thomas.htm
# http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812932.html
#The Nuttall Encyclopaedia of 1907
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