Henri Marteau
Henri Marteau was a French violinist and composer.
Life and career
Marteau's debut was made when he was 10 at a concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic Society conducted by Hans Richter. A tour through Switzerland and Germany followed. A year later Charles Gounod selected him to play the obbligato of Vision de Jeanne d'Arc, composed for the Joan of Arc Centenary Celebration at Reims, where he also performed, before an audience of 2500 people, his teacher Léonard's Violin Concerto No. 5.Marteau was an advocate of chamber music. On 13 April 1894, he, pianist Ami Lauchame, a violist named Koert, and a cellist named Hegner were reported to have given their second invitation chamber music concert in New York, performing works of Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré; a third concert was scheduled for the following week. By 1906, Marteau was leading a string quartet that broke up in a dispute over a work by Max Reger. In Berlin, he formed another string quartet with his student Licco Amar as second violinist and Hugo Becker as cellist; later, Becker's student George Georgescu would take over the cello position.
Marteau died of pneumonia on his estate in Lichtenberg, Bavaria, at the age of 60.
Selected works
;StageMeister Schwalbe, Musical Comedy in 1 act;Concertante
- Andante for violin and orchestra Fantaisie in E major for violin and orchestra, Op. 3
- Cadenza for the Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
- Concerto in B major for cello and orchestra, Op. 7 Suite in A major for violin and orchestra, Op. 15
- Concerto in C major for violin and orchestra, Op. 18
- String Quartet No.1 in D major, Op. 5Chaconne in C minor for viola and piano, Op. 8
- String Quartet No.2 in D major, Op. 9
- Trio in F minor for violin, viola and cello, Op. 12
- Quintet in C minor for clarinet and string quartet, Op. 13 Études d'archet for violin with violin accompaniment, Op. 14
- String Quartet No.3 in C major, Op. 17 Études de gammes for violin, Op. 19 Sérénade for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet and 2 bassoons, Op. 20 24 Caprices d'execution transcendante for violin and piano, Op. 25 Fantaisie for organ and violin, Op. 27 Terzetto for flute, violin and viola, Op. 32 Sonata Fantastica for violin solo, Op. 35 Partita for flute and viola, Op. 42 No. 2Divertimento for flute and violin, Op. 43 No. 1
;VocalAve Maria for voice, violin, harp and organ, Op. 4 No. 18 Songs for voice and string quartet, Op. 10 Huit mélodies, Op.19c 1. "Pluie", 2. "À Douarnenez en Bretagne", 3. "Ritournelle" 4. "Matin d'octobre" 5. "Chanson de mer" 6. "Vitrail" 7. "Pitié des choses" 8. "Dans la rue, le soir" Acht Gesänge, Op.28 1. "Stille Fahrt" 2 "Die Eichbäume", 4. "Empor!", 5. "Gipfelndes Glück" 6. "Regenlied" 7. "Hütet Euch", 8. "Liebesnacht" Drei geistliche Gesänge for medium voice and organ, Op. 29 Fünf Schilflieder for baritone, viola and piano, Op. 31; words by Nikolaus Lenau 1. "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden" 2. "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen" 3. "Auf geheimem Waldespfade" 4. "Sonnenuntergang; Schwarze Wolken zieh'n" 5. "Auf dem Teich, dem Regungslosen"2 Ballades for voice and piano, Op. 34
;ChoralDrei Lieder for mixed chorus, Op. 33 La voix de Jeanne d'Arc, Cantata for soprano, chorus and orchestra
CD Releases
- Henri Marteau: Concerto in C major for violin and orchestra, Op. 18 and Serenade Op. 20 - Nicolas Koeckert and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
- Henri Marteau: Huit mélodies, Op. 19c and Op. 28 - Vesselina Kasarova and Fünf Schilflieder for baritone, viola and piano, Op. 31 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Henri Marteau: Quintet in C minor for clarinet and string quartet, Op. 13 and Serenade, Op. 20 - Mark Lieb and the Phoenix Ensemble, Feb. 2017
- Henri Marteau: Quintet in C minor for clarinet and string quartet, Op. 13 - Praetorius Quartett and String Quartet No.2 in D major, Op. 9 - Marteau Quartett
- Henri Marteau: Discovery of a Romanticist
- Henri Marteau: string quartets, Vol. 1 - Isasi Quartet