Jean-Pierre Duport
| Jean-Pierre Duport | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jean-Pierre Duport |
| Born | November 27, 1741 |
| Died | December 31, 1818 (aged 77) |
| Genres | classical |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | cello |
Jean-Pierre Duport (November 27, 1741 – December 31, 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport (also a cellist), he was active in the musical life of France and Germany. Jean-Pierre was the son of a dancing master, and a student of the founder of the French school of cello playing Martin Berteau (1700?–1771).
He and his brother were acquainted with Beethoven: in February, 1796, Beethoven had left Vienna for a five-month concert tour which took him to Prague (accompanied by Prince Lichnowsky, who had travelled there with Mozart in 1789), Dresden, Leipzig, and Berlin, where he was inspired by the high level and quality of musical activity at the court of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, at which Jean-Pierre was director of chamber music. On the Potsdam court, Beethoven's two opus 5 cello sonatas were composed for him.[1]
References
- ↑ Sylvette Milliot: „Le violoncelle en France au XVIIIe siècle“, Dissertation Université Sorbonne Paris 4, 1981; by Édition Champion-Slatkine, 1985 ISBN 2-05-100690-3
External links
- Jean-Pierre and Jean-Louis Duport at cello.org
- Free scores by Jean-Pierre Duport at the International Music Score Library Project