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Charles Auguste de Bériot
Person · male · Belgium · Leuven · born 1802 · died 1870 · recording since 1987
Belgian composer and violinist (1802–1870)
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Also known as Charles de Bériot · 夏尔·德·贝里奥
Timeline
9 events▣ Album 6◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1800s
1870s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Violin Concertos nos. 1, 8 and 9
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2010s
· Album
Album: Violin Concertos nos. 4, 6 and 7 / Scènde de ballet / Air varié no. 4 "Montagnard"
Album
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Biography
English biography732 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1331221367
Biography
Charles Auguste de Bériot (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl oɡyst də beʁjo]; 20 February 1802 – 8 April 1870) was a Belgian violinist, artist and composer.
Biography
Charles de Bériot was born in 1802 in Leuven, France (now part of Belgium) into a noble family but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was given to the custody of his music teacher and friend of his father, Jean-François Tiby (1772–1844). De Bériot began studying violin with Tiby, who trained him in the French style as exemplified by Giovanni Battista Viotti. In 1811 he performed for the first time in public, playing a concerto by Viotti. François-Joseph Fétis says that Tiby sent de Bériot to Paris at the age of 12 (1814), however de Bériot's own correspondence confirms that he only arrived in Paris in 1821. (This mistake is attributed to the advanced age at which Fétis wrote his final biographical note on de Bériot.) While in Paris, de Bériot studied briefly at the Paris Conservatory under Pierre Baillot and played for Rodolphe Kreutzer and Viotti. The latter encouraged de Bériot to "..listen a lot...and take what seems good to you, be like the bees and you will create a genre..."
After being refused a subsidy by William I of the Netherlands, he returned briefly to Belgium in 1822. The following year he returned to Paris where he taught and performed. In 1824 he made a concert tour in England and was named violinist to Charles X of France in 1826 and in 1827, solo violinist at the court of William I of the Netherlands.
De Bériot and Niccolo Paganini's careers ran parallel for many years even though de Bériot was 20 years younger than Paganini. In much of northern Europe the two virtuoso's playing styles were often compared, including in a small publication which appeared in 1831.
De Bériot lived with the opera singer Maria Malibran and had a child (Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot, a piano professor who taught Maurice Ravel, Ricardo Viñes, Enrique Granados and others) with her in 1833. They were married in 1836 when Malibran obtained an annulment of her previous marriage. Felix Mendelssohn wrote an aria accompanied by a solo violin especially for the couple. However, Malibran died the same year from injuries sustained in a fall from a horse.
After Malibran's death, de Bériot lived in Brussels and did not return to performance until 1838. In 1840 in Vienna he married Marie Huber, daughter of a local magistrate.
In 1842, Pierre Baillot died in Paris at the age of 71, and his position as instructor at the Paris Conservatoire was offered to de Bériot. He rejected the offer, however, and in 1843 became chief violin instructor at the Brussels Conservatory where he established the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing. On account of failing eyesight he retired in 1852, and in 1858 became totally blind.
Paralysis of the left arm ended his career in 1866. Surgeons amputated his left arm to relieve pain.
Among his students were Hubert Léonard, Henri Vieuxtemps and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst.
Compositions
De Bériot composed a great amount of violin music including ten concertos. Although these are now rarely heard, his pedagogical compositions are still of use for violin students. In style he was greatly influenced by the works of Rudolphe Kreutzer.
De Bériot's pioneering violin technique and Romantic style of composition make his concertos and etudes an important stepping stone for the serious violin student wishing to gain a firm foundation before studying the major concertos of the Romantic era. His most popular concertos are No. 9 in A minor Op. 104 and No. 7 in G major Op. 76.
Itzhak Perlman released a recording of Scene de Ballet, Op. 100 on his album, "Concertos from My Childhood". This recording features the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster. Barbara Barber also released recordings and sheet music with piano accompaniment of the first movement of de Beriot's Concerto No. 9 in A minor Op. 104 and Scene de Ballet, Op. 100 with her series, "Solos for Young Violinists".
Schirmer publishes his Violin Method Op. 102 and His "First 30 Concert Studies" Op. 123. Peters publishes the famous encore piece for violin and orchestra (in a reduced format for violin and piano) "Scene de Ballet" Op.100.
Honours
1845: Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
1853: Cross of merit of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 24 | 85.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -117 | 4.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 6 studio albums)
Albums · 6
Violin Concertos nos. 1, 8 and 9
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 50:04
1Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 16 "Military"11:582Concerto no. 8 in D major, op. 99: I. Allegro maestoso11:203Concerto no. 8 in D major, op. 99: II. Andantino - Rondo12:144Concerto no. 9 in A minor, op. 104: I. Allegro maestoso5:245Concerto no. 9 in A minor, op. 104: II. Adagio3:416Concerto no. 9 in A minor, op. 104: III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato5:272006 · studio album
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1Violin Concerto No. 7 in G Major, Op. 76: I. Allegro maestoso7:402Violin Concerto No. 7 in G Major, Op. 76: II. Andante tranquillo5:453Violin Concerto No. 7 in G Major, Op. 76: III. Allegro moderato7:324Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro maestoso16:295Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 32: II. Andantino6:416Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 32: III. Rondo russe - Allegretto8:207Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 46: I. Moderato maestoso6:388Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 46: II. Più lento2:409Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 46: III. Majeur2:35Violin Concertos nos. 2, 3 and 5
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:09:08
1Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 32: I. Allegro maestoso14:002Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 32: II. Andantino5:343Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 32: III. Rondo russe: Allegretto8:524Violin Concerto no. 3 in E minor, op. 44: I. Moderato11:485Violin Concerto no. 3 in E minor, op. 44: II. Adagio5:466Violin Concerto no. 3 in E minor, op. 44: III. Rondo: Allegretto - Allegro vivace7:487Violin Concerto no. 5 in D major, op. 55: I. Allegro moderato8:008Violin Concerto no. 5 in D major, op. 55: II. Adagio3:229Violin Concerto no. 5 in D major, op. 55: III. Allegro3:58Duos concertants / Six duos caractéristiques
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:13:46
1Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 1 in G minor: I. Moderato7:022Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 1 in G minor: II. Adagio moderato5:493Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 1 in G minor: III. Rondo. Allegro con spirito3:204Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 2 in E minor: I. Moderato con spirito7:095Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 2 in E minor: II. Andante5:196Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 2 in E minor: III. Rondo. Allegro7:257Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 3 in D major: I. Moderato7:478Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 3 in D major: II. Adagio4:359Duos concertants, op. 57: No. 3 in D major: III. Allegretto4:1510Six duos caractéristiques pour deux violons, op. 113: No. 1 in G major. Adagio4:4611Six duos caractéristiques pour deux violons, op. 113: No. 2 in C major. Moderato. Tempo di marcia3:1112Six duos caractéristiques pour deux violons, op. 113: No. 3 in E flat major. Andante cantabile3:4013Six duos caractéristiques pour deux violons, op. 113: No. 4 in C minor. Allegretto. Tempo di fandango2:3714Six duos caractéristiques pour deux violons, op. 113: No. 5 in A minor. Andantino3:0815Six duos caractéristiques pour deux violons, op. 113: No. 6 in D major. Moderato. Tempo di bolero3:43Solo Violin Music, Volume 1: Twelve Scenes / Nine Studies
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:07:59
112 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: I. La Séparation4:44212 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: II. La Polka2:22312 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: III. Le Lézard2:22412 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: IV. Le Départ4:15512 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: V. La Fougue2:53612 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: VI. La Bannière3:12712 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: VII. Le Caprice1:54812 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: VIII. Saltarella2:14912 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: IX. La Reine3:401012 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: X. Marche russe4:081112 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: XI. L'Inquiétude4:011212 Scènes ou Caprices pour le violon, op. 109: XII. La Consolation2:0113Nine Studies: I. Allegro agitato1:3914Nine Studies: II. Allegro moderato2:2615Nine Studies: III. Moderato2:4216Nine Studies: IV. Energico4:1217Nine Studies: V. Melody: Largo2:0218Nine Studies: VI. Gulnare: Andantino1:1819Nine Studies: VII. March: Moderato2:2720Nine Studies: VIII. Allegro Vivace1:0721Nine Studies: IX. In imitation of the old masters: Moderato2:5522Prélude ou Improvisation, op. Post.9:25Violin Concertos nos. 4, 6 and 7 / Scènde de ballet / Air varié no. 4 "Montagnard"
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:08:57
1Violin Concerto no. 4 in D minor, op. 4613:032Violin Concerto no. 6 in A major, op. 70: I. Allegro moderato11:323Violin Concerto no. 6 in A major, op. 70: II. Allegretto3:564Violin Concerto no. 7 in G major, op. 76: I. Allegro maestoso / II. Andante tranquillo13:115Violin Concerto no. 7 in G major, op. 76: III. Allegro moderato4:486Air varié no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 5 "Montagnard"11:147Scène de ballet, op. 10011:13
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Charles Auguste de Bériot head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 24 | 85.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -117 | 4.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
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Wikidata: Q385217 · MusicBrainz: 77d849e1-aa95-4651-bdac-bfaecd152e43
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