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Henri Marteau
Person · male · France · Reims · born 1874 · died 1934 · recording since 2018
French violinist and composer (1874-1934)
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Also known as 亨利·马尔托
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1870s
1930s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 1
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2020s
Biography
English biography357 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1333374887
Biography
Henri Marteau (31 March 1874 – 3 October 1934) 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.
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 (Solo Musica SM 299)
Henri Marteau: Huit mélodies, Op. 19c and Op. 28 - Vesselina Kasarova and Fünf Schilflieder for baritone, viola and piano, Op. 31 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Solo Musica SM 263)
Henri Marteau: Quintet in C minor for clarinet and string quartet, Op. 13 and Serenade, Op. 20 - Mark Lieb and the Phoenix Ensemble (with Alexander v. Zemlinsky's Trio, Op 3) (Navona Records NV 6076), 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 (Solo Musica SM 282)
Henri Marteau: Discovery of a Romanticist (Solo Musica SM 229)
Henri Marteau: string quartets, Vol. 1 - Isasi Quartet (CPO 555 128-2)
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 | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -84 | 5.3th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 1
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:36
1String Quartet No. 2, Op. 9: I. Moderato quasi andante11:112String Quartet No. 2, Op. 9: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto e giocoso6:593String Quartet No. 2, Op. 9: III. Andante sostenuto7:544String Quartet No. 2, Op. 9: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco8:4558 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 1, Pluie2:1968 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 2, À Douarnenez en Bretagne2:4278 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 3, Ritournelle3:2588 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 4, Matin d'octobre2:3598 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 5, Chanson de mer2:23108 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 6, Vitrail3:51118 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 7, Pitié des choses3:40128 Mélodies, Op. 19c: No. 8, Dans la rue, le soir1:52Violinkonzert C-Dur, op. 18 / Serenade, op. 20
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:04:29
1Violinkonzert C-Dur, op. 18: I. Allegro risoluto – Allegro energico, ma non troppo23:092Violinkonzert C-Dur, op. 18: II. Adagio (In memoriam)10:453Violinkonzert C-Dur, op. 18: III. Finale – Rondo allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo14:044Serenade, op. 20: I. Entrata2:395Serenade, op. 20: II. Adagietto3:476Serenade, op. 20: III. Scherzino2:327Serenade, op. 20: IV. Tema con variazioni7:33Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 2
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:09:36
1String Quartet No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 5: I. Allegro10:212String Quartet No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 5: II. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivo7:533String Quartet No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 5: IIIa. Largo e rondo. Religioso ed espressivo6:264String Quartet No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 5: IIIb. Largo e rondo. Moderato e grazioso10:045Clarinet Quintet in C Minor, Op. 13: I. Andante molto sostenuto12:196Clarinet Quintet in C Minor, Op. 13: II. Allegretto moderato6:157Clarinet Quintet in C Minor, Op. 13: III. Andante sostenuto9:448Clarinet Quintet in C Minor, Op. 13: IV. Finale. Andante sostenuto6:34Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 3
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:47
1String Quartet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 17: I. Comodo10:122String Quartet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 17: II. Hymne an den Schmerz. Molto adagio10:323String Quartet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 17: III. Scherzo. Allegro6:344String Quartet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 17: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro9:1258 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 1, An Agnes3:4968 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 2, Thranentropfen2:2578 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 3, Als die Liebe kam2:5988 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 4, in den Garten meiner Seele2:5598 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 5, Liebeslied1:35108 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 6, Sonnenlied2:08118 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 7, Träume4:42128 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 8, Herbst2:44
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Henri Marteau head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -84 | 5.3th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Marteau.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/319e385f-bf48-4ea9-8328-1fff1b049e95discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/319e385f-bf48-4ea9-8328-1fff1b049e95core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213762genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213762seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Marteaubiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Marteau
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Image: Nadar · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q213762 · MusicBrainz: 319e385f-bf48-4ea9-8328-1fff1b049e95
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