Louis Cahuzac
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Louis Cahuzac (1880-1960) was a French clarinetist and composer. He was an outstanding performer and one of the few clarinetists who made a career as a soloist in the early part of the 20th century. Carl Nielsen wrote his famous clarinet concerto for Cahuzac, and Cahuzac made the first recording of the piece. Cahuzac was active his whole life; he recorded the Hindemith Clarinet Concerto in A major under the composer’s baton at the age of 78.
His compositions were mainly for the clarinet. Arlequin for solo clarinet evokes Harlequin, the character in the Italian commedia del arte. Cahuzac’s Pastorale Cévenole and Cantilène gives a musical picture of his beloved southern France and its mountains with echo-type effects suggesting the open, mountainous spaces. His Variations sur un air du pays d'oc (Variations on a tune from the South of France) is a set of four variations.
Cahuzac was admired as a performer and composer by the great American clarinetist David Weber.
Cahuzac died in a motorcycle accident in 1960.
[edit] Sources
- Liner Notes, Northbranch Records
- Notes by Michael Weber (2001) accompanying "A Portrait of David Weber: 'A Grand Master of the Clarinet' (Clarinet Classics CD CC0041)
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