Jean-Delphin Alard

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Jean-Delphin Alard
Background information
Born	May 8, 1815 Bayonne, France
Died	February 22, 1888 (age 72) Paris, France
Genre(s)	Classical
Occupation(s)	Pedagogue, violinist
Instrument(s)	Violin
Notable instrument(s)
Violin Antonio & Girolamo Amati 1603 Nicolò Amati 1645 Alard Amati 1649 Alard-Baron Knoop Stradivarius 1715 Messiah Stradivarius 1716 Alard Guarneri del Gesù 1742 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume copy of the Alard Strad 1860

Jean-Delphin Alard (May 8, 1815 – February 22, 1888) was a French violinist.

Alard was born in Bayonne, the son of an amateur violinist. From 1827 he was a pupil of F. A. Habeneck at the Paris Conservatoire, where he succeeded Pierre Baillot as professor in 1843, retaining the post till 1875. He was also a pupil of François-Joseph Fétis and succeeded Baillot as first violinist to the King in 1840. His playing was full of fire and point, and his compositions had a great success in France, while his violin school had a wider vogue and considerably greater value. He was a representative of the modern French school of violin playing, composed nocturnes, duets, études, etc., for the violin, and was the author of an Ecole du violon, which was adopted by the Conservatoire. Pablo de Sarasate was amongst his students. Mention should also be made of his edition in 40 parts of a selection of violin compositions by the most eminent masters of the 18th century, Les Maitres classiques du violon (Schott). Alard died in Paris. Jean-Delphin Alard was the son-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

[edit] External links

• Alard's Ten studies for violin with accompaniment of a second violin Op.10 Score from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Jean-Delphin Alard", a publication now in the public domain.
• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.