Louis Moyse (August 14, 1912 - July 30, 2007) was a famous French flute player and composer. He was the son of influential French flutist Marcel Moyse. He was a co-founder of the Vermont Marlboro Music Festival and was a teacher to top flutists all over the world. He died of heart failure at age 94.[1]
Louis Moyse was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands during one of his father's tours. His first flute teachers were his father and Philippe Gaubert. Louis Moyse was a member of the successful Moyse Trio where his father played flute, Louis played piano and his former wife, Blanche Honegger Moyse, on the violin.
Louis Moyse also taught for 27 years at Marlboro College, was professor at the Boston University and the University of Toronto. He continued giving private lessons in Westport, New York while touring with his wife Janet White Moyse, of 33 years, around the world and the United States. Later moving to Montpelier, Vermont, where they resided for the last nine years of his life. He also gave semi-annual master classes and concerts in his hometown, St.-Amour, France, until 2004.[2]
He is considered by some to be one of the most prolific producer of flute music worldwide. His publications are with G. Schirmer, Southern Music, Theodore Presser, McGinnis & Marx, E. Henry David Music Publishers, Leduc (France) and Zen-On (Japan). Works for Flute and Piano by Louis Moyse (CRI 888) performed by flutist Karen Kevra and pianist Paul Orgel received a Grammy nomination in 2003.
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Among his own compositions are:
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Collections of flute music:
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He has also edited flute music by others, such as Mozart's Flute Quartet K. 285.
Penelope Clarke
New York Times Obituary http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/arts/09moyse.html