Henry Lemoine

For other people with similar names, see Henry Lemoine (disambiguation).
1914 advertisement by Henry Lemoine & Co. Includes advertisements for authors and composers: (Mandolin): Ferdinando de Cristofaro, E. Patierno, Ed. Rossler. (Guitar): Ferdinando Carulli, Dionisio Aguado, Fernando Sor, Castellaci. (Bandurria): E. Patierno and Pedro Aperte.

Henry Lemoine (born 21 October 1786 in Paris, died 18 May 1854) was a French piano teacher, music publisher and composer.[1] Although his compositions are generally unimportant, his piano method and harmony textbook are still of much interest to those learning the instrument.[2]

Lemoine was also a pupil of Anton Reicha, a successful piano teacher in Paris.[3]

Publishing

In 1816 he took over his father Antoine Marcel Lemoine's music publishing business.[3] His father had had founded the company in 1772 and still exists today under the name of Editions Henry Lemoine.[2] Lemoine was the publisher for Frédéric Chopin.[3] In 1844 he also published Hector Berlioz's Traité d'orchestration.[3] He worked with Ferdinando Carulli to publish a solfège textbook by Adolphe Danhauser called Solfège des Solfèges, which is still print. In 1850 Lemoine, then blind, turned over his company to his son Achille Lemoine.[2]

The company, Editions Henry Lemoine, is still a leader in music publishing.

Compositions

Lemoine wrote a number of works of music education (including Études infantines), an extensive collection of piano pieces called Bagatelles and Recreations Musicales. His Méthode et des études de piano is still in use today.

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References

  1. ↑ Library of Congress Authorities, Lemoine, Henry, 1786-1854
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Henokiens Association, Editions Henry Lemoine
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, Lemoine