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Musical Cosmopolitanism in Paris 1779 – 1792
1777 , his only success is critical esteem ; he was a member of the lodge Saint-Jean d ' Ecosse du Contrat Social in 1779 . Josephus Fodor , already encountered above , goes into exile as a violin teacher in Saint Petersburg , dying in 1828 after making a fortune .
Pierre-Jean Garat ( 1762 – 1823 ), one of the most eccentric singers of his time , leaves Paris for Rouen in 1790 , but as the brother of the revolutionary Joseph Garat , he is arrested and imprisoned for several months in 1792 ; forced into exile , he travels through the Austrian Netherlands all the way to Hamburg . He only returns to France around 1794 , becoming the idol of the Incredibles [ les Incroyables ]; and one of Josephine ’ s close friends ; he was a member of the Neuf Sœurs lodge in 1783 , then a member of la Société Olympique in 1786 . Christian Karl Hartmann , a musician of German origin , returns to his itinerant ways after a stay in Paris from 1770 to 1792 , traveling to Holland , Hamburg , and Russia , not returning to France until around 1795 ; he was a member of La Candeur in 1776 , then a member of Saint-Jean d ' Ecosse du Contrat Social in 1782 . Rodolphe Kreutzer , head of Paris ' s violin school , is a member of the Commission of Arts and Sciences during the Italy Campaign . He does a concert tour in Italy , then one in Vienna in 1796 ; he was a member of La Concorde in 1785 . The chevalier Claude de La Lance , at first an officer , abandons this career to become a musician . Around 1791 , he emigrates to Frankfurt , then to Silesia , returning to his native city of Verdun around 1801 as first violin and teacher at the Théâtre de Verdun . He was a member of la Société Olympique in 1786 . Jean Lebrun ( 1750- – 1809 ), a horn player , emigrates during the Terror , heading for London as a teacher , and secures a place in the Royal Chapel in Berlin , replacing his brother Palsa . At the beginning of the Empire , he sets out on a tour through Holland and Belgium in 1802 , only returning to France in 1805 ; unemployed , he kills himself . Beginning in 1786 , he was a member of la Société Olympique . Louis Mareschal-Paisible ( 1748 – 1781 ) is a violinist and composer , and after an honorable career with the Concert Spirituel , in the house of the Duchess of Orleans , and then in the house of the Duchess of Bourbon-Conti , he undertakes a solo career in various European countries all the way to the Russian Court . For reasons that are still unknown , he is not permitted to appear before Catherine II ; crestfallen , he commits suicide ! He became a member of the lodge Les Amis Réunis in 1773 . 138 At the beginning of the Revolution , Joseph Nonot ( 1751 – 1840 ), an organist and composer , accepts a position as an organist in London from 1790 to 1802 ; he was a member of l ' Heureuse Réunion in 1788 . Jean Palsa ( 1752 – 1792 ), after a career in Paris , is appointed an ordinary musician in 1783 at the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel ’ s chapel ; in 1785 , he is a soloist in London , and in 1786 he is in the service of the King of Prussia , becoming a member of the Neuf Sœurs lodge in 1778 . The famous Piccinni keeps clear of France for the entirety of the Revolution ; he is in Naples and Venice until 1788 . François Antoine Rosetti ( 1750 – 1792 ), after spending 10 years in Paris , leaves at the beginning of 1790 to be Kapellmeister to the Duke of Mecklemburg-Schwerin ; dying in Berlin , he was a member of the lodge La Concorde des Amis Réunis from 1782 . Sallentin ( 1755 – 1830 ), an oboist and flautist , first emigrates to Germany , then to London from 1790 to 1792 ; he became a member of the lodge Les Neuf Sœurs in 1778 . Jean-Baptiste Viotti ( 1755 – 1824 ), one of the greatest violinists of his time , settles in London from 1792 to 1798 after a 10-year stay in Paris , then goes to Hamburg , returning to London from 1801 to 1818 . He became a member of Saint-Jean d ' Ecosse du Contrat Social in 1783 . 139
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 138 Pierre-François Pinaud , “ Les musiciens francs-maçons à Paris à la fin du XVIIIe siècle : Les
Amis Réunis et leur grand orchestra ” in Chroniques d ’ Histoire Maçonnique ( Paris , 2006 ), n ° 59 , 5- 17 . 139 Arthur Pougin , Viotti et l ’ école moderne de violon ( Paris : Schott , 1888 ), 191 p .
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