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Joseph-Henri Altès (18 January 1826 – 24 July 1899) was a 19th-century French
Like his teacher, Jean-Louis Tulou, he played a flute with four valves and only later changed to a Theobald Boehm model. As early as 1841, in the competition of the Conservatory, he received a second prize and the following year a First Prize. From 1848 to 1872, he was first flautist at the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris and in 1868 he was the successor of Louis Dorus as a flute teacher at the Conservatoire, where he remained until 1893. Among his pupils were
/ref> He died in Paris. He was buried on the cimetière de Montmartre (33rd division) with his wife, the opera singer Émilie-Francisque Ribault.
Biography of Joseph Henri Altes (1826-1899)
Altès, Portrait by Degas, 1868 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Portrait
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flautist
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, composer and pedagogue.
Biography
Born in Rouen, Joseph-Henri Altès was the son of a soldier. Violinist and conductorErnest Eugène Altès
Ernest Eugène Altès (March 28, 1830 – July 8, 1899) was a French violinist and conductor.
Life
He was born in Paris, the younger brother of the flute-player Joseph-Henri Altès. Sons of a soldier and brought up in the regiment, the boys wer ...
was his younger brother. He began studying the flute at the age of ten and enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
in December 1840, where he studied in 1840-1842.
Like his teacher, Jean-Louis Tulou, he played a flute with four valves and only later changed to a Theobald Boehm model. As early as 1841, in the competition of the Conservatory, he received a second prize and the following year a First Prize. From 1848 to 1872, he was first flautist at the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris and in 1868 he was the successor of Louis Dorus as a flute teacher at the Conservatoire, where he remained until 1893. Among his pupils were Georges Barrère
Georges Barrère (Bordeaux, October 31, 1876 - New York, June 14, 1944) was a French flutist.Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001)
Early life
Georges Barrère was the son of a cabinetmaker, Gabriel Barrère, and Marie Périne Courtet ...
and Adolphe Hennebains.
Altès is the author of a method of flute, ''Célèbre méthode complète de flûte'' (1880) and left about 40 compositions, including six solos for the entrance competition at the Paris Conservatory and transcriptions or fantasies on opera themes.
Altès was a friend of the painter Edgar Degas, who depicted him in 1870 on the painting entitled ' housed at the Musée d'Orsay. Edgar Degas, ''L'Orchestre de l'Opéra'', musée d'Orsaybr>(Read online)/ref> He died in Paris. He was buried on the cimetière de Montmartre (33rd division) with his wife, the opera singer Émilie-Francisque Ribault.
References
Bibliography
* U. Pešek et Ž. Pešek, ''Flötenmusik aus drei Jahrhunderten'' (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1990) * A. Goldberg, ''Porträts und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen -Dilettanten und -Komponisten'' (Celle: Moeck, 1987 (reprint of 1906 original) * Julia Soriano Rodríguez (ed.), ''Lexikon der Flöte'' ( Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2009),External links
*Biography of Joseph Henri Altes (1826-1899)
Altès, Portrait by Degas, 1868 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Portrait
on Gallica {{DEFAULTSORT:Altès, Joseph-Henri 1826 births 1895 deaths 19th-century classical composers Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical flautists French Romantic composers Musicians from Rouen 20th-century flautists