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{{Short description|French cellist and composer (1777–1835)}}
{{Short description|French cellist and composer (1777–1835)}}
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| birth_place = [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]], [[Kingdom of France|France]]
| death_date = 25 August {{death year and age|1835|1777}}
| death_place = [[City of Brussels|Brussels]], Belgium
| education = [[Chapelle royale]]
| occupation = {{ubl| Cellist | Composer | Academic teacher }}
| organizations = {{ubl| Orchestra at the [[Antwerp Opera]] | Brussels [[La Monnaie#History|Royal Opera]] | [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels]] }}
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'''Nicolas-Joseph Platel''' (1777 in [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]] – August 25, 1835 in [[Brussels]]) was a French [[cello|cellist]] and composer. He is considered the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing. From 1831 until his death, he was the professor of cello at the [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels|Conservatoire de Musique]] in Brussels.
'''Nicolas-Joseph Platel''' (1777 – 25 August 1835) was a French [[cello|cellist]] and composer. He is considered the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing. From 1831 until his death, he was the professor of cello at the [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels|Conservatoire de Musique]] in Brussels.


== Life ==
== Life ==
Nicolas-Joseph Platel was born in [[Versailles, France]], in 1777. His father, a musician in the French [[Chapelle royale]], placed him in the Institute of the Royal Pages, where Nicolas-Joseph studied singing. When he was ten years old, he showed an inclination for the cello and began training under [[Jean-Louis Duport]], a friend of his father.<ref name="straeten">{{Cite book |last=Van Der Straeten |first=Edmund S.J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGPsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA300 |title=History of the Violoncello, the Viol Da Gamba, Their Precursors and Collateral Instruments: With Biographies of All the Most Eminent Players of Every Country |publisher=Ams Press |year=1976 |volume=1 |pages=300–302 |isbn=978-0-404-13100-5 |orig-date=1915}}</ref> Duport left France for Berlin at the end of 1789, leaving Platel without a teacher.<ref name="wasielewski">{{Cite book |last=Von Wasielewski |first=Wilhelm Joseph |author-link=Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tssAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA101 |title=The Violoncello and Its History |publisher=[[Novello, Ewer & Co]]. |year=1894 |pages=101–102 |translator-last=Stigand |translator-first=Isobella S.E.}}</ref> In 1793, [[Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare]] – another pupil of Duport – began supervising Platel's studies.<ref name="straeten" />
Nicolas-Joseph Platel was born in [[Versailles, France]], in 1777. His father, a musician in the French [[Chapelle royale]], placed him in the Institute of the Royal Pages, where Nicolas-Joseph studied singing. When he was ten years old, he showed an inclination for the cello and began training under [[Jean-Louis Duport]], a friend of his father.<ref name="straeten">{{Cite book |last=Van Der Straeten |first=Edmund S.J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGPsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA300 |title=History of the Violoncello, the Viol Da Gamba, Their Precursors and Collateral Instruments: With Biographies of All the Most Eminent Players of Every Country |publisher=Ams Press |year=1976 |volume=1 |pages=300–302 |isbn=978-0-404-13100-5 |orig-date=1915}}</ref> Duport left France for Berlin at the end of 1789, leaving Platel without a teacher.<ref name="wasielewski">{{Cite book |last=Von Wasielewski |first=Wilhelm Joseph |author-link=Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tssAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA101 |title=The Violoncello and Its History |publisher=[[Novello, Ewer & Co]]. |year=1894 |pages=101–102 |translator-last=Stigand |translator-first=Isobella S.E.}}</ref> In 1793, [[Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare]] – another pupil of Duport – began supervising Platel's studies.<ref name="straeten" />


Platel became a member of the orchestra at the [[Théâtre Feydeau]] in 1796.<ref name="riemann">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1908 |title=Platel |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAtKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA604 |access-date=2024-11-26 |last=Riemann |first=Hugo |author-link=Hugo Riemann |pages=604}}</ref> He fell in love with an actress there, and moved with her to [[Lyon]] in 1797. Platel returned to Paris in 1801, holding multiple successful concerts. At the time he was reputed the best cellist in France, with Duport still in Berlin and [[Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare|Lamare]] in Russia.<ref name="straeten" /> In 1805, he embarked on a concert tour, but ended up staying in [[Quimper]] for two years after making a friend there.<ref name="wasielewski" /> He then held successful concerts in [[Brest, France|Brest]] and [[Nantes]] before, on the way to Holland and Germany, settling in [[Ghent]] to teach singing and cello.<ref name="straeten" />
Platel became a member of the orchestra at the [[Théâtre Feydeau]] in 1796.<ref name="riemann">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1908 |title=Platel |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAtKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA604 |access-date=26 November 2024 |last=Riemann |first=Hugo |author-link=Hugo Riemann |pages=604}}</ref> He fell in love with an actress there, and moved with her to [[Lyon]] in 1797. Platel returned to Paris in 1801, holding multiple successful concerts. At the time he was reputed the best cellist in France, with Duport still in Berlin and Lamare in Russia.<ref name="straeten" /> In 1805, he embarked on a concert tour, but ended up staying in [[Quimper]] for two years after making a friend there.<ref name="wasielewski" /> He then held successful concerts in [[Brest, France|Brest]] and [[Nantes]] before, on the way to Holland and Germany, settling in [[Ghent]] to teach singing and cello.<ref name="straeten" />


In 1813, Platel became the principal cellist of the orchestra at the [[Antwerp Opera]].<ref name="campbell" /> In 1819, he became principal cellist of the [[La Monnaie#History|Royal Opera]] in Brussels. In Brussels, he met the [[Prince de Chimay]] who engaged him as a cello teacher at the Royal School of Music there. When the school was reorganized as the [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels|Conservatoire de Musique]] in 1831, he was made the professor of cello.<ref name="campbell">{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Margaret |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2lHPUtMFkPoC&dq=%22Nicolas-Joseph%20Platel%22&pg=PA62 |title=The Cambridge Companion to the Cello |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1999 |editor-last=Stowell |editor-first=Robin |pages=62 |chapter=Nineteenth-century virtuosi|isbn=978-0-521-62928-7 }}</ref> Platel is considered the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing.<ref name="straeten" /><ref name="wasielewski" /><ref name="campbell" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1906 |title=Notizen: Regarding the Violoncello |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uAqAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Nicolas-Joseph%20Platel%22&pg=RA2-PA511 |access-date=2024-11-26 |magazine=Zeitschrift Der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft |page=511 |volume=7 |issue=12}}</ref> His students included [[Adrien-François Servais]], [[Alexandre Batta]], and {{ill|François de Munck|de}}, who would succeed him in the position.<ref name="wasielewski" /> Platel is credited with inspiring [[Alexandre Batta]] to switch from the violin to the cello.<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFIsbyvvcKIC&pg=PA198 |title=Annuaire dramatique |publisher=Librairie Belge-Français |year=1840 |pages=199 |language=fr |chapter=Batta (Frères)}}</ref>
In 1813, Platel became the principal cellist of the orchestra at the [[Antwerp Opera]].<ref name="campbell" /> In 1819, he became principal cellist of the [[La Monnaie#History|Royal Opera]] in Brussels. In Brussels, he met the [[Prince de Chimay]] who engaged him as a cello teacher at the Royal School of Music there. When the school was reorganized as the [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels|Conservatoire de Musique]] in 1831, he was made the professor of cello.<ref name="campbell">{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Margaret |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2lHPUtMFkPoC&dq=%22Nicolas-Joseph%20Platel%22&pg=PA62 |title=The Cambridge Companion to the Cello |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1999 |editor-last=Stowell |editor-first=Robin |pages=62 |chapter=Nineteenth-century virtuosi|isbn=978-0-521-62928-7 }}</ref> Platel is considered the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing.<ref name="straeten" /><ref name="wasielewski" /><ref name="campbell" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1906 |title=Notizen: Regarding the Violoncello |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uAqAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Nicolas-Joseph%20Platel%22&pg=RA2-PA511 |access-date=26 November 2024 |magazine=Zeitschrift Der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft |page=511 |volume=7 |issue=12}}</ref> His students included [[Adrien-François Servais]], [[Alexandre Batta]], and {{ill|François de Munck|de}}, who would succeed him in the position.<ref name="wasielewski" /> Platel is credited with inspiring Batta to switch from the violin to the cello.<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFIsbyvvcKIC&pg=PA198 |title=Annuaire dramatique |publisher=Librairie Belge-Français |year=1840 |pages=199 |language=fr |chapter=Batta (Frères)}}</ref>


Platel died in Brussels on August 25, 1835.<ref name="straeten" />
Platel died in Brussels on 25 August 1835.<ref name="straeten" />


== Compositions ==
== Compositions ==
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Nicolas-Joseph Platel
Born1777 (1777)
Versailles, France
Died25 August 1835 (aged 57–58)
Brussels, Belgium
EducationChapelle royale
Occupations
  • Cellist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Nicolas-Joseph Platel (1777 – 25 August 1835) was a French cellist and composer. He is considered the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing. From 1831 until his death, he was the professor of cello at the Conservatoire de Musique in Brussels.

Life

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Nicolas-Joseph Platel was born in Versailles, France, in 1777. His father, a musician in the French Chapelle royale, placed him in the Institute of the Royal Pages, where Nicolas-Joseph studied singing. When he was ten years old, he showed an inclination for the cello and began training under Jean-Louis Duport, a friend of his father.[1] Duport left France for Berlin at the end of 1789, leaving Platel without a teacher.[2] In 1793, Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare – another pupil of Duport – began supervising Platel's studies.[1]

Platel became a member of the orchestra at the Théâtre Feydeau in 1796.[3] He fell in love with an actress there, and moved with her to Lyon in 1797. Platel returned to Paris in 1801, holding multiple successful concerts. At the time he was reputed the best cellist in France, with Duport still in Berlin and Lamare in Russia.[1] In 1805, he embarked on a concert tour, but ended up staying in Quimper for two years after making a friend there.[2] He then held successful concerts in Brest and Nantes before, on the way to Holland and Germany, settling in Ghent to teach singing and cello.[1]

In 1813, Platel became the principal cellist of the orchestra at the Antwerp Opera.[4] In 1819, he became principal cellist of the Royal Opera in Brussels. In Brussels, he met the Prince de Chimay who engaged him as a cello teacher at the Royal School of Music there. When the school was reorganized as the Conservatoire de Musique in 1831, he was made the professor of cello.[4] Platel is considered the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing.[1][2][4][5] His students included Adrien-François Servais, Alexandre Batta, and François de Munck [de], who would succeed him in the position.[2] Platel is credited with inspiring Batta to switch from the violin to the cello.[6]

Platel died in Brussels on 25 August 1835.[1]

Compositions

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Platel composed five cello concertos, three books of sonatas, eight sets of variations, six romances with piano accompaniment, six duets for violin and cello, and three trios for violin, viola, and cello.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Van Der Straeten, Edmund S.J. (1976) [1915]. History of the Violoncello, the Viol Da Gamba, Their Precursors and Collateral Instruments: With Biographies of All the Most Eminent Players of Every Country. Vol. 1. Ams Press. pp. 300–302. ISBN 978-0-404-13100-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e Von Wasielewski, Wilhelm Joseph (1894). The Violoncello and Its History. Translated by Stigand, Isobella S.E. Novello, Ewer & Co. pp. 101–102.
  3. ^ a b Riemann, Hugo (1908). "Platel". Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music. p. 604. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Campbell, Margaret (1999). "Nineteenth-century virtuosi". In Stowell, Robin (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-521-62928-7.
  5. ^ "Notizen: Regarding the Violoncello". Zeitschrift Der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft. Vol. 7, no. 12. 1906. p. 511. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Batta (Frères)". Annuaire dramatique (in French). Librairie Belge-Français. 1840. p. 199.
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