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'''Louis Moyse''' (pron. ''moh-EEZ'';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/arts/09moyse.html|title=Louis Moyse, Founder of Music School, Dies at 94|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2007-08-09|accessdate=2016-05-09}}</ref> 14 August 1912 – 30 July 2007) was a |
'''Louis Moyse''' (pron. ''moh-EEZ'';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/arts/09moyse.html|title=Louis Moyse, Founder of Music School, Dies at 94|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2007-08-09|accessdate=2016-05-09}}</ref> 14 August 1912 – 30 July 2007) was a French [[flute]] player and [[composer]]. He was the son of influential French flutist [[Marcel Moyse]], a co-founder of the [[Vermont]] [[Marlboro Music Festival]], and taught many world-class flutists all over the world. He died of heart failure at age 94.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/08/03/louis_moyse_at_94_was_renowned_flutist_composer/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Obituaries Boston Globe]</ref> |
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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]], [[violin]]. |
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]], [[violin]]. |
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| Born | 14 August 1912 Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| Died | 30 July 2007 (aged 94) Montpelier, Vermont |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, teacher |
| Instrument | Flute |
Louis Moyse (pron. moh-EEZ;[1] 14 August 1912 – 30 July 2007) was a French flute player and composer. He was the son of influential French flutist Marcel Moyse, a co-founder of the Vermont Marlboro Music Festival, and taught many world-class flutists all over the world. He died of heart failure at age 94.[2]
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, violin.
Louis Moyse also taught for 27 years at Marlboro College, and was professor at 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. They later moved to Montpelier, Vermont, for the last nine years of his life. He also gave semiannual master classes and concerts in his hometown, St.-Amour, France, until 2004.[3]
He is considered by some to be one of the most prolific producers of flute music worldwide, which has been published by 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.
Publications
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.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Louis Moyse, Founder of Music School, Dies at 94". The New York Times. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ^ Boston Globe
- ^ Flutist Louis Moyse Dies at 94
References
- Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute by Ann McCutchan - Biography
- New York Times Obituary
