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Édouard Nadaud

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Bust of Édouard Nadaud at the Montmartre Cemetery

Édouard Louis Nadaud (14 April 1862 – 13 February 1928) was a French classical violinist. An heir of the École française du violon [fr], he taught the violin at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1900 to 1924.

Biography

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Nadaud was born at 46 rue des Dames (Quartier des Batignolles) in the 17th arrondissement of Paris at the home of his father and mother, paper merchants: he was the fourth child of the couple. His two older brothers, Albert and Gustave were salesmen and the marriage certificate of Gustave teaches us that their father was also a music teacher.

He followed violin lessons at the conservatoire de Paris in Charles Dancla's class and obtained a first prize there in 1881 shared with a young American, Arma Senkrah (Harknes)[1] also a student of Charles Dancla and a young Dutchman, Louis Wolff (1865-1926), a student of Lambert Massart.[2]

Concertmaster of the Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire for eleven years,[3] he was professor of violin at the conservatory from 1 May 1900 until his death on 13 February 1928. Firmin Touche[4] succeeded him.[5]

He trained about sixty students including René Benedetti,[6] Marius Casadesus, Line Talluel,[7] Lucien Quatrochi, etc.

Prizes and distinctions

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  • Second violin accessit in 1877 - Piece of competition: Pierre Baillot's 1st Concerto in A minor
  • First violin accessit in 1878 - Piece of competition: Henri Vieuxtemps's 5th Concerto
  • Second violin prize in 1880 - Piece of competition: Pierre Rode's 3rd Concerto
  • First violin prize in 1881 - Piece of competition: Henri Vieuxtemps's third Concerto
  • Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 2 January 1905.

References

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  1. ^ Arma Harknes
  2. ^ Le Ménestrel n° 2631 7 August 1881 and n° 3625 16 September 1900 page 296 Paris, 15 juillet, article about Arma Harknes
  3. ^ "Notice no. LH/1972/51". Base Léonore (in French).
  4. ^ Firmin Touche on Gallica
  5. ^ Le Ménestrel n° 4799 20 April 1928
  6. ^ René Benedetti on data.bnf.fr
  7. ^ Line Talluel

Bibliography

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  • Le Conservatoire National de Musique et de déclamation, documents historiques et administratifs, collected or reconstituted by Constant Pierre, deputy head of the secretariat, laureate of the Institute, PARIS, imprimerie Nationale, 1900
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