Name Rodolphe Kreutzer | Role Violinist | |
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Parents Jean Jacob Kreutzer, Elisabeth Trabol Compositions 42 etudes ou caprices, 42 etudes ou caprices, La mort d'Abel, La mort d'Abel, Violin Concerto no 18 in E minor: II Adagio, Violin Concerto no 18 in E minor: II Adagio, Study No 24 in Bb major: Allegro, Study No 24 in Bb major: Allegro, Violin Concerto no 17 in G major: III Rondo, Violin Concerto no 17 in G major: III Rondo, Study no 32 in F major: Andante, Study no 32 in F major: Andante, Study no 7 in D major: Allegro assai, Study no 7 in D major: Allegro assai, Study no 21 in D major: Moderato e sempre marcato, Study no 21 in D major: Moderato e sempre marcato, Study no 39 in A major: Allegretto, Study no 39 in A major: Allegretto, Study No 26 in Eb major: Moderato, Study No 26 in Eb major: Moderato, Study no 36 in E minor: Allegretto, Study no 36 in E minor: Allegretto, Study No 30 in Bb major: Moderato, Study No 30 in Bb major: Moderato, Study no 28 in E minor: Grave, Study no 28 in E minor: Grave, Violin Concerto no 19 in D minor: I Moderato, Violin Concerto no 19 in D minor: I Moderato, Study No 15 in Bb major: Allegro non troppo, Study No 15 in Bb major: Allegro non troppo, Study no 33 in F major: Andante, Study no 33 in F major: Andante, Study no 29 in D major: Moderato, Study no 29 in D major: Moderato, Study No 17 in Bb major: Maestoso, Study No 17 in Bb major: Maestoso, Study no 37 in F minor: Allegro vivace, Study no 37 in F minor: Allegro vivace, Study no 1 in A minor: Adagio sostenuto, Study no 1 in A minor: Adagio sostenuto, Study no 6 in C major: Moderato e sempre martellato, Study no 6 in C major: Moderato e sempre martellato, Study No 35 in Eb major: Marcia, Study No 35 in Eb major: Marcia, Violin Concerto no 19 in D minor: III Rondo, Violin Concerto no 19 in D minor: III Rondo, Study No 22 in Ab major: Moderato, Study No 22 in Ab major: Moderato, Study no 14 in A major: Moderato, Study no 14 in A major: Moderato, Study no 42 in D minor: Moderato, Study no 42 in D minor: Moderato, Violin Concerto no 17 in G major: I Maestoso, Violin Concerto no 17 in G major: I Maestoso, Study no 16 in D major: Moderato, Study no 16 in D major: Moderato, Violin Concerto no 19 in D minor: II Andante poco sostenuto, Violin Concerto no 19 in D minor: II Andante poco sostenuto, Study no 19 in D major: Moderato, Study no 19 in D major: Moderato, Study no 41 in F major: Adagio, Study no 41 in F major: Adagio, Study no 31 in C minor: Vivace, Study no 31 in C minor: Vivace, Le congres des rois, Le congres des rois, Violin Concerto no 18 in E minor: III Rondo Allegro, Violin Concerto no 18 in E minor: III Rondo Allegro, Study no 4 in C major: Allegro, Study no 4 in C major: Allegro, Study No 40 in Bb major: Andante, Study No 40 in Bb major: Andante, Study no 25 in G major: Allegro moderato, Study no 25 in G major: Allegro moderato, Study no 34 in D major: Moderato, Study no 34 in D major: Moderato, Study No 23 in Bb major: Adagio, Study No 23 in Bb major: Adagio, Violin Concerto no 17 in G major: II Adagio, Violin Concerto no 17 in G major: II Adagio, Study No 5 in Eb major: Allegro moderato, Study No 5 in Eb major: Allegro moderato, Study no 38 in D major: Moderato, Study no 38 in D major: Moderato, Study no 13 in A major: Moderato, Study no 13 in A major: Moderato, Study no 27 in D minor: Moderato - like a storm, Study no 27 in D minor: Moderato - like a storm, Study no 3 in C major: Allegro moderato, Study no 3 in C major: Allegro moderato, Violin Concerto no 18 in E minor: I Moderato, Violin Concerto no 18 in E minor: I Moderato, Study no 18 in G major: Moderato, Study no 18 in G major: Moderato, Study no 20 in A major, Study no 20 in A major, Study no 11 in E major: Andante, Study no 11 in E major: Andante, Study no 8 in E major: Allegro non troppo, Study no 8 in E major: Allegro non troppo, Study no 10 in G major: Allegro, Study no 10 in G major: Allegro Similar People Ludwig van Beethoven, Etienne Nicolas Mehul, Luigi Cherubini, Andre Gretry, Louis‑Emmanuel Jadin |
Rodolphe kreutzer violin concerto no 14 in e major
Rodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including La mort d'Abel (1810).
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- Rodolphe kreutzer violin concerto no 14 in e major
- 093 rodolphe kreutzer violin concerto no 17 in g major 1806
- Life
- Work
- References

He is probably best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 (1803), though he never played the work. Kreutzer made the acquaintance of Beethoven in 1798, when at Vienna in the service of the French ambassador, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (later King of Sweden and Norway). Beethoven originally dedicated the sonata to George Bridgetower, the violinist at its first performance, but after a quarrel he revised the dedication in favour of Kreutzer.

093 rodolphe kreutzer violin concerto no 17 in g major 1806
Life

Kreutzer was born in Versailles, and was initially taught by his German father, who was a musician in the royal chapel, with later lessons from Anton Stamitz. He became one of the foremost violin virtuosos of his day, appearing as a soloist until 1810. He was a violin professor at the Conservatoire de Paris from its foundation in 1795 until 1826. He was co-author of the Conservatoire's violin method with Pierre Rode and Pierre Baillot, and the three are considered the founding trinity of the French school of violin playing. For a time, Kreutzer was leader of the Paris Opera, and from 1817 he conducted there too. He died in Geneva and is buried in Paris at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Work

He was well known for his style of bowing, his splendid tone, and the clearness of his execution. His compositions include nineteen violin concertos and forty operas. His best-known works, however, are the 42 études ou caprices (42 Études or Capriccios, 1796) which are fundamental pedagogic studies.