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Alphonse Hasselmans (5 March 1845 – 19 May 1912) was a Belgium-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue.

Biography

Hasselmans was born in Liège, Belgium. He studied initially at the Conservatory in Strasbourg, which was led since 1854 by his father Joseph Hasselmans (1814–1902). He continued his studies with Gottlieb Krüger (1824–1895) in Stuttgart and with Ange-Conrad Prumier (1820–1884) in Paris. He began his performing career in the orchestra of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. A series of eight solo concerts in Paris in 1877 resulted in contracts for performances as a soloist with several Paris orchestras.

At the death of Prumier in 1884, Hasselsmans succeeded him as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris where he had Caroline Luigini as assistant, a position he held until his sudden death in Paris at age 67. Hasselmans trained a generation of the most important French harpists of the 20th century, including Henriette Renié, Marcel Tournier, Carlos Salzedo, Marcel Grandjany, Lily Laskine, and Pierre Jamet.See: List of music students by teacher: G to J#Alphonse Hasselmans. He became a French citizen in 1903.[1]

Hasselmans' daughter, Marguerite Hasselmans (1876–1947), was a concert pianist; she was also the mistress of Gabriel Fauré for many years. His son, Louis Hasselmans (1878–1957), was a conductor, especially of opera, whose career took him to the United States, working at the Chicago Civic Opera and the Metropolitan Opera before becoming Professor of Music at Louisiana State University.

Compositions

Hasselmans composed several dozen original solos for harp, of which his most famous is a concert étude entitled La Source (The Wellspring), Op. 44. He transcribed numerous works for harp originally written for other instruments by other composers, and edited important collections of studies by the earlier 19th-century harpist Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

Discography

• Alphonse Hasselmans: Music For Harp, performed by Floraleda Sacchi, on: Brilliant Classics 94625, CD (2013). Contains: Sérénade, Op. 5; Romance, Op. 6; Patrouille, Op. 18; Gitana, Op. 21; Petite valse, Op. 25; Marguerite au rouet, ou Fileuse: Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 27; Au monastère, Op. 29; Mazurka, Op. 31; Menuet, Op. 34; Gondoliera, Op. 39; Chanson de mai, Op. 40; Nocturne, Op. 43; La Source, Op. 44; Follets, Op. 48; Gnomes, Op. 49; Guitare, Op. 50.

References

External links

• Scores by Alphonse Hasselmans from the International Harp Archives on archive.org
• Free scores by Alphonse Hasselmans at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

На других языках

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[de] Alphonse Hasselmans

Alphonse Hasselmans (* 5. März 1845 in Lüttich, Belgien; † 19. Mai 1912 in Paris) war ein französischer Harfenist, Komponist und Pädagoge, belgischer Herkunft.

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- [en] Alphonse Hasselmans

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[ru] Хассельманс, Альфонс

Альфонс Хассельманс (Ассельман, фр. Alphonse Hasselmans; 5 марта 1845 (1845-03-05), Льеж — 19 мая 1912, Париж) — французский арфист и композитор бельгийского происхождения. Сын дирижёра Жозефа Ассельмана, отец пианистки Маргерит Ассельман и дирижёра Луиса Хассельманса.

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