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Pierre-François Levasseur, called "the older"[1] (11 March 1753 – 23 December 1815) was a French classical cellist.

Biography

Born in Abbeville, Levasseur was initially destined for the priesthood, Levasseur studied to enter the orders. At eighteen he renounced the ecclesiastical state to become a musician. For three months he received lessons from an obscure master named Belleval, and then studied the cello alone.

Arriving in Paris around 1782, he received a few lessons Duport the older, of whom he imitated the manner and acquired the fine quality of sound. In 1789 he played concertos by Duport the younger at the concert spirituel. Later heperformed in the orchestra of the Théâtre Feydeau. He entered the opera orchestra in 1785 and obtained his retirement pension in 1815 after thirty years of service and at the age of sixty-eight. He died soon after.

References

Compositions

• Six duos pour deux violoncelles, op. I, Paris, Leduc
• Six duos pour deux violoncelles, second book; Paris, Leduc

Sources

• François-Joseph Fétis, Arthur Pougin, Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, Paris, Firmin-Didot, vol.5, 1881, (pp. 289–90).

External links

• Pierre-François Levasseur in Sonatas for violoncello and basso, Volume 49

На других языках

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[de] Pierre-François Levasseur

Pierre-François Levasseur (genannt der Ältere, * 11. März 1753 in Abbeville; † 23. Dezember 1815 in Paris) war ein französischer Violoncellist und Komponist. Die Cellisten Pierre-François Levasseur und Jean-Henri Levasseur sind entgegen der Angabe von Wilibald Gurlitt keine Brüder zueinander; sie werden dennoch wegen der Verwechslungsgefahr als der Ältere und der Jüngere qualifiziert.[1]

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- [en] Pierre-François Levasseur

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[ru] Левассёр, Пьер Франсуа

Пьер Франсуа Левассёр (фр. Pierre François Levasseur; 1753—1816) — французский композитор и виолончелист. Возможно, старший брат Жана Анри Левассёра[1].

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