François Stoepel, also Dr. Franz Stoepel (1794 – 19 December 1836) was a French music critic, writer, journalist, pianist, and pedagogue. He was a classical music critic for Gazette Musicale de Paris from 1834,[1][2] and was an expert in Beethoven, for whom he wrote many articles for the paper until his death in 1836.[3] He was the author of numerous theoretical and works and instruction books,[4][5] and authored a biography on George Onslow, George Onslow : esquisse biographique.
As a music educator he didn't have much success, although he did translate Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint into German.[6] Stoepel was also known to be a concert organizer, and often organized concerts at the Salle Pleyel known as matinée musicale, featuring some of the top virtuoso pianists of the period.[4] On 25 March 1834 he organized a concert there featuring Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt, one of only seven times they performed together.[7]
References edit
- ^ Wallace, Robin (26 January 1990). Beethoven's Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer's Lifetime. CUP Archive. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-521-38634-0.
- ^ Ekiert, Janusz (2009). Fryderyk Chopin, an illustrated biography. Muza. p. 189. ISBN 978-83-7495-743-4.
- ^ Ellis, Katharine (31 May 2007). Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century France: La Revue Et Gazette Musicale de Paris 1834-80. Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-521-03589-7.
- ^ a b Niecks, Frederick (1992). Frederick Chopin as a man and musician. Paganiniana. p. 279. ISBN 9780876666104.
- ^ Twyman, Michael (1996). Early lithographed music: a study based on the H. Baron Collection. Farrand. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-85083-039-9.
- ^ Probst, Heinrich (1990). Breitkopf Und Hartel in Paris. Pendragon Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-918728-64-7.
- ^ Hall-Swadley, Janita R. (15 July 2011). The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt: F. Chopin. Scarecrow Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-4616-6409-3.
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