Napoléon Coste - Vliet, Ari van

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Coste's life and works. Born in 1805 as the son of an officer in the Napoleonic army, Coste went to Delfzijl, Holland with his father as a child of 8. In 1813 the French withdrew from this fortress, passing the Zuiderzee and the Rhine. Later, he would dedicate his Souvenirs to these places. He grew up in Valenciennes, where he already developed musical activities. In December 1828 he settled in Paris and made his career, giving concerts, lessons and composing. He studied harmony and counterpoint with Sor. As a member of the Soci?t? acad?mique des Enfants d'Apollon he played in its concerts, most notably in 1843 with his Le Tournoi in the Salle du Conservatoire. He also became a member of the Freemasons lodge and participated in a concert in 1852. He entered his most important works in the Makaroff guitar competition in Brussels in 1856, where he took second prize with Grande S?r?nade. Back in Paris he continued his activities but had to take an administrative job in order to support himself. He married his pupil Louise Olive Pauilh? in 1871, after the German invasion. He injured his left shoulder in 1873, just as he had in 1863. Nevertheless he continued to give concerts up to 1880, when he could no longer play due to the extreme cold that winter. A year later he was struck by a 'cerebral congesture'. He died on 14 January 1883 and was buried at the Cimeti?re de Montmartre. The CD mentioned in the book is no longer included. It is available as a separate order directly from DGA Editions. ? Pr?lude - Biography ? I Introduction - Preliminary History 1754-1805 ? II Caprice - Birth and Childhood 1805-1814 ? III Th?me Vari? - Youth 1815-1828 ? Intermezzo I - Paris, Musical Life Around 1828 ? IV Aux Parisiens - The Early Period, Paris 1829-1839 ? V Souvenirs - Development, Paris 1840-1855 ? VI Grande S?r?nade - The Makaroff Competition, Brussels 1856 ? Intermezzo II - Paris, Musical Life Around 1856 ? VII ?tudes de Genre - Composer and Guitarist, Paris 1857-1872 ? VIII Divagation - The Final Years, Paris 1873-1883 ? IX Finale - Conclusion ? Appendices ? Bibliographies ? Illustrations ? Index ? The Author...

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The Author Ari van Vliet is a guitarist and a musicologist and features in guitar concerts that are issued on compact discs and in monographies, articles and lectures upon the guitar, its music and composers in scholarly magazines, publications and congresses. He started his professional career as a guitarist at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where he studied with his teacher and friend Antonio Pereira Arias, with whom he developed his interpretation in the lyrical style. This is evident in his many programs with Spanish and Latin-American music for guitar solo. His study of musicology at Utrecht University resulted in a thesis upon the musical styles in baroque music for the guitar. Also in Utrecht he achieved his PhD with a biography of Napol?on Coste, of which a concert in the Dom in Utrecht was a part....