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Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger

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Clearness of form and elegance of idea and expression are the distinguishing marks of d'Erlanger's music, whether in his operatic work, in his chamber and orchestral music, or in his songs. A recent revival in interest has resulted in new recordings of his Piano Quintet (1901), Violin Concerto
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at Covent Garden and acting as a trustee of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He also invested in developing countries, financing department store chains in South America and railways in South Africa. He was a founding member of the
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He began his musical studies in Paris under Anselm Ehmant, his only teacher. His first work, a book of songs, was published when d'Erlanger was 20 years of age. Shortly afterwards, in 1886, he moved to London with his elder brother,
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D’Erlanger's own home by then was at 4, Moorgate, but he actually died while staying at Claridges Hotel London, a favourite of his, on 23 April 1943, leaving £601,461 in his will. One of his two executors was his nephew,
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of 27 February 1918, in records of the partners in the firm Erlangers, records Baron Fred's home at that time as Park House, Rutland Gate, London. In 1925, d'Erlanger married Catherine, "a French woman of good family".
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In 1932, he put his name on the foundation stone of what was then the Musicians' House, later renamed Merebank House, in what was then fairly open countryside between
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in 1934. The chamber music includes a String Quartet and the Violin Sonata in G minor (both 1900). The Piano Quintet was first performed at St James's Hall,
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Minor ballet composers: biographical sketches of sixty-six underappreciated yet significant contributors to the body of western ballet music
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D'Erlanger was really an amateur "gentleman composer" whose day job as a banker helped fund his interest in music. He composed operas,
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Anon. (1932), "Musicians’ Home : Foundation Stone Laid at Holmwood : A Picturesque Ceremony",
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On Hyperion CDA67838 (2010), Dutton Epoch CDLX 7300 (2013) and Hyperion CDA68296 (2020)
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head of a French banking house. His mother, Mathilde (née Slidell), was an American.
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Barnard, Nick. Review of the Piano Quintet at MusicWeb International (October 2020)
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Foundation stone of Merebank House, between Dorking and Horsham, dated 10 June 1932
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for its British premiere at the Queen's Hall on 12 March 1903. There was also the
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The Ballets Russes: Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, 1932–1952
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man"; he was a noted patron of the arts in London, promoting and financing
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In un sobborgo di Cholet (Maine-et-Loire). E' la notte di Natale
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Op 18 for cello and orchestra (1904), the symphonic prelude
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Hyperion CD of the Violin Concerto with biographical notes
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Schueneman, Bruce R.; Studwell, William Emmett (1997).
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for piano and orchestra (1921), as well as the choral
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A millionaire, d'Erlanger was described as a "genuine
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Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo
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Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger
German
Erlanger family tree
Baron Emile Beaumont d'Erlanger
Renaissance
opera
Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club
The London Gazette

Dorking
Horsham
Musicians' Union
Leo Frederic Alfred d'Erlanger
Rodolphe d'Erlanger
chamber music
orchestral
Covent Garden
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Teatro di San Carlo
Ettore Panizza
Opéra-Comique
Boris Kochno
Ballets Russes
Bronislava Nijinska
Jean Hugo
Antal Dorati
London Symphony Orchestra
Hugo Heermann

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