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♫ An early 1906 document of the French violin tradition ♫
An historically important acoustic recording by Jules Boucherit, made in Paris decades before he became one of the most influential violin teachers of the Paris Conservatoire.
Artist: Jules Boucherit
Titles: Le Cygne / Gavotte Ancienne
Composers: Camille Saint-Saëns / Jean-Marie Leclair
Label: Disque Zonophone – International Zonophone Company
Catalogue numbers: X-87900 / X-87901
Matrices: 5499o / 5500o
Format: 10" (25 cm) shellac, double-sided
Recorded: Paris, 1906
Genre: Classical
Style: French violin school, historical acoustic recording
Recorded in Paris in 1906, these two sides preserve Jules Boucherit's violin playing at an early stage of his career. The pairing of Saint-Saëns and Leclair is particularly evocative of the French violin tradition: the lyrical line of Le Cygne contrasts with the elegance and historical character of Leclair's Gavotte Ancienne.
Jules Boucherit and the French violin school
Jules Boucherit (1877–1962) occupies an important place in the history of the French violin school. A pupil of Jules Garcin at the Paris Conservatoire, he won a Premier Prix in 1892 and became a violinist of the Concerts Colonne. His career subsequently combined performance with an increasingly important role as a teacher.
Appointed professor of violin at the Paris Conservatoire in 1920, Boucherit trained an exceptional succession of musicians. Among the violinists associated with his teaching were Ginette Neveu, Christian Ferras, Ivry Gitlis, Michèle Auclair, Devy Erlih and Serge Blanc. His pupils helped carry the French violin tradition well into the twentieth century.
This 1906 Zonophone therefore documents not merely an accomplished French violinist, but the playing of a musician who would later become an important link in the transmission of the French violin tradition to a new generation of internationally celebrated performers.
Recording process: Acoustic
Record size: 10" / 25 cm
Configuration: Double-sided
Catalogue numbers: X-87900 / X-87901
Matrix numbers: 5499o / 5500o
Dead wax inscriptions: X 87900 5499o 1 / X 87901 5500o 1
Company: International Zonophone Company
Label: Green & gold Disque Zonophone label
Record condition: VG — surface marks; surgace scuffs, hairlines, marks, has spindle marks.
Visually graded. Please examine the photographs carefully; they form part of the condition description.
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