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Expand French|date=March 2012|Maurice André Maurice André (May 21, 1933spaced ndashFebruary 25, 2012) was a French trumpeter , active in the European classical music|classical music field.
Biography
André was born in Alčs in the Cévennes , into a mining family. His father was an amateur musician. André studied trumpet with a friend of his father's, who suggested that André be sent to the music school|conservatory . In order to gain free admission to the conservatory, he joined a military band . After only six months at the conservatory, he won his first prize.
At the conservatory, André's professor beat him out of frustration and told him to return when he could excel in his playing. A few weeks later, he returned to play all fourteen Étude|etudes found in the back of the Jean-Baptiste Arban|Arban 's Arban method|book without a single mistake.cite journal | author=Steven Chenette | title="It's My Greatest Joy" : An Interview with Maurice Andre | journal=International Trumpet Guild Journal| year=2001 | volume=30 | pages=08–19Maurice André won the Geneva International Music Competition in 1955 and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 1963. He was made an honorary member of the Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Ithaca College in New York in 1970.
André rose to international prominence in the 1960s and 1970s with a large series of recordings of Baroque works on piccolo trumpet for Erato Records|Erato and other labels. Not content to limit himself to the standard Baroque trumpet repertoire, André also performed many transcription (music)|transcriptions of works for oboe, flute, and even voice and string instruments. These recordings were (and remain) very popular, and were a strong component of the rebirth of interest in Baroque music in the 1960s. André had over 300 Sound recording|audio recordings to his name, from the mid 1950s to his death.
He had two children: Nicolas, who plays the trumpet; and Béatrice, who plays the oboe. Both performed with their father in concert.
One of André's students, Guy Touvron wrote a biography on him entitled Maurice André: Une trompette pour la renommée (Maurice André: A Trumpet for Fame), which was published in 2003.cite web | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=q57185|pure_url=yes | title = Guy Touvron | work = Allmusic | last = Cummings | first = Robert | accessdate = 2010-12-15
André spent the last few years of his life in retirement in the southern part of France. He died at the age of 78 in a hospital in Bayonne on February 25, 2012.cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17173246 |title=Trumpet player Maurice Andre dies aged 78 |author=BBC News |date=26 February 2012 |accessdate=26 February 2012 He is buried in the cemetery of the village of Saint-André-Capcčze (in the Lozčre ).
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External links
http://www.maurice-andre.com Maurice André website, part of the French Ministry of Culture's portal (French/English)
http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/andre/ Webpage with rich information about Maurice André
http://culturebox.france3.fr/#/maurice_andr%E9/7984/Maurice_Andr%E9_intime/ A French documentary about Maurice André by Alain Duault. 2009
http://www.frantisekslama.com/maurice-andre-1933-2012 Maurice André and Prague. Documents and reminiscences on the recording of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major in 1965 (Maurice André, Milan Munclinger, Ars Rediviva)
Persondata | NAME = Andre, Maurice | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Trumpeter | DATE OF BIRTH = May 21, 1933 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Alčs | DATE OF DEATH = February 25, 2012 | PLACE OF DEATH = Bayonne (Yrénées-Atlantiques) DEFAULTSORT:Andre, Maurice Category:1933 births Category:2012 deaths Category:People from Alčs Category:French classical trumpeters Category:Cornetists Category:Alumni of the Conservatoire de Paris Category:Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music
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