Aristide Farrenc
Aristide Farrenc was a French flautist, musicologist and music publisher.Biography
Aristide Farrenc worked as a flautist at the Théâtre italien and founded the Éditions Farrenc, a music publishing company which he left in 1841 to devote himself to musicology.
The most famous work published by Farrenc, in collaboration with his wife Louise Farrenc, was the Trésor des pianistes in 20 deliveries, containing many works of early music for harpsichord, and sonatas for pianoforte such as those by CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Hummel, Dussek, Weber, Beethoven, and Chopin.
His wife Louise Farrenc was a virtuoso pianist, esteemed teacher and composer. After his death in 1865 she continued to publish the Trésor des pianistes until the 20th and last volume in 1872. Three additional volumes also appeared, but containing the music already published of the first half of the nineteenth century.Works
- Les Concerts historiques de M. Fétis à Paris, Paris, 1855.
- Le Trésor des pianistes, Paris, 1861; New York, 1977.
