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MAURICE VIEUX (SAVY-BERLETTE (PAS-DE-CALAIS), FRANCE, APRIL 14, 1884 – PARIS, FRANCE, APRIL 28, 1951)

 

 

 

 

Maurice Edgard Vieux was a French violist whose teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris plays a key role in the history of the viola in France. Vieux received his 1st Prize Viola in 1902 in the class of Théophile Laforge, the first viola professor of the Conservatoire de Paris. Thereafter, he was principal violist of the Opéra National de Paris (1907–1949) and the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, and member of the Quatuor Parent and Quatuor Touche. In 1918, he replaced LaForge as professor of viola at the Conservatoire. Vieux composed several works for the viola, notably his Vingt Études pour Alto (20 Études for Viola) published by Alphonse Leduc in 1927. The Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition (Le Concours International d’Alto Maurice Vieux) was established in 1983 by the French viola society Les Amis de l’Alto. The first-prize winner was the German violist Tabea Zimmermann.

 

 

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1. La société du double quintette Aubade No 1 (Lalo) with Pierre Séchiari (first violin), Marcel Houdret (second violin), Jules Marnoff (cello), Paul Leduc (double bass), Louis Bas (oboe), Ernest Vizentini (bassoon), Francois Lamouret (french horn), Henri Paradis (clarinet), Georges de Lausney (piano) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute) 38084 6651o G&T, Paris 1907
2. La société du double quintette Aubade No 2 (Lalo) with Pierre Séchiari (first violin), Marcel Houdret (second violin), Jules Marnoff (cello), Paul Leduc (double bass), Louis Bas (oboe), Ernest Vizentini (bassoon), Francois Lamouret (french horn), Henri Paradis (clarinet), Georges de Lausney (piano) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute) 38075 6539o G&T, Paris 1907
3. La société du double quintette Danses anciennes Menuet (Vidal) with Pierre Séchiari (first violin), Marcel Houdret (second violin), Jules Marnoff (cello), Paul Leduc (double bass), Louis Bas (oboe), Ernest Vizentini (bassoon), Francois Lamouret (french horn), Henri Paradis (clarinet), Georges de Lausney (piano) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute) 38076 6540o G&T, Paris 1907
4. La société du double quintette Danses anciennes Sarabande (Vidal) with Pierre Séchiari (first violin), Marcel Houdret (second violin), Jules Marnoff (cello), Paul Leduc (double bass), Louis Bas (oboe), Ernest Vizentini (bassoon), Francois Lamouret (french horn), Henri Paradis (clarinet), Georges de Lausney (piano) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute)  38088 6656o G&T, Paris 1907
5. Séchiari-trio Serenade (Bethoveen) Theme et variation de violon with Jules Marneff (cello) and Pierre Séchiari (violin) 38081 6591o G&T, Paris 1907
6. Séchiari-trio Serenade Allegretto alla polacca (Beethoven) with Jules Marneff (cello) and Pierre Séchiari (violin) 38080 6590o G&T, Paris 1907
7. Séchiari-trio Sérénade en ré majeure Op 25 Allegro molto (Beethoven) with Pierre Séchiari (violin) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute) 38070 6526o G&T, Paris 1907
8. Séchiari-trio Sérénade en ré majeure Op 25 Andante et Variations (Beethoven) with Pierre Séchiari (violin) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute) 38071 6528o G&T, Paris 1907
9. Séchiari-trio Sérénade en ré majeure Op 25 Scherzando (Beethoven) with Pierre Séchiari (violin) and Adolphe Hennebains (flute) 38072 6529o G&T, Paris 1907
10. Séchiari-trio Serenade Marche (Beethoven) with Jules Marneff (cello) and Pierre Séchiari (violin) 38079 6588o G&T, Paris 1907
11. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 I. (Fauré) Allegro molto moderato with Marguerite Long, Jacques Thibaud and Pierre Fournier
12. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 II. (Fauré) Allegro molto with Marguerite Long, Jacques Thibaud and Pierre Fournier
13. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 III. (Fauré) Adagio non troppo with Marguerite Long, Jacques Thibaud and Pierre Fournier
14. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 IV. (Fauré) Allegro molto with Marguerite Long, Jacques Thibaud and Pierre Fournier