Ernest de Munck (21 December 1840 – 19 January 1915) was a Belgian cellist and composer. Born in Brussels, de Munck learned the cello from his professional cellist father François de Munck as well as Adrien-François Servais. He later became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music in London.
Ernest de Munck | |
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 De Munck's tombstone at the Montmartre Cemetery | |
| Born | 21 December 1840 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 19 January 1915 (aged 74) Maida Vale, London, England |
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| Father | François de Munck |
Life
editErnest de Munck was born on 21 December 1840, in Brussels.[1] His father François de Munck was a virtuoso cellist and teacher, once a member of the orchestra at Her Majesty's Theatre[2] and a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.[3] He was taught the cello by his father[2] and by Adrien-François Servais.[4] He toured Great Britain in 1855.[3] In 1868, de Munck became a permanent member of the Maurin String Quartet in Paris.[2] De Munck was awarded the Goldene Ehrenmedaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft in 1876.[2]
On 3 September 1879, he married singer Carlotta Patti.[5] They performed together throughout the United States, such as in St. Louis,[6] and he was part of her company on her concert tours in the country.[7] They also lived in the US for a period.[8] Patti died in Paris in 1889.[9] Following her death, de Munck moved to London where he became a professor at the Guildhall School of Music in 1891, and a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in 1893.[10]
De Munck died in Maida Vale, London, on 19 January 1915.[10][11] His death was announced on 5 February.[12][8]
De Munck cello
editIn 1869, Ernest de Munck acquired a 1730 Stradivarius cello from Auguste Franchomme through the intermediary of Gand et Bernardel of Paris. Before his death in 1915, de Munck sold it to one of his students, C. H. Heriot, who subsequently sold it to W. E. Hill & Sons. Emanuel Feuermann bought it in 1939, and it was acquired by collector Russel B. Kingman upon Feuermann's death. The cello was then owned again by W. E. Hill & Sons, then dealer Rembert Wurlitzer, before being sold to cellist Aldo Parisot. The Nippon Music Foundation has owned the cello since 1996. The cello bears his name, as well as Feuermann's.[4]
Music
edit- Ivan Gondois (c. 1888)[13]
- Polonaise for cello and piano, dedicated to Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne (c. 1898)[14]
- Six Études in the Form of Caprices[15]
Honors
edit- Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II[10]
- Chevalier of the Order of Christ[10]
- Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown[10]
- Officer of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order[10]
References
edit- ^ Riemann, Hugo (1908). Dictionary of music. Translated by Shedlock, J. S. (4th ed.). Augener & Co. p. 185.
- ^ a b c d "François und Ernest de Munck". Die Tonkust (in German). 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013.
- ^ a b Grove, George (1904). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Company. p. 318.
- ^ a b "Feuermann". Nippon Music Foundation. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Foreign News: Marriage of Carlotta Patti to Ernest De Munck Arrest of German Socialists at Boulogne, France British Forces in Close Pursuit of King Cetewayo A Band of Sicilian Brigands Captured After a Fight Particulars of the Recent Riots in Santiago de Chile The British Isles". San Francisco Chronicle. 4 September 1879. p. 2. ProQuest 365509183.
- ^ "Amusements". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1 December 1879. p. 3. ProQuest 576915627.
- ^ "Personal Mention". Daily American. 31 May 1885. p. 2. ProQuest 927356222.
- ^ a b "Ernest De Munck". New-York Tribune. 6 February 1915. p. 9. ProQuest 575395476.
- ^ "Carlotta Patti Dead: Adelina's Sister Passes Away in Paris – A Sketch of Her Life". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 28 June 1889. p. 5. ProQuest 577008037.
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Chevalier Ernest de Munck". Musical News. Vol. 48. 30 January 1915. p. 96.
- ^ Petherick, Dora (1915). "The Chevalier Ernest de Munck: Some personal Recollections, by one of his Pupils". The Strad. Vol. 25. Orpheus. p. 364.
- ^ "Passed Away: Ernest de Munck". Musical America. Vol. 21. Internet Archive. Musical America Publications. 13 February 1915. p. 38.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Paris Newspaper Joys: The Entertainment Given by 'Figaro' and 'Revue Diplomatique'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 15 April 1888. p. 29. ProQuest 576975644.
- ^ "Resources of America". Los Angeles Times. 12 March 1898. p. 9. ProQuest 163836144.
- ^ Freiberg, Sarah (October 2018). "New Year's Resolutions". Strings. Vol. 33, no. 3. pp. 58–59. ProQuest 2450799697.