Un rival de Musard

Bouchot, Frédéric (born 1798)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1836-1837

Height:

34.1 cm  (13 7/16 in.)

Width:

24.9 cm  (9 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

hand-colored lithograph on paper

Additional titles

Description

A conductor leading an orchestra; he stands in front of a music stand, arm in the air waving his baton; around him, the orchestra, looking up at him. The title refers to French composer and conductor Philippe Musard (1792-1859), who was crucial to the development and popularity of the promenade concert. One of the most famous personalities of Europe during the 1830s and 1840s, his concerts in Paris and London were great successes. No. 13 in a lithographic series entitled 'Les Bonnes têtes musicales', published by Aubert & Cie in 1836-37, depicting satirical scenes of musicians.

Iconclass

48C77(+1)
conductor ~ music (+ artist at work)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

Musical works

illegible music notation
Music on stand

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4528