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was brought out by Arpèges-Diffusion in its
Prestige series. The CD includes works by Paul Dukas (Villanelle), Jacques-François Gallay (Préludes), Richard Wagner (Siegfried Horn Call), Johann Sebastian Bach (Grand Fugue and Sicilienne, arranged for four horns), Francis Poulenc (Élégie), and Johannes
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His awards included
Officier des Palmes Académiques (1956), Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (1967), and Médaille d'Argent de la Ville de Paris (1985). He was named Honorary President of the Horn Society of France, and in 1978 became an Honorary Member of the International Horn Society. In 1995, he was
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Starting in 1968, Thévet conducted experiments at the acoustics laboratory of the
University of Paris VI, which was headed by Émile Leipp, a Director at the French National Center for Scientific Research. The goal of these experiments was, by using sonograms to do harmonic analyses of the different
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from 1961 to 1969, and at the
Jacques Ibert Conservatory in Paris' 19th Arrondissement from 1961 to 1979. He trained many horn players, both from France and abroad. At Versailles, he not only taught horn, but also coached the wind ensemble and taught classes in sight-reading and transposition for
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Thévet's professional career began in May 1937 with the Paris Radio
Symphony Orchestra (renamed the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in 1964) when he won the audition for first horn, a position he held until 1941. Starting in 1938, he became principal horn of the
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starting in 1951. With the latter, he participated in several tours through France and North Africa, giving 120 concerts of chamber music from 1951 through 1955. Beginning in 1941, he performed the Mozart horn concertos some 35 times, with various orchestras.
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Conservatoire Orchestra, Thévet took part in several tours and festivals, e.g., to Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan, and to the
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Lucien Thévet's playing, with its signature use of vibrato, can also be heard on numerous recordings by the Paris
Conservatoire Orchestra from 1938 to 1967, and by the Paris Opera Orchestra from 1941 to
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horn players, trumpet players, clarinetists, and oboists. He used his many years of pedagogical experience to write ten works, all published by Les Éditions
Alphonse Leduc between 1960 and 1984.
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became Lucien's preference. He soon began performing as a soloist with local musical groups, along with his father, in particular with the
Beauvais Philharmonic Society. In 1933, he entered the
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At the Paris Opera, Thévet performed the
Siegfried horn call a dozen times (in the Richard Wagner opera of the same name), which resulted in German conductor and Wagner specialist
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In 1950, he became a technical advisor to the Paris instrument manufacturer Henri Selmer, where his work led him to design a new model of horn which became available in 1964.
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the guest of honor at the International Horn Society's gathering in Yamagata, Japan, where he gave a talk titled "The Evolution and Future Perspectives of the Horn".
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In 1964, the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra undertook a concert tour of Japan, with the goal of highlighting music by French composers. Under the baton of
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Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, and strings, Versailles Chamber Orchestra, Bernard Wahl, conductor (Vogue)
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in the horn class of Fernand Reine and, in 1937, received First Prize for Horn in the class of Louis-Édouard Vuillermoz.
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Divertimento no. 3 (for wind octet), Soloists of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Fernand Oubradous, conductor (Odéon)
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Fanfares: An ensemble of soloists playing Selmer instruments, Armand Birbaum, conductor (Philips-Fontana), perform:
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notes played on the horn, to ameliorate playing technique through an improved mastery of air control and breathing.
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extending an invitation to him to play at the annual Bayreuth Wagner Festival (which, however, Thévet declined).
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La transposition à vue. Méthode à l'usage de tous les instrumentistes, chefs d'orchestre, et orchestrateurs
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Three contemporary composers dedicated works to him, and Thévet gave the first performance of concertos by
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Serenade K.361 (for 13 winds), Maurice Hewitt Ensemble, Maurice Hewitt, conductor (Discophiles Français)
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Cent exercices rythmiques à 2 et 3 parties pour tous les instruments en clé de sol (en deux cahiers)
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In May 1945, Lucien Thévet premiered in France, in the presence of the composer, Benjamin Britten's
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Méthode complète de cor (en trois volumes et quatre langues: français, anglais, allemand, espagnol)
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http://www.paucasals.org/fr/PAU-CASALS-Discographie/_1_2/bach-johann-sebastian-%281645-1695%29-/
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Thévet was also a teacher: he taught at the Versailles Conservatory from 1948 to 1981, at the
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Lucien Thévet's father, Eugène Thévet, an amateur musician who played the
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Society of Wind Instruments, Fernand Oubradous, conductor (Gramophone);
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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Charles Munch, conductor (Gramophone)
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Johannes Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano, op. 40 (Decca) (
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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, André Cluytens, conductor (Pathé)
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Selmer Thévet model compensating horn with ascending third valve
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Bruce Hembd, "Nationalism and the Traditional French Style, II"
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Bruce Hembd, "Nationalism and the Traditional French Style, I",
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with André Cluytens leading the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra.
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Notice Historique de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
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Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor (Vox)
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Prades Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor (Columbia)
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Lucien Thévet, "Évolution du cor et perspectives d'avenir",
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Jacques-François Gallay: Preludes for Solo Horn (Decca)
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Lucien Thévet, "A propos de l'école française du cor",
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Photo courtesy of Steve Salemson, used with permission.
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http://www.alphonseleduc.com/FR/recherche.php?q=thevet
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250:Paul Dukas: Villanelle for Horn and Piano (Decca)
510:Le débutant corniste: 120 exercices d'initiation
468:Cinquante exercices à changement de ton pour cor
571:Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
504:Soixante-cinq études-déchiffrages pour trombone
434:Lucien Thévet, Horn – Récital 1
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593:René Legeay, "Grand Succès de Lucien Thévet",
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