Claude Gardel

Claude Gardel
Born
Claude Gardel
Died1774
Paris, France
Occupations
ChildrenMaximilien Gardel
Pierre Gardel

Claude Gardel was an 18th century German ballet master who served at the courts of Württemberg, Mannheim, and Nancy.

Early life

Claude Gardel was born in the 18th century.

His wife, Jeanne-Louise Cahart Darthenay, gave birth to their first son, Maximilien, in Mannheim on 18 December 1741.[1]

Entertainment life

At his son's birth, Claude was employed in the lyric troupe of the Elector Palatine's court in Mannheim, known for its support of the arts.[2] In the 1740s, the city of Mannheim became a thriving center for ballet and opera under the patronage of Charles Theodore.[3] Gardel briefly assisted the Italian ballet master Sébastien Scio during his tenure.[4] At the 1742 wedding of Charles Theodore and the inauguration of the new opera house, Carlo Grua's Meride included entr'acte ballets by Scio and Gardel.[5]

Over the course of his career, he served as ballet master at the courts of Württemberg and Mannheim in Germany, as well as in Nancy in France.[6]

After working alongside the Mannheim Court Orchestra, Claude Gardel held the position of a paid dance master in the city of Nancy.[7] During this period, Gardel served as the ballet master to King Stanislas of Poland, known formally as Stanisław Leszczyński.[8] Nancy, the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, had been granted to Poland's King Stanisław Leszczyński by King Louis XV as part of a diplomatic arrangement.

His second son, Pierre Gardel, was born during his tenure in Nancy in 1754.[8] Gardel received a call to Paris and joined the Opéra de Paris in 1760 after leaving the Court of Lorraine.[9] His children would later go on to have successful careers as dancers and choreographers at the Opéra de Paris.[6] Maximilien, his son, passed away in 1787, and Pierre died in 1840, both in Paris, France.[10]

Death

Claude Gardel died in Paris, France in 1774.[6]

References

  1. ^ Noverre, J. G., Levinson, A. (1927). Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets: précédés d'une vie de l'auteur par André Levinson, avec un portrait gravé par Georges Gorvel.... France: La Tourelle.
  2. ^ Guest, I. (1996). The ballet of the Enlightenment : the establishment of the ballet d'action in France, 1770-1793. London: Dance Books.
  3. ^ Books Received. (1997). Dance Chronicle, 20(1), 111–115. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1567967
  4. ^ Winter, M. H. (1975). The Pre-Romantic Ballet. United States: Dance Horizons.
  5. ^ Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court: Le rendes-vous, ballet de chasse / Christian Cannabich ; Le rendez-vous de chasse, ou Les vendanges interrompues par les chasseurs / Georg Joseph Vogler. (1996). United States: A-R Editions.
  6. ^ a b c Highfill, P. H., Burnim, K. A., Langhans, E. A. (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. United States: Southern Illinois University Press.
  7. ^ Inventaire-Sommaire des Archives Départementales Antérieures a 1790: Meurthe-et-Moselle / rédigé par Henri Lepage. .... (1883). (n.p.): N. Collin.
  8. ^ a b Le Carnet historique & littéraire. (1901). France: Aux bureau de la Revue.
  9. ^ Amanton, C. N. (1835). Notice sur Madame Gardel. France: Imprimerie de Frantin.
  10. ^ Thompson, O. (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. United States: Dodd, Mead.