Short bio Nicolas Bochsa
Birthday:
1789
Died:
1856
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Romantic
Full biography Nicolas Bochsa
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856) was a French harpist and composer who was known for his virtuosic skills on the harp. He began his musical career at a young age , composing a flute concerto at the age of eleven and an oratorio at the age of sixteen. Bochsa was a prolific composer, writing over 150 musical compositions for the harp, including concertos , sonatas, and fantasies.
In addition to his compositions, Bochsa was also known for his work as a harp teacher and performer. He served as the harpist at the French court and later moved to London, where he became a popular performer and teacher. Bochsa was married several times and had a colorful personal life, which contributed to his reputation as a bit of a rogue.
Bochsa's compositions for the harp were considered groundbreaking in their time and helped to establish the harp as a solo instrument in classical music. Additionally, he authored a famous harp method that is still used by harpists today. His legacy as a composer and harpist has endured, and his music continues to be performed and studied by musicians around the world.
Compositions featuring Nicolas Bochsa
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le goût du jour, for harp & piano, Op. 169 | 16:05 min | Chamber Music | 1820 |
| 2 | Nocturne for bassoon & harp in F major, Op.69 | 9:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 3 | Variations sur des Thèmes de Don Giovanni de Mozart, Batti, batti o bel Masetto, for harp | 8:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 4 | Study-Waltz in F sharp minor, for harp | 2:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 5 | Study in A major, for harp | 3:22 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 6 | Rondeau sur le Trio Zitti Zitti, for harp (from Rossini's "Barber of Séville") | 7:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 7 | Prelude for harp | 0:50 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 8 | Pot-pourri for clarinet & harp | 10:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 9 | Overture from Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia," for harp & piano, with flute or violin & cello ad lib., Op. 171 | 7:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 10 | Notturno, for C clarinet & harp, Op. 5/1 | 26:52 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 11 | Notturno No. 1 | 10:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 12 | Nocturne for oboe/clarinet & harp, Op.50/2 | 10:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 13 | Nocturne for flute (or horn) & harp, Op. 71/2 ("L'Écho") | 11:53 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 14 | Andante sostenuto for horn and harp | 5:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 15 | Nocturne for bassoon & harp in B-flat major | 11:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 16 | Nocturne Concertant, Op. 71/3 | 10:43 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 17 | Introduction on Handel's "O Let Eternal Honours" and Air "From Mighty Kings", for harp & harpsichord (with flute & cello ad libitum) | 7:50 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 18 | Harp Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 | 20:51 min | Concerto | - |
| 19 | Grande Sonate, for clarinet & harp | 26:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 20 | For unto us a Child is born, for harp & harpsichord (flute & cello ad libitum) (after Handel) | 4:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 21 | Fantasia on Bellini's I Capuleti e Montecchi, for harp | 5:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 22 | Etude for harp No. 8 | 2:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Etude for harp No. 1 | 1:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 24 | Etude for harp | 2:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Nicolas Bochsa
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Catherine Michel, Philippe Pierlot (2), Monique Bouvet, Johan Ludwig Dussek, François Joseph Naderman, Jean Louis Tulou, Robert-Nicholas-Charles Bochsa, Martin-Pierre D'Alvimare – Au temps de Napoléon & Joséphine(CD, Album, Reissue) | 2021 | Calliope Records |
| 2 |  |
Catherine Michel, Philippe Pierlot (2), Monique Bouvet, Johan Ludwig Dussek, François Joseph Naderman, Jean Louis Tulou, Robert-Nicholas-Charles Bochsa, Martin-Pierre D'Alvimare – Au temps de Napoléon & Joséphine(CD, Album, Reissue) | 2021 | Calliope Records |
| 3 |  |
Duo Sutre-Kim, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Rodolphe Kreutzer – 6 Nocturnes Concertants Op. 59 For Harp And Violin(CD, Album) | 2016 | Sonarti |
| 4 |  |
Duo Sutre-Kim, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Rodolphe Kreutzer – 6 Nocturnes Concertants Op. 59 For Harp And Violin(CD, Album) | 2016 | Sonarti |
| 5 |  |
Bochsa, Tournier, Hess, Krumpholtz, Pierné, Spohr, CPE Bach, Hilse, Henner Eppel, Christian Topp – Elfenreigen (Fairy Round Dance)(CD, Album) | 2005 | Guild |
| 6 |  |
Bochsa, Tournier, Hess, Krumpholtz, Pierné, Spohr, CPE Bach, Hilse, Henner Eppel, Christian Topp – Elfenreigen (Fairy Round Dance)(CD, Album) | 2005 | Guild |
| 7 |  |
Jean Louis Duport, Nicholas Bochsa, Donald Moline, Rachel Ferris – Melange (Music For Cello And Harp)(CD, Album) | 2004 | Centaur Records |
| 8 |  |
Jean Louis Duport, Nicholas Bochsa, Donald Moline, Rachel Ferris – Melange (Music For Cello And Harp)(CD, Album) | 2004 | Centaur Records |
| 9 |  |
Clementi, Viotti, Pollini, Rossini, G. Donizetti, Bochsa, de Rocchis - Claudia Antonelli – Italian Harp Music(CD, Album) | 2002 | Naxos |
| 10 |  |
Clementi, Viotti, Pollini, Rossini, G. Donizetti, Bochsa, de Rocchis - Claudia Antonelli – Italian Harp Music(CD, Album) | 2002 | Naxos |
| 11 |  |
Charles Bochsa, Charles Nicholas Bochsa, Luigi Magistrelli, Elena Gorna – Notturni Und Pot-pourri Für Klarinette Und Harfe(CD, Album) | 1998 | Bayer Records |
| 12 |  |
Charles Bochsa, Charles Nicholas Bochsa, Luigi Magistrelli, Elena Gorna – Notturni Und Pot-pourri Für Klarinette Und Harfe(CD, Album) | 1998 | Bayer Records |
| 13 |  |
Rodolphe Kreutzer, R.N.Ch. Bochsa, Shizuka Ishikawa, Jana Boušková – Six Nocturnes(CD, Album) | 1997 | Gramofonové Závody |
| 14 |  |
Bochsa, Rossini, Backofen, Mozart, Rachel Talitman, Luc Loubry – Untitled(CD, Album) | 1997 | Arcobaleno (2) |
| 15 |  |
Bochsa, Rossini, Backofen, Mozart, Rachel Talitman, Luc Loubry – Untitled(CD, Album) | 1997 | Arcobaleno (2) |
| 16 |  |
Rodolphe Kreutzer, R.N.Ch. Bochsa, Shizuka Ishikawa, Jana Boušková – Six Nocturnes(CD, Album) | 1997 | Gramofonové Závody |
| 17 |  |
Dussek / Naderman & Tulou / Bochsa, d'Alvimare – La Harpe Au Temps De L'Impératrice Joséphine(CD, Album) | 1994 | Symphony Land |
| 18 |  |
Dussek / Naderman & Tulou / Bochsa, d'Alvimare – La Harpe Au Temps De L'Impératrice Joséphine(CD, Album) | 1994 | Symphony Land |
| 19 |  |
Haendel / Boieldieu / Bochsa / Gossec, Lily Laskine / Jean-François Paillard / Jean-Baptiste Mari – Concertos Pour Harpe(CD, Compilation) | 1989 | Erato |
| 20 |  |
Haendel / Boieldieu / Bochsa / Gossec, Lily Laskine / Jean-François Paillard / Jean-Baptiste Mari – Concertos Pour Harpe(CD, Compilation) | 1989 | Erato |
| 21 |  |
Lily Laskine, Georg Friedrich Händel, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Robert-Nicholas-Charles Bochsa, Johann Baptist Krumpholtz – Concertos Pour Harpe | 1988 | Erato |
| 22 |  |
Lily Laskine, Georg Friedrich Händel, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Robert-Nicholas-Charles Bochsa, Johann Baptist Krumpholtz – Concertos Pour Harpe | 1988 | Erato |
| 23 |  |
Franz Schubert, Xavier Lefèvre, Charles Bochsa, Iwan Müller, Philippe Wolff, Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen, Edward Witsenburg, Dieter Klöcker – Klarinette Und Harfe(LP) | 1983 | Acanta |
| 24 |  |
Duport / Bochsa, Boccherini, Spohr, Alexandre Stein, Françoise Stein – Virtuose Hofmusik Für Violoncello Und Harfe | 1983 | Ex Libris |
| 25 |  |
Duport / Bochsa, Boccherini, Spohr, Alexandre Stein, Françoise Stein – Virtuose Hofmusik Für Violoncello Und Harfe | 1983 | Ex Libris |
| 26 |  |
Franz Schubert, Xavier Lefèvre, Charles Bochsa, Iwan Müller, Philippe Wolff, Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen, Edward Witsenburg, Dieter Klöcker – Klarinette Und Harfe(LP) | 1983 | Acanta |
| 27 |  |
N.C. Bochsa / T. Labarre / J. Thomas / A. Zabel / A. Hasselmans / F. Poenitz / M. Tournier - Lily Laskine, Marielle Nordmann – Concert Pour Deux Harpes - Harp Duets | 1982 | Erato |
| 28 |  |
N.C. Bochsa / T. Labarre / J. Thomas / A. Zabel / A. Hasselmans / F. Poenitz / M. Tournier - Lily Laskine, Marielle Nordmann – Concert Pour Deux Harpes - Harp Duets | 1982 | Erato |
| 29 |  |
Rossini / Bochsa / Farkas / Daetwyler / Molnar - Jozsef Molnar, Rosalind Dunbar – Musique Pour Les Jours De Fête Avec Cor, Cor Des Alpes Et Harpe = Festliche Musik Für Horn, Alphorn Und Harfe(LP, Stereo) | 1982 | Forlane |
| 30 |  |
Rossini / Bochsa / Farkas / Daetwyler / Molnar - Jozsef Molnar, Rosalind Dunbar – Musique Pour Les Jours De Fête Avec Cor, Cor Des Alpes Et Harpe = Festliche Musik Für Horn, Alphorn Und Harfe(LP, Stereo) | 1982 | Forlane |
| 31 |  |
L.-E. Jadin, F.-J. Nedermann, N.-C. Bochsa, L.-F. Hérold, Lily Laskine, Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard – Musique Francaise Sous La Restauration | 1979 | Erato |
| 32 |  |
L.-E. Jadin, F.-J. Nedermann, N.-C. Bochsa, L.-F. Hérold, Lily Laskine, Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard – Musique Francaise Sous La Restauration | 1979 | Erato |
| 33 |  |
Händel, Gossec, Mozart, Krumpholz, Boieldieu, Bochsa, Reinecke, Lily Laskine – Die Schönsten Harfenkonzerte | 1977 | His Master's Voice |
| 34 |  |
Abbie de Quant & Edward Witsenburg - Bochsa / Duport / Spohr / Fauré / Debussy / Jongen / Casella / Rossini / Grandjany – Abbie de Quant • Edward Witsenburg | 1977 | His Master's Voice |
| 35 |  |
Abbie de Quant & Edward Witsenburg - Bochsa / Duport / Spohr / Fauré / Debussy / Jongen / Casella / Rossini / Grandjany – Abbie de Quant • Edward Witsenburg | 1977 | His Master's Voice |
| 36 |  |
Händel, Gossec, Mozart, Krumpholz, Boieldieu, Bochsa, Reinecke, Lily Laskine – Die Schönsten Harfenkonzerte | 1977 | His Master's Voice |
| 37 |  |
Joëlle Bernard , Harpe, R-N-C.Bochsa, Glinka, W.A.Mozart – Variations Autour De Mozart(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1976 | Erato |
| 38 |  |
Joëlle Bernard , Harpe, R-N-C.Bochsa, Glinka, W.A.Mozart – Variations Autour De Mozart(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1976 | Erato |
| 39 |  |
Rossini, Rust, Bochsa, C.Ph.E. Bach, Heinz Holliger, Ursula Holliger – Works For Oboe & Harp | 1968 | Philips |
| 40 |  |
Rossini, Rust, Bochsa, C.Ph.E. Bach, Heinz Holliger, Ursula Holliger – Works For Oboe & Harp | 1968 | Philips |
| 41 |  |
Lily Laskine, Maurice André - N.C. Bochsa / J.N. Hummel – Concerto Pour Harpe No.1 En Ré Mineur (Œuvre 15) / Concerto Pour Trompette En Mi Majeur | 1965 | Erato |
| 42 |  |
Lily Laskine, Maurice André - N.C. Bochsa / J.N. Hummel – Concerto Pour Harpe No.1 En Ré Mineur (Œuvre 15) / Concerto Pour Trompette En Mi Majeur | 1965 | Erato |
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