Tuesday, May 03, 2022

More fun with pseudonyms!

My pianist friend John David and I have been playing these Bach Flute Sonatas (with violin and piano) for the past several weeks. I have been really impressed with the excellent realization of the continuo by Jean Albert de la Tournerie. It turns out, however, that Jean Albert de la Tournerie is a pseudonym for Berthold Tours. Tours (1838-1897) was a violinist born in Rotterdam. He studied composition with François-Joseph Fétis (who also taught Hector Berlioz), and also worked as a church organist and as a conductor. There is more in his Wikipedia article.

In some areas of these internets Jean Albert de la Tournerie is incorrectly given as a pseudonym for Albert J. Andraud, an oboist who has edited a great deal of woodwind music that is published by the Southern Music Company.

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