Charles Auguste de Bériot worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Charles Auguste de Bériot as Belgian composer and violinist (1802–1870).
Charles Auguste de Bériot was born at Leuven in 1802. His recorded nationality is Belgium.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
He worked as composer, violinist and music educator.
The instruments recorded are violin.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of Belgium shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Charles Auguste de Bériot died in 1870, aged 68. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: violin
