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Ernest de Munck
De Munck's tombstone at the Montmartre Cemetery, pictured in 2013
Born	(1840-12-21)December 21, 1840 Brussels, Belgium
Died	February 5, 1915(1915-02-05) (aged 74) London, England
Occupations	Cellist composer
Spouse	Carlotta Patti ​(m. 1893)​
Father	François de Munck

Ernest de Munck (December 21, 1840 – February 5, 1915) was a Belgian cellist and composer. Born in Brussels to the cellist François de Munck, he was taught by his father as well as Adrien-François Servais. He later taught at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. However, he is perhaps best known for the Stradivarius cello he once owned that now bears his name.

Life

Ernest de Munck was born on December 21, 1840, in Brussels. His father, François de Munck (1815–1854) was a virtuoso cellist and teacher, once a member of the orchestra at Her Majesty's Theatre as well as a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Ernest was taught the cello by his father and Adrien-François Servais. He toured Great Britain in 1855. In 1868, De Munck became a permanent member of the Maurin String Quartet in Paris. De Munck was awarded the Goldene Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft [de] in 1876.

On September 3, 1879, he married singer Carlotta Patti. They would perform together throughout the United States, such as in St. Louis, and he was part of her company on her concert tours in the country. After living in the US for some time, the couple later settled in London, and in 1893, De Munck began teaching at the Royal Academy of Music. By 1904 he had begun teaching at the Guildhall School of Music.

De Munck died in London on February 5, 1915.

De Munck cello

In 1869, Ernest de Munck acquired the 1730 Stradivarius cello from Auguste Franchomme through the intermediary of Gand et Bernardel of Paris. Before his death in 1915, De Munck sold it to one of his students, C. H. Heriot, who subsequently sold it to W. E. Hill & Sons. Emanuel Feuermann bought it in 1939, and it was acquired by collector Russel B. Kingman upon Feuermann's death. The cello was then owned again by W. E. Hill & Sons, then dealer Rembert Wurlitzer, before being sold to cellist Aldo Parisot. The Nippon Music Foundation has owned the cello since 1996. The cello bears his name, as well as Feuermann's.

Music

• Ivan Gondois (c. 1888)
• Polonaise for cello and piano, dedicated to Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne (c. 1898)
• Six Études in the Form of Caprices

References

1. Riemann, Hugo (1908). Dictionary of music. Translated by Shedlock, J. S. (4th ed.). Augener & Co. p. 185.
2. ^ "François und Ernest de Munck". Die Tonkust (in German). May 1, 2003. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013.
3. ^ Grove, George (1904). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Company. p. 318.
4. ^ "Feuermann". Nippon Music Foundation. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
5. "Foreign News: Marriage of Carlotta Patti to Ernest De Munck Arrest of German Socialists at Boulogne, France British Forces in Close Pursuit of King Cetewayo A Band of Sicilian Brigands Captured After a Fight Particulars of the Recent Riots in Santiago de Chile The British Isles". San Francisco Chronicle. September 4, 1879. p. 2. ProQuest 365509183.
6. "Amusements". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 1, 1879. p. 3. ProQuest 576915627.
7. "Personal Mention". Daily American. May 31, 1885. p. 2. ProQuest 927356222.
8. ^ "Ernest De Munck". New-York Tribune. February 6, 1915. p. 9. ProQuest 575395476.
9. ^ Freiberg, Sarah (October 2018). "New Year's Resolutions". Strings. Vol. 33, no. 3. pp. 58–59. ProQuest 2450799697.
10. "Paris Newspaper Joys: The Entertainment Given by 'Figaro' and 'Revue Diplomatique'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 15, 1888. p. 29. ProQuest 576975644.
11. "Resources of America". Los Angeles Times. March 12, 1898. p. 9. ProQuest 163836144.

External links

• Free scores by Ernest de Munck at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

• Pending AfC submissions
• Pending AfC submissions in article space
• AfC submissions by date/11 September 2024
• 1840 births
• Musicians from Brussels
• Belgian cellists
• Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
• Academics of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
• 1915 deaths