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Ernest de Munck
De Munck's tombstone at the Montmartre Cemetery
Born	(1840-12-21)December 21, 1840 Brussels, Belgium
Died	January 19, 1915(1915-01-19) (aged 74) Maida Vale, London, England
Occupations	Cellist composer
Spouse	Carlotta Patti ​ ​(m. 1879; died 1889)​
Father	François de Munck

Ernest de Munck (December 21, 1840 – January 19, 1915) was a Belgian cellist and composer. Born in Brussels, de Munck learned the cello from his professional cellist father François de Munck as well as Adrien-François Servais. He later became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music in London.

Life

Ernest de Munck was born on December 21, 1840, in Brussels. His father François de Munck was a virtuoso cellist and teacher, once a member of the orchestra at Her Majesty's Theatre and a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He was taught the cello by his father and by 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 Ehrenmedaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft [de] in 1876.

On September 3, 1879, he married singer Carlotta Patti. They performed together throughout the United States, such as in St. Louis, and he was part of her company on her concert tours in the country. They also lived in the US for a period. Patti died in Paris in 1889. Following her death, de Munck moved to London where he became a professor at the Guildhall School of Music in 1891, and a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in 1893.

De Munck died in Maida Vale, London on January 19, 1915. His death was announced on February 5.

De Munck cello

In 1869, Ernest de Munck acquired a 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

Honors

• Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II
• Chevalier of the Order of Christ
• Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown
• Officer of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order

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. "Carlotta Patti Dead: Adelina's Sister Passes Away in Paris – A Sketch of Her Life". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 28, 1889. p. 5. ProQuest 577008037.
10. ^ "Obituary: Chevalier Ernest de Munck". Musical News. Vol. 48. January 30, 1915. p. 96.
11. Petherick, Dora (1915). "The Chevalier Ernest de Munck: Some personal Recollections, by one of his Pupils". The Strad. Vol. 25. Orpheus. p. 364.
12. "Passed Away: Ernest de Munck". Musical America. Vol. 21. Internet Archive. Musical America Publications. 1915-02-13. p. 38.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
13. "Paris Newspaper Joys: The Entertainment Given by 'Figaro' and 'Revue Diplomatique'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 15, 1888. p. 29. ProQuest 576975644.
14. "Resources of America". Los Angeles Times. March 12, 1898. p. 9. ProQuest 163836144.
15. Freiberg, Sarah (October 2018). "New Year's Resolutions". Strings. Vol. 33, no. 3. pp. 58–59. ProQuest 2450799697.

External links

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

• Musicians from Brussels
• Belgian cellists
• Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
• Academics of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
• Knights of the Order of Leopold II
• Knights of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
• 1840 births
• 1915 deaths