Joachim Andersen

This book is the definitive resource for Joachim Andersen's life and music, bringing together his story--including accounts of the founding of the Berlin Philharmonic and the development of musical life in Denmark at the turn of the twentieth century--with a well-crafted study of his compositions. Delving into never-published biographical material about both Joachim and his brother Vigo, gleaned from thirty years of research, the authors offer full portraits of these famous flutists alongside a comprehensive thematic catalogue of Joachim Andersen's compositions and a revealing study of his etudes and other compositions.

Kyle Dzapo is Caterpillar Inc. Professor of Music at Bradley University and author of Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoire. She has prepared scholarly editions for Musikverlag Zimmermann's "Kyle Dzapo Series" of Joachim Andersen publications, recorded Joachim Andersen: Etudes and Salon Music, served as principal flutist of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, and given recitals and presentations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Past President of the National Flute Association, she is a graduate of the University of Michigan, New England Conservatory, and Northwestern University and serves as a pre-concert lecturer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
András Adorján is among the world's foremost flutists. Former principal flutist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony and professor at the Cologne University of Music and the University of Music and Theatre Munich, he has more than 100 solo recordings to his credit. He is president of the German Flute Association (DGfF), the co-editor of the 900-page Lexikon der Flöte (2009), an editor of music for Bärenreiter, Billaudot, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wilhelm Hansen, Henle, Musica Rara, Schott, Edition Svitzer, and Zimmermann, and an indefatigable researcher of flute music and historic flutists.
William Wilsen holds a Ph.D. in music theory from Florida State University where he published a dissertation on the evolution toward atonality in the earliest music of Anton Webern. He is a graduate of the Salzburg Mozarteum, where he studied conducting, and of Yale, where he studied Greek and music and majored in German Literature. Over a period of 30 years, he has been a university professor and music director of orchestras and opera companies.

- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter I. Beginnings in Copenhagen
- 1. The Early Years
- 2. First Marriage
- 3. A Budding Career
- Chapter II. Pavlovsk and St. Petersburg
- Chapter III. The Berlin Years
- 1. The Bilse Orchestra
- 2. The Founding and First Years of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- 3. The von Bülow Years
- 4. Summers in Scheveningen
- 5. Andersen's Flutes
- 6. A Virtuoso No More
- Chapter IV. Return to Copenhagen
- 1. The Founding and First Years of the Palækoncerter
- 2. The Mature Palækoncerter
- 3. A Summer in Lübeck
- 4. The Orchestra School
- 5. The Tivoli Orchestra
- 6. Final Endeavors
- 7. Illness, Death, and Legacy
- Chapter V. Sallie Andersen: Joachim's Love
- Chapter VI. Vigo Andersen: Joachim's High-Octane Brother
- Chapter VII. Catalogue of Joachim Andersen's Compositions
- Chapter VIII. Joachim Andersen's Compositions
- 1. The Etudes
- 2. Early Works: Ballade et danse des sylphes and Moto perpetuo
- 3. Salon Pieces
- 4. Theme-and-Variation Pieces
- 5. Paul Taffanel and the Concours Pieces
- 6. The Impromptus
- 7. Up His Sleeve All those Years: Allegro militaire
- 8. Arrangements and Transcriptions
- Appendix A. The Andersen Brothers' Flute Repertoire
- Appendix B. Timeline of the Andersens' Activities and Related Events
- Index