{{Short description|French violinist, composer and teacher (1817–1907)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = | image = Charles Dancla.jpg | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Charles Dancla | birth_name = Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1817|12|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age|1907|11|10|1817|12|19|df=y}} | death_place = | genre = Classical music, Romantic music | occupation = violinist, composer and teacher | instrument = violin | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} (Jean Baptiste) '''Charles Dancla''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃ batist ʃaʁl dɑ̃kla}}; 19 December 1817{{snd}}10 November 1907) was a French violinist, composer and teacher.
==Biography== Dancla was born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. When he was nine years old, violinist Pierre Rode in Bordeaux heard his music; he was so impressed that he sent a recommendation letter to Pierre Baillot, Luigi Cherubini and Rodolphe Kreutzer. Thus Dancla went to the Paris Conservatory and studied with Baillot for violin and Fromental Halévy for composition. He was strongly influenced by Niccolò Paganini, whom he heard in 1830, as well as by Henri Vieuxtemps. From 1835 onward Dancla was solo violinist in the Paris Opéra, and shortly thereafter he became concert master. In 1857 he was made a professor at the Paris Conservatory where he was a successful teacher for over 35 years, being awarded the Prix Chartier in 1861. He died in Tunis.
His two brothers were Arnaud Dancla (1819–1862), cellist and author of a considerable cello teaching method, and Leopold Dancla (1822–1895), violinist and composer of chamber music.
==Works== *violin concertos *string quartets *string trios *violin duos *''Airs variés'', Op. 89 for violin (each of the six airs are based on themes by different composers: Pacini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Weigl and Mercadante). *''Airs variés'', Op. 118 for violin (on themes from ''Montecchi e I Capuletti''; ''La Straniera'', ''Norma'', ''La Sonnambula'', ''Les Puritains'', ''Le Carnaval de Venise''). * 20 études brillantes et caractéristiques
==See also== *Dancla Stradivarius (1703) *Dancla Stradivarius (1708) *Dancla Stradivarius (1710)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051030131615/http://www.wps.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/charles_dancla_history.htm Charles Dancla: His life & times] *{{IMSLP|id=Dancla%2C_Charles|cname=Charles Dancla}} *[http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5129 Dancla's Op. 44 No. 4 piano trio] Score and parts from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection
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