Othon Joseph Vandenbroek
3 Duos concertants for Flute and Horn
Othon Joseph Vandenbroek (often wrongly written Vandenbrock or Van den Broeck) was born 20 December 1758 in Ypres (Flanders) and died 18 October 1832 in Passy (Paris). Vandenbroeck was probably of Dutch origin. He was taught on the horn by the horn virtuoso Spandau (about 1770–1780) in Den Haag, as well as in theory and composition by Fuchs and J. Schmitt.
He was a member of the orchestra at the Théâtre français in Maastricht in 1781; in 1783 he seems to have moved to Paris, since in January 1784 he performed a horn concerto at the Concert Spirituel. The editor of the Mercure did not consider him mature enough yet to perform before a Parisian audience. In 1788, however, he appeared successfully as a horn virtuoso in the Concerts de la Loge Olympique.
His name appears in the records of several orchestras: as first horn player at the Théâtre de la rue Feydeau (1789–1791), fourth horn player at the Opéra (1793–1816), and as a musician of the "1re classe" in the Garde Nationale. In 1795 he became professor at the Conservatoire de Musique, but gave up this position at the "Réforme de l'an VIII" in 1800. In 1812 he was »attaché à la chapelle de l'Empereur et Roi«, and in 1816 he was retired.
3 Duos concertants for Flute and Horn
This work for flute and horn was published under the original title
Trois Duos Concertant pour Flûte et Cor Extraits de Œuvres des plus Célèbres Auteurs d'Italie d'Allemagne et de France par Othon Vandenbroeck
in Paris by the publisher Hentz Jouve (plate number 298) after 1816. Vandenbroeck is named on the title page as Pensionnaire de la Chapelle du Roi et de l'Académie Royale de Musique.
Which melodies by which composers Vandenbroeck arranged can no longer be established today; Vandenbroeck gives no information on this either, but they were certainly among the popular opera and concert works of the time.
