Hyacinthe Eléonore Klosé (11 October 1808 – 29 August 1880) was a French
clarinet player, professor at the
Conservatoire de Paris, and composer.
Life and music
Klosé was born in
Corfu (
Greece). He was second clarinet at the
Théâtre Italien to Frédéric Berr beginning in 1836, then to
Iwan Müller following Berr's death in 1838, finally becoming solo clarinettist when Müller left in 1841.
In the Paris Conservatory, Klosé had many notable pupils including:[1]
Frédéric Selmer, who was so accomplished that a special "Prize of Honour" was created for him in his final year, 1852.
Charles Paul Turban, who received Second Prize in 1864 and First Prize in 1865.
Klosé was also noted for his design improvements to the clarinet using the principles laid down by
Theobald Boehm in his innovative work on the
flute keywork. From 1839 to 1843, he enlisted the help of
Louis-August Buffet of
Buffet-Crampon fame, an instrument-making technician, to construct what is known today as the
Boehm system clarinet.[citation needed]
He died in August 1880 at his home at 40 rue des Martyrs, Paris.
References
^Pamela Weston: Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past (London: Robert Hale, 1971); reprint: Emerson Edition, 2004.
Paul, Jean-Marie: "Hyacinthe Klosé (1808–1880): His Works for Clarinet", in: The Clarinet, vol. 33 (2006) no. 3, pp. 66–71.