Naderman, Henri Pascal (EN)

Naderman, Nadermann, Henri Pascal, *2 or 12 February 1783 Paris, †1 August 1841 (not 1842) Montfort-l’Amaury, French harp maker and harpist, second son of Jean Henri. He was his brother’s assistant at the Paris Conservatoire and often replaced him at concerts. At the same time, he managed the company founded by his father. He was the only manufacturer of single-action harps in Paris. From 1828, he led a campaign against the more modern S. Erard model with a two-action mechanism, introduced in 1812, publicly engaging in a sharp polemic with F.-J. Fétis on this issue. This found expression in two publications by Naderman: Réfutation de ce qui a été dit en faveur des différents mécanismes de la harpe à double mouvement, ou Lettre à M. Fétis en réponse (Paris 1828) and Supplement à la réfutation (Paris 1829). After Erard’s patent expired, Naderman introduced the two-stage mechanism to his own instruments, thereby tacitly admitting the superiority of Erard’s invention. He died childless. In total, nearly 50 pieces of instruments from Naderman’s workshop have been preserved in numerous museum collections (Berlin, Brussels, Göttingen, Halle, Copenhagen, Leningrad, London, Munich, Münster, Nuremberg, New York, Oslo, Paris, Weimar, Vienna, Zurich, etc.).

Literature: P. Erard The Harp in its Present Improved State Compared with the Original Pedal Harp, London 1821, 2^nd ed. 1980; H.J. Zingel Harfe und Harfenspiel vom 16. Jahrhunderts bis ins zweite Drittel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Halle 1932; M. Haine Les facteurs d’instruments de musique a Paris au 19e siècle, Brussels 1985; R. Wagner Die Harfe und Harfen-Spiel von 1760–1820, Bonn 1986; R. Rensch Harps and Harpsists, Bloomington 1989; C. Michel, F. Lesure Répertoire de la musique pour harpe publiée du XVII au début du XIX siècle, Paris 1990; R. Keppel Single-Action Harp (about 1720–1820). A View Backwards to Serve in Building and Playing Practice, in: Studien zur Aufführungspraxis und Interpretation der Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts, ed. M. Lustig, Blankenburg 1995; K.-P. Brenner Die Naderman-Harfe in der Musikinstrumentensammlung der Universität Göttingen. Ein französisches Instrument des 18. Jahrhunderts als Maschine, Skulptur, Möbel, Prestigefetisch, Ware und Klangwerkzeug, Göttingen 1998; D. Droysen-Reber Harfen des Berliner Musikinstrumenten Museums, with B. Wolf et al., Berlin 1999; L. Barthel Au coeur de la harpe au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 2005; J. Dugot Sonorites inouies: la nouvelle harpe de Messieurs Krumpholtz et Naderman, “Musique, Images, Instruments” 7 (2005).