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Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (1777-1846) - Gallica Btv1b8421509c (cropped)
Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (Lunéville, 5 November 1777 – Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, 3 May 1846) was a 19th-century French violinist, conductor (music), conductor and composer. Biography A student of Rodolphe Kreutzer, he was admitted in 1801 in music, 1801 into the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, originally as first violin, became deputy conductor in 1805 in music, 1805 and succeeded Frédéric Blasius as first chief in 1816 in music, 1816, a position that he would leave in 1828 in music, 1828.Viviane Niaux, ''George Onslow : gentleman compositeur'', 2003, p. 97 He authored music for Opéra comique, opéras comiques, arrangements for operas and compositions of numerous Play (theatre), plays for Parisian Boulevard theatre (aesthetic), boulevard theatres of the 19th century. Works *1803: ''Aline, reine de Golconde'', opera in three acts, by Jean-Baptiste Vial and Edmond Favières, (arrangements) *1805: ''Le Vaisseau amiral'' opera in one act, by Saint-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (1777-1846) - Gallica Btv1b8421509c (cropped)
Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (Lunéville, 5 November 1777 – Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, 3 May 1846) was a 19th-century French violinist, conductor (music), conductor and composer. Biography A student of Rodolphe Kreutzer, he was admitted in 1801 in music, 1801 into the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, originally as first violin, became deputy conductor in 1805 in music, 1805 and succeeded Frédéric Blasius as first chief in 1816 in music, 1816, a position that he would leave in 1828 in music, 1828.Viviane Niaux, ''George Onslow : gentleman compositeur'', 2003, p. 97 He authored music for Opéra comique, opéras comiques, arrangements for operas and compositions of numerous Play (theatre), plays for Parisian Boulevard theatre (aesthetic), boulevard theatres of the 19th century. Works *1803: ''Aline, reine de Golconde'', opera in three acts, by Jean-Baptiste Vial and Edmond Favières, (arrangements) *1805: ''Le Vaisseau amiral'' opera in one act, by Saint-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (24 January 1763 – 14 April 1842) was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution. He is best known for writing a libretto, supposedly based on a true story, about a woman who disguises herself as a man to rescue her husband from prison, which formed the basis of Beethoven's opera ''Fidelio'' as well as a number of other operas. Life Bouilly was born near Tours, and was briefly a lawyer for the Parlement de Paris. At the outbreak of the Revolution he held office under the new government and was head of the military commission in Tours during the Reign of Terror. In 1795, he served as a member of the Committee of Public Instruction having a considerable share in the organization of primary education, but retired from public life four years later in order to devote himself to literature. Bouilly died in Paris. Works ;Theatre *1790: ''Pierre le Grand'', comedy in 4 acts and in prose,mingled with singing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pain
Marie Joseph Pain (4 August 1773, Paris – March 1830, ibid.) was a 19th-century French playwright, poet and essayist. Biography A member of the , censor and office manager at the Prefecture of the Seine under the Bourbon Restoration, chief editor of the magazine ', he is known as one of the pioneers of vaudevillism. His plays, some of which achieved a major success,Marie Nicolas Bouillet, ''Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de géographie'', vol.2, 1867, were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, and the Théâtre des Variétés. Works . *1792: ''Saint-Far, ou la Délicatesse de l'amour'', comedy in 1 act, in verse *1794: ''Les Chouans, ou La Républicaine de Malestroit'', with François Marie Joseph Riou de Kersalaün *1794: ''Le Naufrage au port'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles *1798: ''Le Roi de pique'', comedy in 1 act and in verse *1798: ''L'Appartement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille D'Artois
Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville (17 March 1791 - 2 December 1868) was a French writer, libretist and dramatist. Biography A very prolific librettist, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages during his lifetime (Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Opéra-Comique, Odéon, Théâtre de la Renaissance...). Works * ''Les maris ont tort'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1813 * ''Pauché ou la curiosité des femmes'', comédie anachréontique, in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1814 * ''Le Roi et la Ligue'', opéra comique in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1815 * ''Turenne, ou Un trait de modestie'', with F. de Bury, 1815 * ''Les visites'', tableau vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois and Théaulon, 1815 * ''La Rosière de Hartwell'', comedie en vaudevilles on one act, with Armand d'Artois, 1816 * ''Les perroquets de la mère Philippe'', with Armand d'Artois and Emmanuel Théa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul De Kock
Charles Paul de Kock (May 21, 1793 in Passy, Paris – April 27, 1871 in Paris) was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor taste. In 2021 Brad Bigelow wrote: "Today, if we set aside over-priced print on demand reprints of his ancient editions, the works of Paul de Kock haven't seen a new English edition (or translation) in at least a century." Biography His father, Jean Conrad de Kock, a banker of Dutch extraction, was guillotined in Paris 24 March 1794, a victim of the Reign of Terror. His mother, Anne-Marie Perret, née Kirsberger, was a widow from Basel. Paul de Kock began life as a banker's clerk. For the most part he resided on the Boulevard St. Martin in Paris, where he was born and lived out his life, rarely leaving the city. He began to write for the stage very early and composed many operatic libretti. His first novel, ''L'Enfant de ma femme'' (181 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Barthélémy Pradher
Louis-Barthélémy Pradher (16 December 1782 – 19 October 1843) was a French composer, pianist and music educator. Life Born in Paris, Pradher was the son of a violinist of the Prince de Condé. He received his first music lessons from his father and Louis Gobert at the École royale de musique. After the school was closed during the Revolution, he was a student of Hélène de Montgeroult. From 1797, he took lessons at the Conservatoire de Paris, piano with Gobert and harmony with Henri Montan Berton, until the completion of his training in 1798. He married the singer and pianist Elyse (Elisabeth-Charlotte) Philidor (1776–1819) in 1799. She was the daughter of the composer François-André Danican Philidor and the niece of the singer Louis-Augustin Richer. In 1802, he took musical composition courses with Étienne-Nicolas Méhul and in 1802 took over the piano class of Louis Emmanuel Jadin at the Paris Conservatoire and, from 1803, he was full professor at the success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît-Joseph Marsollier
Benoît-Joseph Marsollier (also known as Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières, (Paris, 1750 – Versailles, 22 April 1817) was a French playwright and librettist. He is particularly noted for his work in opéra comique. In 1780 he also led the first exploration of the Grotte des Demoiselles. His librettos include '' Nina'', ''L'irato'', and ''Les deux petits savoyards''. List of plays * ''Le Danger de la prévention'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, created at the Comédie-Italienne ( hôtel de Bourgogne) 28 May 1761 * ''Jenni, ou le Désintéressement'', drame de société in 2 acts and in prose (Nancy, J. B. Hyacinthe, 1771) * ''Le Connoisseur'', comédie de société, in 3 acts and in prose, by {M. le Chevalier D. G. N. auteur du drame de Jenni, (Paris, Valade, 1771) ''Le Connoisseur'': a revival wrongly seen as a creation even by Mme la comtesse Hauptoul took place at the théâtre de Mlle Montansier 13 July 1791. The play was printed by another publisher, (Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Théaulon
Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright. A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King of Rome which brought him thanks from Napoleon himself. In 1814 he sang for the Bourbons and put on his first play, ''Les Clefs de Paris, ou le Dessert d’Henri IV'' (The Keys of Paris, or the Deservings of Henry IV), in their honour. In 1815, he composed and organised the posting of proclamations in honour of Louis XVIII. He collaborated on the royalist journals ''Le Nain rose'', ''La Foudre'', ''L’Apollon''. Selected works Above all during the Bourbon restoration, he wrote and put on a large number (sometimes alone, sometimes with collaborators), 250 according to one account. Written extremely quickly, most of them are only sketches, whose style often leaves something to be desired but which do not lack wit and beauty. He wrote two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
