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Jean Lucien Adolphe Jullien (1 June 1845 – 30 August 1932) known as Adolphe Jullien was a French journalist, author, and musicologist. He was born into a family of letters. His grandfather Bernard Jullien (1752–1826), was a prominent professor, while his father Marcel Bernard Jullien (1798–1881), was a distinguished teacher and linguist and a major contributor to the
Jean Lucien Adolphe Jullien (1 June 1845 – 30 August 1932) known as Adolphe Jullien was a French journalist, author, and musicologist. He was born into a family of letters. His grandfather Bernard Jullien (1752–1826), was a prominent professor, while his father Marcel Bernard Jullien (1798–1881), was a distinguished teacher and linguist and a major contributor to the Dictionary
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of Émile Littré. Jullien published numerous books and articles on a wide variety of topics, primarily music, and was actively involved in the controversy over the role and influence of Wagner's music in late nineteenth century France.
Life
Adolphe Jullien was educated at theLycée Charlemagne
The Lycée Charlemagne is located in the Marais quarter of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, the capital city of France.
Constructed many centuries before it became a lycée, the building originally served as the home of the Order of the Jesuit ...
in Paris, where he received a degree in law. He studied music with the composer Émile Bienaimé
Paul Émile Bienaimé (6 July 1802 – 17 January 1869) was a 19th-century French composer.
Biography
A pupil at the , he studied at the Conservatoire with Victor Dourlen and François-Joseph Fétis. In 1822 he won the prize in harmony and i ...
, at the time a retired professor at the Conservatoire de Paris.
As a music critic, his work appeared in various journals, including the Revue et gazette musicale de Paris
The ' was a weekly musical review founded in 1827 by the Belgian musicologist, teacher and composer François-Joseph Fétis, then working as professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Conservatoire de Paris. It was the first French-language ...
, Le Ménestrel
''Le Ménestrel'' (The Minstrel) was an influential French music journal published weekly from 1833 until 1940. It was founded by Joseph-Hippolyte l'Henry and originally printed by Poussièlgue. In 1840 it was acquired by the music publishers Heu ...
, Le Correspondant
''Le Correspondant'' was a French Catholic review, founded in March 1829 by Louis de Carné, and , under the motto "Civil and religious liberty throughout the universe" ("Liberté civile et religieuse par tout l'univers"). It ceased publication ...
, Le Figaro, and other periodicals. He also wrote numerous books on music and composers.A Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1899
Bibliography
*L'Opera en 1788 (1873) *La Musique et les Philosophes au XVIIIe siècle (1873) *L'Église et l'Opéra en 1735 (1877) *Weber à Paris (1877) *Airs variés, histoire, critique, biographies musicales et dramatiques' (1877) *La Cour et l'Opéra sous Louis XVI (1878) *La Comédie et la Galanterie au XVIIIe siècle (1879) *Histoire du Costume au Théâtre (1880) *Goethe et la musique (1880) *L'Opéra secret au XVIIIe siècle (1880) *La Ville et la Cour au XVIIIe siècle *Hector Berlioz' (1882) *La Comédie à la Cour (1883) *Paris dilettante au commencement du siècle (1884) *Richard Wagner, sa vie et ses œuvres (1886)References
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{{Authority control French journalists 1845 births 1932 deaths French musicologists French music critics