Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche (

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, 1799 –

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, 31 July 1849) was a French violinist and composer, conductor at the

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

from

1828 Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. * January 22 – Arthu ...

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

. The son of Joseph-Denis Doche, he studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

and succeeded his father as composer and conductor at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. In January 1839, he married th Belgian actress Marie-Charlotte-Eugénie de Plunkett. In 1848 he appeared at the theatre of Saint-Petersburg but suddenly died of

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1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...

Works

Theatre

*1838: ''A trente ans, ou une femme raisonnable'', comedy in 3 acts mingled with couplets, with Joseph-Bernard Rosier *1840: ''Bonaventure'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts and 4

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, with

Frédéric de Courcy Frédéric de Courcy, born Frédéric Charlot de CourcyThus he is not part of the Norman Courcy family, contrary to his entry in ''Dictionnaire de biographie française'' (16 August 1796, Paris – 6 May 1862, Paris) was a French dramatist, poet an ...

and

Charles Dupeuty Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee ...

*1841: ''La Journée d'une jolie femme'', vaudeville, lyrics by

Adolphe d'Ennery Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le ...

and

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 15 ...

*1843: ''L'Extase'', comedy in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Auguste Arnould and

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Alexis Decomberousse Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th centur ...

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Éléonore Tenaille de Vaulabelle Éléonore Tenaille de Vaulabelle (Châtel-Censoir (Yonne) 20 vendémiaire an X – Paris 12 October 1859 ) was a French writer and playwright. He published his novels under the pseudonym Ernest Desprez and all his plays under the name Jules Cord ...

Songs and compositions

*1842: ''L'Enlèvement des Sabines'', quadrille for piano *1842: ''La Journée d'une jolie femme'', grande valse brillante, arranged for piano *1843: ''Couplets de la mouche'', in ''Album de chant du Monde musical'' *1844: ''L'Ame du prieur'', ballade, lyrics by Bérardi *1844: ''Chantez, dansez, aimez'', chansonnette, lyrics by Bérardi *1844: ''Chien et chat'', chansonnette, lyrics by Bérardi *1844: ''La Confession'', romance, lyrics by Bérardi *1844: ''Que t'ai-je fait ?'', romance, lyrics by Bérardi *1844: ''Satan ou le Diable à Paris'', quadrille brilliant *1847: ''Régaillette'', complets chantés dans ''Le Chevalier d'Essonne'', lyrics by

Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois Auguste Anicet, later Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (25 December 1806 – 12 January 1871) was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. The first play to bear his name is ''L'Ami et le mari, ou le Nouvel Amphitryon'', a vaudeville in one act. It ...

*1850: ''Le regard Mélodie'', lyrics by Louise Schiltz *1851: ''Le Carnaval à l'assemblée nationale'', lyrics by

Gustave Nadaud Gustave Nadaud (20 February 1820 – 28 April 1893) was a French composer and chansonnier. Career Born in Roubaix, Nadaud's first career was as an accountant; he took up songwriting as a hobby at age 28. His friends encouraged him, and he submi ...

*1852: ''La Lorette de la veille'', melody without accent, lyrics by Gustave Nadaud *undated: ''La Muse comique'', collective collection of ditties, songs, bawdy, pastoral, roundels, comic scenes, drinking songs and light songs with and without talking, for piano and voice, lyrics by Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, (with Étienne Arnaud,

Amédée de Beauplan Amédée de Beauplan (11 July 1790 – 24 December 1853) was a 19th-century French playwright, composer and painter. Fauquet (2003), see Bibliography. Much of his family (including his father), close to queen Marie Antoinette's entourage, was ex ...

François-Auguste Gevaert François-Auguste Gevaert (31 July 1828 in Huysse, near Oudenaarde – 24 December 1908 in Brussels) was a Belgian musicologist and composer.N. Slonimsky, Ed., ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', 8th ed., Schirmer Books, NY Li ...

Aristide Hignard Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard (20 May 1822 – 20 March 1898) was a French composer of light opera notable as a friend of Jules Verne, also from Nantes and six years Hignard's junior, some of whose librettos and verse he set to music.Patrick Barbier ...

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 tast ...

, Adrien Lagard,

Charles Lecocq Alexandre Charles Lecocq (3 June 183224 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéra comique, opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable succ ...

, Sylvain Mangeant, Charles Pourny, Loïsa Puget, Victor Robillard,

Jean-Pierre Solié Jean-Pierre Solié (also Soulier, Solier, Sollié; 1755 in Nîmes – 6 August 1812 in Paris) was a French cellist and operatic singer. He began as a tenor, but switched and became well known as a baritone. He sang most often at the Paris Opér ...

and

Alphonse Thys Alphonse Thys (8 March 1807 – 1 August 1879) was a 19th-century French composer. Short biography He studied harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris with Émile Bienaimé and composition with Henri-Montan Berton. In 1833, he won the first Prix ...

*undated: ''Les Formats'', rondeau, lyrics by A. Faillot *undated: ''Poèmes et chansons d'Eugène de Pradel relatifs à Bruxelles'' *undated: ''Je pense à toi'', romance, lyrics by P. Sain *undated: ''Valse'' du ''mari par interim'' by

Fulgence de Bury Fulgence de Bury, real name: Joseph Désiré Fulgence de Bury (1 March 1785 – 23 June 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. A civil servant in the administration, he became known under the pen name Fulgence. His theatre plays were presen ...

, (for piano or harp)

Bibliography

François-Joseph Fétis François-Joseph Fétis (; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, composer, teacher, and one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the ''Biographie univers ...

, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens'', 1837, p. 319 * Eugène de Montalembert,

Claude Abromont Claude Abromont (born 1955 in Paris) is a French musicologist, essayist and writer. He is mostly known for his ''Guide de la théorie de la musique''. Biography After studying the history of music, harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatoire n ...

, ''Guide des genres de la musique occidentale'', 2010

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