Alfred Bachelet (26 February 1864 – 10 February 1944) was a French composer, conductor and teacher.

Biography

Born in Paris, Bachelet 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 ...

with

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and obtained the second Grand

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in 1890 with his cantata ''Cléopâtre'' after a text by Fernand Beissier. He was conductor of the choir in 1907, then conductor of the Paris Opera. He served as director of the Nancy Conservatory from 1919 until his death in 1944. He was elected to the

Académie des Beaux-Arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

in 1929. Bachelet died in Nancy on 10 February 1944.

Selected works

* ''Chère nuit'', lied, 1897 * ''Scemo'', opera, 1914 * ''Quand la cloche sonnera'' (libretto by Yoris d'Hansewick and Pierre de WattynePierre De Wattyne (1885-19..)
on Bibliothèque nationale de France) opera, 1922 * ''

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'' (libretto by

Franc-Nohain Maurice Étienne Legrand, who published under the pseudonym Franc-Nohain (; 25 October 187218 October 1934), was a French librettist and poet. He is best known for his libretti for Maurice Ravel's opera '' L'heure espagnole'' and for numerous oper ...

after Maurice Barrès), opera, 1932 * ''Fantaisie nocturne'', ballet * ''Sûryâh'', symphonic poem

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bachelet, Alfred 1864 births 1944 deaths 20th-century French conductors (music) 20th-century French male musicians French opera composers French male classical composers French male conductors (music) Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Prix de Rome for composition