Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (

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, 5 November 1777 – Saint-Denis, 3 May 1846) was a 19th-century French violinist, conductor and composer.

Biography

A student of

Rodolphe Kreutzer Rodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including ''La mort d'Abel'' (1810). He is probably best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sona ...

, he was admitted in

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into the orchestra of the

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...

, originally as first violin, became deputy conductor in

1805 After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created. * February 7 – King Anouvong become ...

and succeeded

Frédéric Blasius Frédéric Blasius (24 April 1758, in Lauterbourg – 1829, in Versailles) was a French violinist, clarinetist, conductor, and composer. Born Matthäus ( French: Matthieu, Mathieu) Blasius, he used Frédéric as his pen name on his publicati ...

as first chief in

1816 This year was known as the ''Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in s ...

, a position that he would leave in

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 ...

.Viviane Niaux, ''George Onslow : gentleman compositeur'', 2003, p. 97 He authored music for opéras comiques,

arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

s for

operas Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...

and compositions of numerous plays for Parisian 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-Cyr, (arrangements) *1809: ''Françoise de Foix'', in three acts by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Dupaty, (operture) *1813: ''Le Forgeron de Bassora'',

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

in two acts by Charles Augustin de Bassompierre *1814: ''Le Portrait de famille ou Les Héritiers punis'', opéra comique by Eugène de Planard *1814: ''La Redingotte et la perruque'', opéra comique by Eugène Scribe *1816: ''Une nuit d'intrigue ou Le Retour du bal masqué'', opéra comique by

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*1816: ''La Jeune Belle-mère'', opéra comique by Charles Augustin de Bassompierre and Théophile Marion Dumersan *1817: ''L'Héritière'', opéra comique by

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 o ...

*1819: ''Edmond et Caroline ou La Lettre et la Réponse'', comedy in one act by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières, (morceaux détachés voice and piano (or harp) *1820: ''La Jeune Tante'', opéra comique by Anne Honoré Joseph Duveyrier de Mélesville *1821: ''Le Philosophe en voyage'', opera in three acts by

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 fat ...

and

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*1822: ''Le Coq de village'', opéra comique by

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 hi ...

*1822: ''Le Paradis de Mahomet ou La Pluralité des femmes'', opéra comique by Scribe and Mélesville *1823: ''Jenny la Bouquetière'', opéra comique by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, Joseph Marie Pain and Pradher *1824: ''L'officier et le paysan'', opéra comique by Achille d'Artois *1825: ''Les Enfans de Maître Pierre'', opéra comique in 3 acts, by

, (morceaux détachés voice and piano) *1827: ''La Lettre posthume'', opéra comique by Scribe and Mélesville, after

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*1828: ''Le Mariage à l'anglaise'', opéra comique in one act by Jean-Baptiste-Charles Vial and

Justin Gensoul Justin Gensoul (22 June 1781, in Connaux – 25 February 1848), was a 19th-century French playwright and chansonnier. Gensoul also authored his plays under his sole first name "Justin". Works *''L'Aigle et la colombe'', 1811 ; * ''Almanach des ...

* ''Deuxième Fantaisie pour piano et violon'', with

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* ''3 Duos concertants pour deux violons'' * ''3 Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et basse'' * ''Septième Recueil de romances'', lyrics by Rairio * ''Huitième Recueil de romances'', lyrics by Hoffman * ''Six Romances'' * ''Trio concertant pour deux violons et basse''

Bibliography

* Charles Gabet, ''Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au XIX'', 1831, p. 379 * Félix Crozet, ''Revue de la musique dramatique en France'', 1866, p. 420 * Pierre Larousse, ''Nouveau Larousse illustré : dictionnaire universel'', 1898, p. 503 * Hugo Riemann, ''Dictionnaire de musique'', 1900, p. 427 * Manuel Gómez García, ''Diccionario Akal de Teatro'', 1998, p. 451

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kreube, Charles-Frederic French male classical composers French opera composers 19th-century French male classical violinists French male conductors (music) French conductors (music) People from Lunéville 1777 births 1846 deaths