Jean Rémusat (1815–1880) was a French

flautist The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, composer of music for the flute, and conductor. In later life he lived in

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Life

Rémusat was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

in 1815. From 1830 he studied at the

Paris Conservatoire 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 flautist Jean-Louis Tulou, in 1832 winning first prize. He moved to London, where he was first flute at the Queen's Theatre. The theatre closed in 1853, and he returned to Paris, playing solo flute at the

Théâtre Lyrique The Théâtre Lyrique was one of four opera companies performing in Paris during the middle of the 19th century (the other three being the Opéra, the Opéra-Comique, and the Théâtre-Italien). The company was founded in 1847 as the Opéra-N ...

."Remusat, Jean"
Grande Musica. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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. About 1865, Rémusat moved to

. He founded the Shanghai Philharmonic Society; in 1879 he was appointed the first conductor of the Shanghai Public Band, which later became the

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."Three Dynasties Make One Orchestra"
Interlude.hk, 6 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019. Rémusat died in Shanghai in 1880.

Compositions

He composed music for the flute, duets for flutes, and for flute and violin, and operatic transcriptions.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Remusat, Jean 1815 births 1880 deaths French classical flautists Musicians from Bordeaux Musicians from Shanghai Conservatoire de Paris alumni 19th-century classical musicians French emigrants to China