Eugène Édouard Mangin-Bocquet (7 December 1837 – 25 May 1907) was a French musician, founder and the first director of the Lyon Conservatory.

Career

Mangin was born in Paris.BnF Data
Between 1850 and 1858, Mangin won 3 first prizes at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or 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 Jean Ja ...

.De l’enseignement musical au Conservatoire de Lyon
/ref> He also published some light pieces and opera arrangements for piano, mainly with the music publisher Girod. In 1864, he became conductor of 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 Paris Opera, Opéra, the Opéra-Comique, and the Théâtre-Italien (1801–1878), Théâtre-Italien). ...

in Paris, which was burnt during the government of the Commune. In October 1871, Mangin moved to

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

as conductor of the orchestra of the Grand Théâtre in the city (1871–73). Some of his best players (including the violinists Lévy and Giannini, the violist Gondouin and the horn-player Brémont) went there with him. On 2 May 1872, the Lyon ''École de musique'' was established, and on 1 July Mangin became its inaugural director. He was dismissed in 1876. In his later years he was conductor of

Opéra de Paris The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

(1893–1906) and was also appointed professor at the

. In 1895, he became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. Mangin died in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

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* 1837 births 1907 deaths 19th-century French classical composers 19th-century French male musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Knights of the Legion of Honour Conservatoire de Paris alumni French conductors (music) French Romantic composers Musicians from Paris 20th-century French male musicians {{France-classical-musician-stub