Paul Alexandre Camille Chevillard (14 October 1859 – 30 May 1923) was a French composer and conductor.

Biography

He was born in Paris. He conducted the

Orchestre Lamoureux The Orchestre Lamoureux () officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoureu ...

in the premieres of

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

's ''

Nocturnes A nocturne is a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. History The term ''nocturne'' (from French ''nocturne'' 'of the night') was first applied to musical pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensembl ...

'' (1900 and 1901) and '' La mer'' (1905), and promoted the music of

Albéric Magnard Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard (; 9 June 1865 – 3 September 1914) was a French composer, sometimes referred to as a "French Bruckner", though there are significant differences between the two composers. Magnard became a national hero in ...

. He was the son-in-law of the conductor

Charles Lamoureux Charles Lamoureux (; 28 September 1834 – 21 December 1899) was a French conductor and violinist. Life He was born in Bordeaux, where his father owned a café. He studied the violin with Narcisse Girard at the Paris Conservatoire, taking ...

: in 1888 he married Lamoureux's daughter Marguerite. He died in

Chatou Chatou () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Chatou is a part of the affluent suburbs of western Paris and is on the northwest side of the Seine river about from the city's center. Hi ...

. His pupils included

Suzanne Chaigneau Suzanne Chaigneau (14 June 1875 – 13 April 1946) was a French violinist and chamber musician, and a noted violin teacher. She spent her childhood between Barbizon and Paris, receiving her musical education from her mother and family friends inclu ...

, Clotilde Coulombe,

Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (russian: Софи Кармен Экхардт-Граматте; in Moscow, Russia – 2 December 1974 in Stuttgart, Germany) was a Russian-born Canadian composer and virtuoso pianist and violinist. Biography ...

Yvonne Hubert Yvonne Hubert (28 May 18958 June 1988) was a Belgium, Belgian-born Canada, Canadian pianist and pedagogue. Considered one of the most eminent professors of Canada, for her strong personality, inexhaustible energy and exceptional quality of her te ...

, Eugeniusz Morawski, and

Robert Soetens Robert Soetens (19 July 189722 October 1997) was a French violinist, remembered particularly for premiering the Violin Concerto No. 2 of Sergei Prokofiev in 1935. Biography Robert Soetens was born in Montluçon, France in 1897, into a musical ...

Selected works

;Stage * ''La Rousalka'', Incidental Music for the play by

Édouard Schuré Eduard (Édouard) Schuré (January 21, 1841 in Strasbourg – April 7, 1929 in Paris) was a French philosopher, poet, playwright, novelist, music critic, and publicist of esoteric literature. Biography Schuré was the son of a doctor in ...

(1903) ;Orchestral * ''Ballade symphonique'', Op. 6 (1889) * ''Le chène et le roseau'' (The Oak and the Reed), Symphonic Poem after the fable by

Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Euro ...

, Op. 7 (published 1900) * ''Fantaisie symphonique'', Op. 10 ;Chamber music * Piano Quintet in E minor, Op. 1 (1882) * Piano Trio, Op. 3 (1884) and many other listings that concur. * ''Quatre pièces'' (4 Pieces) for viola (or violin) and piano, Op. 4 (1887) * Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 8 (published 1894) * ''Quatre petites pièces'' (4 Little Pieces) for cello and piano, Op. 11 (1893) * Sonata in B major for cello and piano, Op. 15 (1896) * String Quartet in D major, Op. 16 (1897–98) * ''Allegro'' for horn and piano, Op. 18 * ''Introduction et marche'' for viola and piano, Op. 22 (published 1905) ;Piano * ''Thème et variations'', Op. 5 * ''Impromptu'' in D major, Op. 14 * ''Zacharie (d'apres Michel-Ange)'', Op. 19 * ''Étude chromatique'' ;Vocal * ''Attente'' for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano, Op. 12

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* 1859 births 1923 deaths Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni Conservatoire de Paris faculty French composers French male composers French conductors (music) French male conductors (music) Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Pupils of Georges Mathias {{france-conductor-stub