Alfred Patusset

Armand Alfred Patusset (17 November 1853[1] – 13 or 20 March 1924[2]) was a French composer, conductor and musical arrangeur.

Life

Born in Paris, the son of a musician,[3] Patusset entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he won a second solfège medal in July 1869[4] then a first medal in 1870[5] First choir director at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs in 1873[6] and assistant conductor at the Alcazar in 1885, he became conductor of the Déjazet and Beaumarchais theatres, the Alcazar concert, he Eden-Concert, the Scala and the Théâtre de l'Hippodrome [fr] and ended his career at the Folies-Bergère from January 1901.

Also known under the pseudonyms Saint-Amand and Fred Wardal, he is responsible for the music of about sixty songs with lyrics by, among others, Henri Darsay, Adolphe Jost, Eugène Rimbault, Victor de Cottens and Eugène Héros, as well as waltzes and many ballet pieces.

Patusset died in Paris at the age of 70 and is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.[7] His son, Raoul Patusset (1876-1956), a banker by profession, was also an actor,[8] playwright,[9] and theatre administrator.

Works

Operette music
  • 1881: Nos belles petites, fantasy in 4 acts and 4 scenes, libretto by Amédée de Jallais and Iginio Manzoni, music by Alfred Patusset and Marc Chautagne, at the Théâtre Déjazet (2 June)
  • 1886: Lohengrin à l'Alcazar, parody in 1 act and 3 scenes of Wagner's opera, libretto by Pierre Lebourg and Henri Boucherat, at the Alcazar d'Hiver (26 February)
  • 1889: La Reine de Mysotutu, one-act operette, libretto by Octave Pradels and Celmar, at the Scala (17 January)
  • 1890: Le Pensionnat Chamerlan, one-act operette, libretto by Julien Sermet[10] and Ernest Lévy, at Concert de l'Horloge (7 June)
  • 1891: La Mariée de Mézidon, 3-acts operette, libretto by Julien Sermet and Louis Battaille, at Concert de la Scala (29 August)
  • 1891: Lohengrin II, ou Lohengrin à l'Edorado, one-act parody of Wagner's opera, libretto by Julien Sermet and Henri Boucherat, at the Eldorado (14 November)
  • 1894: Tahïs, opera-parodie comique à grand tralala, libretto by Louis Battaille and Léon Garnier, at the Concert du Ba-Ta-Clan (2 September)
Incidental music
  • 1874: La Comète à Paris, review in 3 acts and 10 scenes by Hector Monréal and Henri Blondeau, music by Alfred Patusset, Marc Chautagne and Robert Planquette, at the Théâtre Déjazet (5 December)[11]
  • 1885: Théodora à Montluçon, parody in 1 act and 8 scenes by Guillaume Livet and Henri Boucherat, at the Alcazar d'Hiver (7 February)
  • 1887: Il reviendra !, review of the year in 3 scenes by Guillaume Livet and Amédée de Jallais, at the Alcazar d'Hiver (19 November)
  • 1887: Vlan ! Touché !, one-act review by Henry Buguet, at the Casino des Arts de Lyon (21 December)
  • 1888: Tout autour de la Tour, review in 1 act and 2 scenes by Louis Battaille and Julien Sermet, la Scala (22 November)
  • 1889: L'Enfer des revues, revue des revues à grand spectacle in 1 act and 2 scenes by Louis Battaille an Julien Sermet, at la Scala (28 February)
  • 1889: Pousse-pousse, one-act review by Louis Battaille et Julien Sermet, at la Scala (1 December)
  • 1890: Bob et son pion, one-act vaudeville by Louis Battaille and Julien Sermet, at la Scala (4 October)
  • 1891: Les Paris de Paris, fantasy review of the year 1890 in 1 act and 3 scenes by Louis Battaille and Julien Sermet, at la Scala (8 January)
  • 1891: Les Surprises du Carnaval, one-act folie carnavalesque by Eugène Hugot, at la Scala (7 February)
  • 1892: Blagsonn and Co, fantaisie acrobatique by Paul Meyan and Arthur Verneuil[12] at La Scala (2 April)
  • 1892: Mon camarade, vaudeville by Louis Battaille and Julien Sermet, at La Scala (12 November)
  • 1892: Cambriolons, review of the year 1892 by Louis Battaille and Julien Sermet, at la Scala (23 December)
  • 1893: Lysistata, review in 2 acts and 7 scenes by Louis Battaille and Julien Sermet, at La Scala (8 April) then at the Concert de Ba-Ta-Clan (5 May)
  • 1893: A la papa, review in 2 acts and 4 scenes by Armand Numès and Julien Sermet, at the Eldorado (4 October)
  • 1894: Chadi, one-act bouffonnerie by Raoul Donval, at the Eldorado (3 February)
  • 1895: L'Ile d'amour, one-act pantomime by Léon Garnier, at the Concert de Ba-Ta-Clan (14 December)
  • 1896: Paris-Revue, review in 4 scenes by Léon Garnier and Fernand Beissier[13] at the Bataclan (23 January)
  • 1896: La Queue du diable, fantastic play in 2 acts by Léon Garnier and Eugène Héros, at the Ba-Ta-Clan (16 October)
  • 1896: Les Protocoleries de l'année, review in 2 acts and 6 scenes by Victor de Cottens and Paul Gavault, at the Ba-Ta-Clan (26 November)
  • 1897: La Tziganie dans les ménages, folie carnavalesque in 1 act and 2 scenes by Eugène Héros and Adolphe Jost, at the Ba-Ta-Clan (23 March)
  • 1902: La Revue des Folies-Bergère, review in 14 scenes by Victor de Cottens, at the Folies-Bergère (31 December)
  • 1906: La Revue des Folies-Bergère, féerie-review in 14 scenes by Victor de Cottens, at the Folies-Bergère (15 December)
  • 1907: Pretty Madge, fantaisy in 6 scenes by Léon Gandillot and Joseph Leroux, at the Folies-Bergère (2 April)
  • 1907: La Revue des Folies-Bergère, review in 17 scenes by P.-L. Flers, at the Folies-Bergère (23 December)
  • 1908: La Revue des Folies-Bergère, French-English review in 25 scenes by P.-L. Flers, at the Folies-Bergère (5 December)
  • 1909: La Revue des Folies-Bergère, review in 31 scenes by P.-L. Flers and Eugène Héros, at the Folies-Bergère (5 December)
  • 1915: Jusqu'au bout !, great winter review in 25 scenes by Georges Arnould, at the Folies-Bergère (31 December)
Ballet music
  • 1901: La Tzigane, two-acts pantomime by Staw, choreography by Mariquita, at the Folies-Bergère (8 May)
  • 1901: Une Noce auvergnate, ballet, choreography by Mariquita, at the Folies-Bergère (13 September)

Awards

References

  1. ^ Fiche de naissance n° 14/51. Online archive of the City of Paris, reconstituted civil status file of 1853 births.
  2. ^ Death act n° 1297 (view 10/20). On-line archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 13th arrondissement, 1924 death register.
  3. ^ Pierre Armand Patusset (1822-1870) is in particular the author of a Méthode élémentaire pour flageolet published in 1866 and which will be regularly reissued until 1914.
  4. ^ Concours année 1869. Distribution des prix. Composition musicale. Solfège Hommes. Le Ménestrel, 8 August 1869, p. 284, available at Gallica.
  5. ^ Dictionnaire des lauréats, article "Patusset (Armand-Alfred)". Le Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation, documents historiques et administratifs recueillis ou reconstitués par Constant Pierre, p. 824, Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1900, available at Gallica.
  6. ^ Semaine théâtrale. Le Ménestrel, 24 August 1873, p. 309, available at Gallica.
  7. ^ Échos et propos. Deuils. Le Matin, 22 March 1924, p. 2, available at Gallica.
  8. ^ Échos. Un engagement. Comoedia, 11 March 1914, p. 1, available at Gallica.
  9. ^ Liste alphabétique des membre adhérents. Annuaire de la Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques, exercice 1924-1925, p. 333, available at Gallica.
  10. ^ Julien Sermet. Biographie Littéraire. Le Théâtre libre illustré par Rodolphe Darzens, p. 59, Paris, E. Dentu éditeur, 1890, available at Gallica.
  11. ^ La Comète à Paris. Auguste Lefrançois publisher, Paris, 1874, available at Gallica.
  12. ^ Arthur Verneuil. Le Rideau artistique et littéraire, 1906, available at Gallica.
  13. ^ The Honorary President of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers, Fernand Beissier, was killed in a car accident. Comoedia, 4 August 1936, p. 2, available at Gallica.
  14. ^ Officiers d'Académie. Journal Officiel du 1 January 1905, p. 32, available at Gallica.
  15. ^ Officiers de l'Instruction publique. Journal Officiel 5 December 1909, p. 11569, available at Gallica.