Jules Duprato

Jules Duprato
Jules Duprato.
Portrait by Gustave Boulanger
Born20 August 1827
Nîmes
Died20 May 1892(1892-05-20) (aged 64)
Paris
OccupationComposer

Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato (20 August 1827 – 20 May 1892)[1] was a 19th-century French composer.[2][3]

Biography

A student of Aimé Leborne[4] at the Conservatoire de Paris, he won first grand prix de Rome for musical composition in 1848.[2][5]

After the success of his opéra comique Les Trovatelles, performed at Salle Favart in 1854 and his operetta M'sieu Landry, premiered at Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1856, expectations were high for the young composer.[6] His following works, however, including the operas La Déesse et le Berger (1863), La Fiancée de Corinthe (1867), and Le Cerisier (1874), rapidly fell into obscurity.[7]

He was appointed a professor of harmony at the conservatory in 1871.[8] He published several arrangements of La Marseillaise,[citation needed] wrote music for male chorus and one symphony.[9] His pupils included Robert Planquette,[2] Georges Douay,[2] and Antoine Simon.[10]

Duprato's grave site

His grave at Montmartre Cemetery is decorated with a medallion by sculptor Gabriel Thomas.[11][12]

He was made chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1886.[5][8]

References

  1. ^ Birth certificate at the Chancellery of the Legion of Honour on base Léonore.
  2. ^ a b c d Wagstaff 1992.
  3. ^ Pougin 1878, p. 291; Remy 1919, p. 225.
  4. ^ Aimé LeBorne on data.bnf.fr
  5. ^ a b Pierre 1900, p. 775 "Hinard (Jules-Laurent-Anacharsis Duprato)".
  6. ^ Clauzel 1895, pp. 204–206.
  7. ^ Clauzel 1895, (p. 209–212, p. 216–217, p. 219–220, p. 236–237).
  8. ^ a b Pierre 1900, p. 442 "Duprato (Jules-Laurent-Anacharsis)".
  9. ^ Clauzel 1895, p. 236.
  10. ^ Remy 1919, (p. 876).
  11. ^ Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs
  12. ^ Nouvelles archives de l'art français, tome XIII, p. 267-268, Charavay frères libraires de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, Paris, 1897 (Read online)

Bibliography

  • Clauzel, Paul (1895). "Jules Duprato, compositeur. Notice biographique", Mémoires de l'Académie de Nîmes, vol. 17, pp. 191–237. Nîmes: Clavel et Chastanier.
  • Pierre, Constant, editor (1900). Le Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation. Documents historiques et administratifs. Paris: Imprimerie National. Read online at Google Books.
  • Pougin, Arthur (1878). "Duprato (Jules-Laurent-Anacharsis)", pp. 291–292, in Biographie universelle des musiciens et Bibliographie générale de la musique par F.-J. Fétis. Supplément et complément, vol. 1. Paris: Firmin-Didot. Read online at Google Books.
  • Remy, Alfred (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York: G. Schirmer. Read online at Google Books.
  • Wagstaff, John (1992). "Duprato, Jules Laurent (Anacharsis)", vol. 1, p. 1280, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4 volumes, edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9781561592289. Also at Oxford Music Online (subscription required).
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