Auguste Chapuis (; 25 April 1858 – 6 December 1933) was a 19th/20th century French

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, and professor. He was a student with

César Franck César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of h ...

. The in the

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was named after him when he died in 1933. He was awarded the

Prix Rossini The Prix Rossini for composition was a prize for young librettist and composers which was granted by the French . The prize was funded by a provision in composer Gioachino Rossini's will which took effect in 1878 after the death of his widow. First ...

1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...

for ''Les Jardins d'Armide'' on a

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by the

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Émile Moreau. In 1894, he succeeded Adolphe Danhauser as head of the municipal of Paris.

Works (selection)

* ''Ronde'', score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & Cie * ''Tambourin'', score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & Cie * ''Le Chêne abattu'', choir for three equal voices. Score for chant. Durand & Cie * ''Les Demoiselles de St. Cyr'', musical comedy in four acts based on the play by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

. Score chant and piano. * ''Poèmes d'amour'', lyrics by de R. Darzens 1895 * ''Enguerrande'', lyrical drama in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, libretto by Victor Wilder after the poem by

Émile Bergerat Émile Bergerat (29 April 1845 – 13 October 1923) was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué (the masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from ''The Tempest'' by William Shakespeare). A ...

, created at the

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on 9 may

1892 In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west. Events January * January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...

. Choudens 1892 ''Enguerrande'' sur Google Books
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and piano. Durand 1907 * Three pieces for piano: ''L'Aurore sur le lac'' ; ''Dans la montagne'' ; ''Rondes enfantines''. Durand 1931

References

French Romantic composers French ballet composers French opera composers French male opera composers French classical organists Conservatoire de Paris alumni People from Haute-Saône 1858 births 1933 deaths French male classical organists {{france-musician-stub