Pierre-''Julien'' Nargeot (14 January 1799Archives numérisées de la Ville de Paris, fiche n° 32/5

The BNF authority control erroneously states ''8 juillet''. – 28 August 1891) was a 19th-century French violinist, composer and conductor.

Biography

Nargeot studied music 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 ...

where he was admitted at age 14 in October 1813. He was a pupil of

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for the violin and

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and

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for composition. In 1826, he obtained a first prize in

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and

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and in 1828 a second Second Grand Prix de Rome with the scene ''Herminie'' for one voice. There was no First Prize awarded that year. Only two candidates were rewarded:

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, who was running for the third time, and Nargeot. During his studies at the Conservatoire, Nargeot was a violinist in the orchestras of

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and Comédie Italienne. On 31 January 1826, he joined the

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. He would remain there until 1 September 1839 when he was appointed conductor at

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. In this venue were given comédies en vaudeville and bals, which attracted a Parisian audience hungry for entertainment. The Théâtre des Variétés took a real boom under the direction of

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who presented plays by

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(''Halifax'', 1842),

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(''Le Tricorne enchanté'', 1845),

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(''Oscar XXVIII'', 1848, ''Madame veuve Larifla'', 1849, ''Un Monsieur qui prend mouche'', 1852),

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(''L’Habit vert'', 1849),

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(''La Petite Fadette'', 1849) and

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s by

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(''La Femme à trois maris'', 1853, ''Pépito'', 1853). Thus Nargeot wrote many songs, tunes, quadrilles, rondes, inserted in these plays, especially in the ''Tricorne enchanté'' by Théophile Gautier (1845) and ''Le Lion empaillé'' by

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(1848). Some of these scores were real successes. In 1853, Nargeot left the Variétés and joined, as violist, the orchestra of the Imperial Chapelle, which

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had just reopened. The director was Auber and the conductor

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. From 1828 to 1863, he was a member of the

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. He spent the rest of his life composing, trying to represent his operettas on stages of Parisian boulevards and died in Paris at age 92.

Main works

* ''Air varié pour violon avec accompagnement de piano'' * ''Plaisir d'amour'' for violin * ''Le Petit Messelin'', scène lyrique by

Théodore de Banville Théodore Faullain de Banville (; 14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century. Biography Banville was born in Moulins in Allier ...

, Folies-Nouvelles, 1855 * ''Trois troubadours'', scène lyrique by

Étienne Tréfeu Étienne Victor Tréfeu (de Tréval) (born Saint-Lô, Manche, September 25, 1821 – died Paris, June, 1903), was a French librettist, song writer and theatre manager. He is best known for his work with Jacques Offenbach. He originally came to pr ...

, Folies-Nouvelles, 1855 * ''Un Monsieur bien servi!'', 1856 * ''J. Pifferari'', 1858 * ''Le Docteur Frontin'', 1861 * ''Les Contrebandistas'', 1861 * ''La Volonté de mon oncle'', comédie en vaudeville, 1862 * ''Les Exploits de Silvestre'', 1865 * ''Un vieux printemps'', 1865 * ''Dans le pétrin'', 1866 * ''Jeanne, Jeannette et Jeanneton'', 1876 * ''Les Ouvrières de qualité'', operetta

References

External links

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