Jules Léon-Jean Combarieu (4 February 1859 – 4 February 1916) was a French

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and music critic.

Life

Like his elder brother, (born 30 January 1856 in Cahors) who was to become the Private Secretary of Président de la République

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, Jules Combarieu was the son of Henri Combarieu, a printer, and Marie-Louise Salbant, who married in

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in 1855. He first studied at la Sorbonne, then in Berlin with

Philipp Spitta Julius August Philipp Spitta (27 December 1841 – 13 April 1894) was a German music historian and musicologist best known for his 1873 biography of Johann Sebastian Bach. Life He was born in , near Hoya, and his father, also called Phil ...

. He was first a professor of letters at the Lycee de Cahors. In 1894, he received the title of doctor of letters with ''Les Rapports de la Musique et de la poésie considérées au point de vue de l'expression''.After . In 1901, Combarieu founded the ''Revue d'histoire et de critique musicales'', which became ''La Revue musicale'' in 1904 before merging with the journal of the ''Société internationale de musique'' (S.I.M.) in 1912. Between 1904 et 1910, he was professor of music at the

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. His brother Abel Combarieu was the uncle of diplomat and writer

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, a member of the Académie française.

Works

*''Le Rapport de la poésie et de la musique considérée du point de vue de l'expression'' (thesis, 1893) *"L'Influence de la musique allemande sur la musique française", in: ''Jahrbuch Peters'' (1895) * studies in musical

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: #''Théorie du rythme dans la composition moderne d'après la doctrine antique'' (1896) #''Essai sur l'archéologie musicale au XXe et le problème de l'origine des neumes'' (1896) – these two works were awarded the prize of the Académie) #''Fragment de l'Énéide en musique d'après un manuscrit inédit'' (1898) *''Élément de grammaire musicale historique'' (1906) *''La Musique: ses lois, son évolution'' (Paris, Flammarion, 1907) (numerous editions in English), Prix Charles Blanc of the Académie française *' (3 volumes, Paris 1913–19, an authoritative work – then 5 volumes with René Dumesnil,

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1955–1960). * Poésies de Valentin (Henri Bourette), ( and Jules Combarieu) (Cahors: Lemerre, 1885)

Sources

*''Dictionnaire bibliographique des musiciens'' ( éditions Robert Laffont).

References

External links

*
La musique au Moyen-âge
' in '' Revue de synthèse'', tome I, I.1, p. 84 - 110, August 1900
Jules Combarieu
on the site of the Académie française
Jules Combarieu. ''La musique et la magie ; étude sur les origines populaires de l'art musical ; son influence et sa fonction dans les sociétés''. (compte-rendu)
on

Persée ''Persée'' (''Perseus'') is a tragédie lyrique with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault, first performed on 18 April 1682 by the Opéra at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Roles Synopsis ACT I: The Pal ...

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