Alexandre Artus (27 November 1821 – 19 August 1911Généanet, ''Jean Jacques Francois, Pierre, Alexandre ARTUS''
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Biography

Alexandre Artus was born in Perpignan, the son of Joseph Pierre Artus (1791–1864) and Marie Angélique Salvo (1793–1864), both also from Perpignan. His father played the viola, and he was the younger brother of

Amédée Artus Amedée Urbain Louis Henry Joseph Artus (28 October 1815 – 26 March 1892) was a 19th-century French conductor and composer, author of more than eight hundred incidental music pieces. Born in Perpignan, Amédée Arthur was the son of Joseph P ...

, also a composer and conductor.

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and

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s coçmposer, he was the deputy chief and the conductor of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, which he left in 1863 by disagreements with the director and then became director of the

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from 1885 to his death. He is known to have composed the music for the play by Jules Verne, '' Michel Strogoff'' (1881), adapted from the novel. Alexandre Artus is buried at

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (, , formerly , ) is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at . With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Buried at Père Lachaise are many famous figures in the ...

.''Le Ménestrel'', vol. 77, 1911, p. 272.

Works

*1851: ''L’Étoile du berger Chasse'', arranged in doubled step for fanfare *1857: ''Les Chevaliers du brouillard'', quadrille Anglo-français, with

*1857: ''Les Viveurs de Paris'' ** ''Chanson'' ** ''Polka pour piano'' ** ''Quadrille pour piano'' *1858: ''Faust'', spectacle, choreography by Léon Espinosa *1858: ''Fanfan-la-Tulipe'', quadrille for piano *1858: ''Les Fugitifs'', quadrille for piano *1858: ''Le Martyre du cœur'' *1859: ''Fanfan-la-Tulipe'', polka for piano *1859: ''Le Maitre d'école'', quadrille for piano *1859: ''Polka du roi de carreau'', for piano *1859: ''La Voie sacrée, ou les Étapes de la gloire'', military drama in five acts and 12 tableaux, by Eugène Woestyn, Ernest Bourget and

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*1860: ''Le Pied de mouton'', show *1860: '' La Dame de Monsoreau'', drama by

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and Auguste Maquet ** ''Marche de la procession pour fanfare'' ** ''Polka mazurka'' ** ''Quadrille'' *1860: ''Le Marchand de coco'', polka for piano *1860: ''La Sirène de Paris'', ronde chantée in the drama by Eugène Grangé and Xavier de Montépin *1861: ''Le Monstre et le Magicien'',

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s of the ''Gitanos'', lyrics by

Ferdinand Dugué Ferdinand Dugué (18 February 1816 – 5 December 1913) was a 19th-century French poetry, French poet and playwright. He wrote poetry and both comic and dramatic plays, some of them in collaboration. He also authored studies about historic person ...

and quadrille for piano *1861: ''Violette'', polka mazurka for piano *1862: ''Les Beaux Messieurs de Bois-Doré'', quadrille for piano *1862: ''La Bouquetière des Innocents'', quadrille for piano *1862: ''Cadet-Roussel'', quadrille for piano *1862: ''Les Hirondelles, ou pi pi pi pi pi pi ouit'' *1862: ''Louise'', polka *1862: ''Les Mystères du Temple'', polka for piano and quadrille *1863: ''François Les-bas-bleus'', quadrille for piano *1863: ''Les Hirondelles de Paris'', Zoude, lyrics by Eugène Moreau and Jules Dornay *1863: ''La Poissarde !'', quadrille for piano *1863: ''Le Retour du soldat'', cantata by Mélanie Waldor *1865: ''Rocambole (de l'Ambigu)'', quadrille *1865: ''La Voleuse d'enfants'', ronde des chauves-souris *1866: ''Cric-crac tintamarre'', ronde chantée in ''Rocambole'', lyrics by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois *1874: ''Les Bibelots du diable'', valse des sultanes, piano *1875: ''Les Muscadins'', quadrille, piano or orchestra *1875: ''Les Rendez-vous de chasses'',

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*1876: ''C'est du toc et de l'occase'', ronde parisienne, lyrics by L. Gothi and V. Courtès *1877: ''Champagne ! En avant !'', piano or orchestra, quadrille performed in ''Le régiment de Champagne'' *1877: ''Chanson du régiment de Champagne'', lyrics by Jules Claretie *1877: ''Les Scaphandres'', fantaisie *1877: ''La Marmite'', chanson du timonier, sung in the hundredth of ''Hamlet'', lyrics by

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*1877: ''Thérésa'', polka, motifs sur la pièce des ''Sept châteaux du diable'' *1878: ''Rothomago-fanfare'', piano or orchestra *1878: ''Fantaisie sur des motifs du drame « Au fond de la mer »'' *1878: ''Miranda'', waltz *1879: ''Marche de la caravane de la vénus noire'', show, piano *1879: ''Léo'', walz for piano performed in ''Les Pirates de la savane'' *1879: ''Rondes enfantines'', fantaisie sur des motifs populaires, for piano *1879: ''Rondes et refrains populaires'', ouverture pot-pourri *1881: ''Michael Strogoff'' by

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** ''Retraite russe et Marche de cavalerie'', piano or orchestra ** ''Marche triomphale'', piano or orchestra ** ''Quadrille'', piano or orchestra ** ''Marche des trompettes'' ** ''Sonneries et batteries d'ordonnance'', followed by ''12 pas redoublés nouveaux'', for bugles and drums *1882: ''Les Mille et Une Nuits'' by

Adolphe d'Ennery Adolphe d'Ennery (; or Dennery; Adolphe Philippe; 17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ' ...

and Paul Ferrier ** ''Alchimiste-polka'', piano or orchestra ** ''Quadrille'', piano or orchestra ** ''Dinarzade'', piano or orchestra ** ''Shéérazade'', piano or orchestra ** ''Fanfare pour 4 trompettes'' *1882: ''Quadrille américain'', piano or orchestra *1883: ''Madame Thérèse'', marche des trompettes, piano *1883: ''Le Bataillon de la Sarre, pas redoublé'', arranged by Victor Gentil fils, for wind orchestra *1883: ''Éden Théâtre'', pas redoublé pour musique militaire ou fanfare *1883: ''Marche de Cléopâtre'', arrangée pour musique militaire ou fanfare *1886: ''De Crac-polka'', piano or orchestra, dance *1886: ''Marche indienne du Rajah'', piano or orchestra *1886: ''Valse des bayadères'', piano or orchestra *1887: ''Valse des bergers'', piano or orchestra *1887: ''Les Beaux Messieurs de Bois-doré'', show *1891: ''Tout-Paris'', piano or orchestra *1891: ''Hymne russe'', military music or fanfare *undated: ''Conseil à nos amis'', lyrics by Libert, set to music with accompaniment of guitar or Lyre *undated ''Souvenir de Biarritz'', quadrille

Bibliography

* J. Goizet, A. Burtal, ''Dictionnaire universel du théâtre en France'', vol. 2, 1867, p. 86 * Jann Pasler, ''La République, la musique et le citoyen (1871–1914)'', 2015
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References

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