Émile Campardon
Émile Campardon (born July 18, 1834 in Paris , † February 23, 1915 there ) was a French historian and archivist. In particular, Campardon also worked as a music historian and music researcher.
life and work
Campardon first completed training at the École nationale des chartes . Later he worked as an archivist at the same institution. From 1857 to 1908 he worked at the French National Archives , where he headed the “section judiciaire”.
At the beginning of the 20th century Campardon published the Quatrains et Souvenirs d'un archiviste (memoirs of an archivist). In this rare book, intended for his own circle of friends and acquaintances, he presented funny and cheeky biographies of archivists of the 19th century.
In addition to his historical research on the pre-revolutionary period, Campardon was particularly known as a music historian for the same period in France. He also wrote the following works relating to contemporary music and the music scene of the time:
- Les spectacles de la foire (1877)
- Les comédiens du roi de la troupe italienne (1880)
- L'académie royale de musique au XVIIIe siècle (1884, biographical encyclopedia of the Paris Opera)
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- Campardon, Emile . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. People part: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1959, p. 271 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Émile Campardon in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Statement in the article of the same name on the French-language Wikipedia with reference to the publication: Nécrologie par Henri Stein, dans Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes , 1915, p. 215-216.
- ↑ a b c d e Wilibald Gurlitt, 1959: Emile Campardon.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campardon, Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French historian, archivist, especially music historian and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1915 |
| Place of death | Paris |