Émile Jonas
Émile Jonas (born March 5, 1827 in Paris , † May 21, 1905 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye ) was a French composer and cantor .
From 1841 Jonas studied piano and harmony with Félix Le Couppey and composition with Michele Carafa at the Conservatoire de Paris . In 1849 he won the Second Second Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Antonio .
Since 1847 he has been giving basic courses in Solfège at the Conservatoire, and since 1857 he has held a chair in this subject. Since 1859 he led a composition class. In 1870 he retired from teaching. Jonas also worked as musical director of the Guard Impériale and cantor and choirmaster of the Portuguese synagogue on Rue Lamartine.
In addition to almost twenty operettas in Offenbach's style , Jonas composed a number of pieces for saxophone, including Le Diamant and a Prière for saxophone quartet as well as pieces for worship in the synagogue. In 1854 he published a Recueil de chants hébraïques in the Sephardic tradition.
Works
- Le Duel de Benjamin (Libretto: Eugène Mestépès ), premiered in 1855
- La Parade (Libretto: Jules Barbier or Jules Brésil ), WP 1856
- Le Roi boit (Libretto: Adolphe Jaime and Eugène Mestépès), WP 1857
- Les Petits prodiges (Libretto: Adolphe Jaime and Etienne Tréfeu ), WP 1857
- Job et son chien (Libretto: Eugène Mestépès), WP 1863
- Le Manoir des Larenardière (Libretto: Eugène Mestépès), premiere 1864
- Avant la noce (Libretto: Eugène Mestépès and Paul Boisselot ), WP 1865 (as Terrible Hymen 1867 in London)
- Les Deux Arlequins (Libretto: Eugène Mestépès), WP 1865 (as The Two Harlequins in London in 1867)
- Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (composition with Georges Bizet , Isidore Legouix and Léo Delibes ; libretto: William Busnach after Paul Siraudin ), WP 1867 (based on the folk song of the same name )
- Le Canard à trois becs (Libretto: Jules Moinaux ), WP 1869
- Désiré, Sire de Champigny , UA 1869
- Javotte or Cinderella the Younger (Libretto: Alfred Thompson ), premiered in London in 1871
- Goldchignon (Libretto: Eugène Grangé , Victor Bernard and Étienne Tréfeu , German by Julius Hopp ), premiered in Vienna in 1873
- Die Japanesin (Libretto: Eugène Grangé and Victor Bernard, German by F. Zell and Richard Genée ), premiered in Vienna in 1874
- La Bonne aventure (libretto by Hector Crémieux and Albert de Saint-Albin ), WP 1882
- Estelle et Némourin (Libretto: Émile de Najac and Henri Bocage ), WP 1882
- Le Premier baiser (Libretto: Emile de Najac and Raoul Toché ), WP 1883
- La Princesse Kelebella
- Miss Robinson
Web links
- Émile Jonas at classicalmusicnow.com (accessed June 13, 2013)
- Émile Jonas at jewish-theatre.com (Retrieved June 13, 2013)
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| SURNAME | Jonas, Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and cantor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1905 |
| Place of death | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |