Alfred Bachelet

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Alfred Georges Bachelet (born February 26, 1864 in Paris , † February 10, 1944 in Nancy ) was a French composer , conductor and music teacher .

Bachelet studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Ernest Guiraud and won the Second Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1890 with the cantata Cléopâtre based on a text by Fernand Beissier . He then became choirmaster and in 1907 chief conductor at the Paris Opera . In 1919 he succeeded Guy Ropartz as director of the Nancy Conservatory and held the position until his death in 1944. In 1929 he took the place of André Messager as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

Bachelet composed three operas, symphonic and choral symphonic works, a ballet, choral works and songs. His tone poem Sûryâh was described by the music critic Gustave Samazeuilh as a key work of French music during the Second World War. His song Chère nuit (1897), which he had composed for the singer Nellie Melba , became internationally famous .

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