Bernard Sarrette
Bernard Sarrette (born November 27, 1765 in Bordeaux , † April 11, 1858 in Paris ) was a French conductor and music teacher.
Sarette became a member of the National Guard during the French Revolution and achieved the rank of captain. From 1789 he headed the Corps de Musique of the Garde Nationale together with François-Joseph Gossec , which, enlarged to more than seventy members in 1790, was one of the most important wind ensembles in France at the time. In 1792 he became director of the newly founded music school of the Paris National Guard, from 1793 Institut National de Musique . From this emerged the famous Conservatoire de Paris in 1795 , whose teaching began the following year.
Sarrette, who was briefly imprisoned in 1794, headed the Conservatoire first as the organizer of a board of directors made up of Gossec, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul and Luigi Cherubini , and as director from 1800 to 1815, when it was temporary after Napoleon's exile has been closed. Sarrette spent the remaining forty years of his life in seclusion.
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| SURNAME | Sarrette, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1858 |
| Place of death | Paris |