Edmond Cherouvrier

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Edmond-Marie Cherouvrier (born February 7, 1831 in Sablé-sur-Sarthe , † November 22, 1905 ) was a French composer.

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Cherouvier was retired at the Collège de l'Immaculée-Conception de Vaugirard in Paris, which was known for its good music lessons, before studying with Simon Leborne at the Conservatoire de Paris . In 1858 he won the First Second Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Jephté after Emile Cécile .

In the following years he composed several operas, of which only Le Roi des Mines was performed at the Théâtre-Lyrique in 1863 , as well as some church music works. Cherouvier was Mayor of the XIV Arrondissement of Paris from 1870 to 1878. In 1879 he became general secretary of the Paris Opera . From 1882 he was one of the four vice-presidents of the Société des compositeurs de musique (alongside Edmond Membrée , Alexandre Guilmant and Antonin Guillot de Sainbris ).

Works

  • Ave Maria , 1845
  • Clovis et Clotilde , cantata, 1857
  • Jephté , cantata, 1858
  • Le Roi des Mines , Opera, WP 1863
  • Quentin Metzys , comic opera in two acts
  • Gilles de Bretagne , opera in four acts
  • La Fiancée de Corinthe , opera in two acts
  • Nicolas Flamel , comic opera in three acts
  • Fleurs d'automne , song collection
  • Mass solennelle for four male voices
  • Tantum ergo for three voices
  • Tota pulchra , motet

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personal data
SURNAME Cherouvrier, Edmond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cherouvrier, Edmond-Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Sablé-sur-Sarthe
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1905