Gustave Chouquet
Adolphe-Gustave Chouquet (born April 16, 1819 in Le Havre , † January 30, 1886 in Paris ) was a French writer and musicologist .
Chouquet worked from 1840 to 1860 as a literature professor in New York. Here he published several French textbooks ( First Lessons in Learning French , 1858, Conversations and dialogues upon daily occupations and ordinary topics , Easy Conversations in French , 1859).
On his return to France he became a curator at the Museum des Conservatoire de Paris . Here he wrote a catalog des instruments de musique du musée du Conservatoire (1875) and, with Léon Pillaut, the work Le musée du Conservatoire national de musique: catalog descriptif et raisonné (1884). In 1873 his Histoire de la musique dramatique en France depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours was published .
He has also contributed to the magazines L'Art musical and La France musicale, as well as articles for the Dictionnaire des Beaux-arts published by the Institut de France and the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Chouquet's lyrics were set to music by composers such as Jules Massenet , Eugène Prévost and Charles Constantin .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustave Chouquet in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries )
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SURNAME | Chouquet, Gustave |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chouquet, Adolphe-Gustave (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and musicologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1819 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Havre |
DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1886 |
Place of death | Paris |