Louis Beydts

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Louis Beydts (born June 29, 1895 in Bordeaux , † September 15, 1953 in Caudéran (now Bordeaux)) was a French composer.

Beydts received his musical training in his hometown of Bordeaux. He wrote the operetta “Moineau” (Paris 1931), the musical comedy “Les Canards” Mandarins (Monte Carlo 1931), the comic opera “La SADMP” (Paris 1931), the Chinese legend “Le Voyage de Tchong-Li” ( Paris 1932), the incidental music for Alfred de Musset's “Il ne faut jurer de rien” (Paris 1937), various film scores, the suite for 14 instruments “A travers Paris”, works for voice and orchestra, pieces for piano, violin and saxophone as well as various choirs and songs.

In 1950 Beydts became director of the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Filmography

  • 1935: The wise women (La kermesse héroïque)
  • 1937: Other World (La dame de Malacca)
  • 1939: The law of the north (La loi du nord)
  • 1942: The Emperor's Colonel (Pontcarral, colonel d'empire)
  • 1942: La vie de Bohème
  • 1943: Countess Chabert (Le Colonel Chabert)
  • 1948: The Limping Devil (Le diable boiteux)
  • 1948: The actor (Le comédien)
  • 1949: The secret of Mayerling (Le secret de Mayerling)
  • 1950: perpetrator unknown (Plus de vacances pour le Bon Dieu)
  • 1950: The Road to Fame (Prélude à la gloire)
  • 1951: Love only shines once (Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois)
  • 1953: Call of Fate (L'appel du destin)

literature

  • Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Beyds, Louis. 12th completely revised edition. 1 Person Part A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 161 (first edition: 1882).
  • Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Beyds, Louis. 12th completely revised edition. 4 Supplementary Volume Person Part A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 110 (first edition: 1882).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Beyds, Louis. 12th completely revised edition. 4 Supplementary Volume Person Part A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 110 (first edition: 1882).
personal data
SURNAME Beydts, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beydts, Louis-Hector-Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1953
Place of death Caudéran