Auguste Barbereau

Mathurin -Auguste- Balthazar Barbereau ( born November 14, 1799 in Paris, † July 14, 1879 ) was a French composer, music educator and scientist.

Life and work

Barbereau had from 1810 teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied composition and counterpoint with Antonín Reicha. In 1813 he was awarded a second prize in the violin. Three times he took part in the Kompositionswettberb of the Conservatory and was awarded in 1824 for the cantata Agnès Sorel the premier Premier Grand Prix de Rome.

After his stay in Rome Barberau 1830 was first violinist in the orchestra of the Paris Opera and conductor at the Théâtre des NouveautÃ. Here he led in 1831 to the opera Les Sybarites de Florence ou les Francs- Macon, which he had composed together with Léopold Aimon to a libretto by Jean -Baptiste Lafite. The following year he became conductor at the Théâtre Français and the Athénée musical. Since 1836, he conducted the orchestra of the Théâtre des Italiens, since 1855 the orchestra of the Société de Sainte -Cécile.

Since published in 1845 Barberau the three-part Traité théorique et pratique de composition musicale (1st harmony élémentaire ( théorie générale des accords ), 2 Mélodie, son application à l' harmonie, harmony 3 concertante ( contrepoint et fugue - style scientifique ) ). 1852 followed the Etudes sur l' origine du système musical. From 1871, he taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, first composition, then general music history.

Among the students Barbereaus included, inter alia, the composer Ambroise Thomas, Jean- Baptiste- Camille Charles Dancla and Durutte, the singer and composer Louise Héritte - Viardot and pianist Maurice Decourcelle.

  • French composer
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1799
  • Died in 1879
  • Man
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