Gaston Serpette

Henri Charles Antoine Gaston Serpette (* November 4, 1846 in Nantes, † November 4, 1904 in Paris) was a French composer.

Serpette studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and won in 1871 with the cantata Joan of Arc by Jules Barbier the Premier Grand Prix de Rome. He was a well-known and successful composer of operetta in Paris with more than thirty works. He also composed songs and salon pieces for the piano.

For years he participated as a conductor in London and later in Algiers.

Operettas

  • La industry cassée, libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Jules Noriac, UA 1874
  • Le manoir du Pic - Tordu libretto by Albert de Saint -Albin, 1875
  • Le moulin du vert - galant, libretto by Eugène Grangé, 1876
  • La petite muette, libretto by Paul Ferrier, 1877
  • Rothomago community composition with Edward Solomon, Procida Bucalossi and Georges Jacobi, 1880
  • La nuit de Saint- Germain, 1880
  • Madame le Diable, libretto by Henri Meilhac, 1882
  • La Princesse, 1882
  • Steeplechase, 1883
  • Term de Lotus, 1883
  • Fanfreluche, 1883
  • Madame Reseda, 1884
  • Le château de Tire- Larigot, libretto by Ernest Blum, 1884
  • Le petit chaperon rouge, libretto by Ernest Blum, 1885
  • La singe d' une nuit d' été, 1886
  • Adam et Eve, libretto by Ernest Blum, 1886
  • La gamin de Paris, libretto by Eugène Letterier and Albert Vanloo, 1887
  • La lycéenne, libretto by Georges Feydeau, 1887
  • Cendrillonnette, Gemeischaftskomposition with Victor Roger, libretto by Paul Ferrier, 1890
  • La demoiselle du téléphone, libretto by Antony Mars, 1891
  • Mé - ne -ka, libretto by Paul Ferrier, 1892
  • La bonne de chez Duval; Libretto by Antony Mars, 1892
  • Cousin - cousin; Libretto by Maurice Ordonneau, 1893
  • La toured, libretto by Paul Bilhaud, 1895
  • La dot de Brigitte, community composition with Victor Roger, libretto by Paul Ferrier, 1895
  • Le Carnet du Diable, libretto by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, 1895
  • Le capitole, libretto by Paul Ferrier and Charles Clairsville, 1895
  • Le royaume des femmes, libretto by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, 1896
  • Le carillon, libretto by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, 1896
  • Shakspeare, libretto by Paul Gavault and Robert de Flers, 1899
  • Frileuse, ou L' enfant du cocktail, unfinished
  • Cuvée Reservée 1810 ( Amorelle 1810), libretto by Barton White and Ernest Boyd -Jones, 1904

Other works

  • Jeanne d' Arc, cantata, 1871
  • Insomnia, dramatic monologue, 1884
  • French composer
  • Born in 1846
  • Died in 1904
  • Man
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