Auguste Chapuis

Auguste Chapuis
Auguste Chapuis in 1905
Born	20 April 1858 Dampierre-sur-Salon
Died	6 December 1933(1933-12-06) (aged 75) Paris
Occupations	Composer, organist

Auguste Chapuis (French pronunciation: [oɡyst ʃapɥi]; 25 April 1858 – 6 December 1933) was a 19th/20th century French composer, organist, and professor. He was a student with César Franck. The rue Auguste-Chapuis [fr] in the 20th arrondissement of Paris was named after him when he died in 1933.

He was awarded the Prix Rossini in 1886 for Les Jardins d'Armide on a libretto by the playwright Émile Moreau.

In 1894, he succeeded Adolphe Danhauser as head of the municipal orphéon [fr] of Paris.

Two scores were dedicated to him, one by Jacques Charlot, Chanson (1910), for piano, and the other one by Samuel Rousseau, 12 Pièces for organ.

Works (selection)

• Sept paroles du Christ, oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra, Notre-Dame-des-Champs Church, 1883, with Charlotte Jacquemont, a soprano student of Mr. Saint-Yves Bax, and Devineau, tenor, student of Crosti, and one hundred and fifty performers, conducted by Mr. Lucien Michelot, choirmaster.
• Les Jardins d'Armide, lyrical scene, or cantata (1886, libretto by Émile Moreau). Prix Rossini
• 2 Pièces pour violoncelle, avec piano (1890)*: Sérénade mélancolique; Badinage
• La source, three-part chorus a cappella on a poem by Théophile Gautier (1898)
• Solo de trompette en fa*, avec piano (1899)
• Enguerrande, lyrical drama in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, libretto by Victor Wilder after the poem by Émile Bergerat, created at the Opéra-Comique on 9 may 1892. Choudens 1892
• Poèmes d'amour, ten songs on poems by Rodolphe Darzens [fr] 1895
• Trimazô (Chanson de Mai). Poem by André Theuriet : P. Colin (Nîmes) 1895
• Sérénade pour violon solo et 3 violons concertants, Durand et fils, Paris, 1903
• Impressions sylvestres, 5 pieces for Cello & Piano (1906)
• Fantaisie concertante* for double bass and piano. Durand 1907
• Si mes vers avaient des ailes* and Aime celui qui t'aime, et sois heureuse (1909, poems by Victor Hugo)
• Hymne à la beauté, poem by Stéphan Bordèse (1847-1919), for high voice, Durand & fils (Paris) 1909
• En avril, dans les bois, Printemps triste, Mythologie (André Theuriet), 1909
• Le poème du travail* (1911, words by Maurice Bouchor) for tenor solo, choir and orchestra (70 pages)
• L'Alouette (Theuriet), choir for 3 voices, 1911
• Les deux ménétriers* (1912, poem by Jean Richepin), choir for 4 voices
• Piano trio* (1912)
• Méditation, for organ, 1912 in Maîtres contemporains de l’orgue, Vol.1
• La Chanson du Charbonnier (1903) - song of the Charcoal-burner (poem by André Theuriet), choir for 4 voices and orchestra
• Violin Sonata* (1921)
• * Les Demoiselles de St. Cyr, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 19 April 1921 (composed much earlier)
• 2 Pièces pour hautbois et piano* (1922)
• Complainte de la Glu (poem by Jean Richepin), for voice and piano, 1922
• Harpe éolienne* (1923); Carillon; David devant l'arche, in Fresque marine, Vol. 1, by Alexander Rider (harp)
• Choral pour contrebasse et piano* (1924)
• 3 Pièces pour flûte et piano* (1927): Pastorale; L'étoile du berger; Faunes et dryades dansent au clair de lune
• Vocalise-Étude
• Three pieces for piano: L'Aurore sur le lac; Dans la montagne; Rondes enfantines. Durand 1931
• Ronde, score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & Cie
• Tambourin, score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & Cie
• Le Chêne abattu, choir for three equal voices. Score for chant. Durand & Cie
• Tercet, on a poem by A. Steenackers (Aline, Pierre Louÿs's wife?)
• Les caresses, ten songs on poems by Jean Richepin, Grus éditions, 1889
• Quatre mélodies, poems by Henri de Régnier (on lieder.net)

'*' Free scores on imslp.org

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