Amédée Artus
Amedée Urbain Louis Henry Joseph Artus (28 October 1815 – 26 March 1892) was a 19th-century French conductor and composer, author of more than eight hundred incidental music pieces. Amédée Artus was born in Perpignan, Amédée Arthur was the son of Joseph Pierre Artus (1791–1864) and Marie Angélique Salvo (1793–1864), both also from Perpignan. His father played the viola, and he was the older brother of Alexandre Artus, also a conductor and composer.
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Amédée Artus
Emy, Henry (en 1820 - en 1874), dessinateur-lithographe · CC0
- Birth Name
- Amedée, Urbain, Louis, Henry, Joseph Artus
- Born
- 28 October 1815
- Birthplace
- Perpignan
- Died
- 16 March 1892
- Place of death
- Ille-sur-Têt
- Occupation
- Composer
- Full name
- Amedée, Urbain, Louis, Henry and Joseph Artus.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- classical music.
- Languages
- French.
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Amedée Urbain Louis Henry Joseph Artus (28 October 1815 – 26 March 1892) was a 19th-century French conductor and composer, author of more than eight hundred incidental music pieces. Amédée Artus was born in Perpignan, Amédée Arthur was the son of Joseph Pierre Artus (1791–1864) and Marie Angélique Salvo (1793–1864), both also from Perpignan. His father played the viola, and he was the older brother of Alexandre Artus, also a conductor and composer.
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• Birth Name — Amedée, Urbain, Louis, Henry, Joseph Artus • Born — 28 October 1815 • Birthplace — Perpignan • Died — 16 March 1892 • Place of death — Ille-sur-Têt • Occupation — Composer
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• 1842: Paris la nuit, drama in 5 acts and 8 scenes by Charles Dupeuty and Eugène Cormon, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (26 June) • 1843: Un Français en Sibérie, drama in 3 acts by Charles Lafont and Noël Parfait, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (27 July). • 1843: Les Bohémiens de Paris, drama in 5 acts by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Grangé, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (27 September) • 1844: Les Amants de Murcie, drama in 5 acts and 6 scenes by Frédéric Soulié, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (9 March) • 1845: Les Mousquetaires, drama in 5 acts and 12 scenes by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu (27 October) • 1846: La Closerie des Genêts, drama in 5 acts and 8 scenes by Frédéric Soulié, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (14 October) • 1847: Le Fils du diable, drama in 5 acts and 12 scenes by Paul Féval and Saint-Yves, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (24 August) • 1848: Le Morne-au-Diable, drama in 5 acts and 7 scenes by Eugène Sue, directed by Saint-Ernest, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (5 August). • 1849: Le Pardon de Bretagne, drama in 5 acts and 7 scenes by Marc Fournier, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (13 January) • 1853: Le Ciel et l'Enfer, féérie mingled with songs and dances, in 5 acts and 20 scenes, by Hippolyte Lucas, Eugène Barré and Victor Hugo, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (23 May). • 1854: Le Juif de Venise, drama in 5 acts and 7 scenes by Ferdinand Dugué, after Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (13 January) • 1857: Les Chevaliers du brouillard, drama in 5 acts and 10 scenes by Adolphe d'Ennery and Ernest Bourget, at Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (10 July) • 1860: Le Juif errant, drama à grand spectacle in 5 acts and 17 scenes, with prologue and epilogue by Arthur Dinaux and Adolphe d'Ennery, after Eugène Sue's novel, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (15 June). • 1866: La Bergère d'Ivry, drama in 5 acts by Eugène Grangé and Lambert-Thiboust, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (30 June). • 1868: Le Drame de Faverne, drama in 5 acts and 6 scenes by Théodore Barrière and Léon Beauvallet, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (6 February) • 1881: Les Mille et Une Nuits, féérie in 3 acts and 31 scenes by Adolphe d'Ennery and Paul Ferrier, at Théâtre du Châtelet (14 December)
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- 1.Acte de naissance (vue 179/214). Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales en ligne, état-civil de Perpignan, registre des naissances de 1815.
- 2.Acte de décès n° 77 (vue 273/376). Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales en ligne, état-civil d'Ille-sur-Têt, registres NMD de 1888-1892.
- 3.Amédée Artus et Charles de Chilly avaient respectivement épousé Marie et Charlotte Burgairolles, filles d'un contrebassiste de l'orchestre de l'Ambigu-Comique .
- 4.Musiciens d'autrefois : les Artus. Comœdia, 28 août 1922, p. 3, .
- 5.Dictionnaire des lauréats. Article Artus. Le Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation : documents historiques et administratifs, par Constant Pierre, p. 688, Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 1900, .
- 6.Un Français en Sibérie pièce imprimée s.l.n.d., .
- 7.Le Morne-au-Diable édition non datée de la pièce, .
- 8.Le Ciel et l'Enfer pièce publiée chez Lévy frères, .
- 9.Affiche du spectacle .
- 10.La Bergère d'Ivry pièce imprimée s.l.n.d., .
- 11.Les décorations du janvier. Le Radical, 2 janvier 1889, p. 2, .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Marius Boisson, Musiciens d'autrefois : les Artus, Comœdia, Paris, 1922 .
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