Auguste Chapuis
Auguste Chapuis was a 19th/20th century French composer, organist, and professor. He
was a student with César Franck. The 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 of Paris.
Two scores were dedicated to him, one by Jacques Charlot, Chanson, 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. Prix Rossini2 Pièces pour violoncelle, avec piano *: Sérénade mélancolique; BadinageLa source, three-part chorus a cappella on a poem by Théophile Gautier Solo de trompette en fa*, avec piano 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 1895Trimazô. Poem by André Theuriet : P. Colin 1895 Sérénade pour violon solo et 3 violons concertants, Durand et fils, Paris, 1903 Impressions sylvestres, 5 pieces for Cello & Piano Fantaisie concertante* for double bass and piano. Durand 1907Si mes vers avaient des ailes* and Aime celui qui t'aime, et sois heureuse Hymne à la beauté, poem by Stéphan Bordèse, for high voice, Durand & fils 1909En avril, dans les bois, Printemps triste, Mythologie, 1909Le poème du travail* for tenor solo, choir and orchestra L'Alouette, choir for 3 voices, 1911Les deux ménétriers*, choir for 4 voices Piano trio* Méditation, for organ, 1912 in Maîtres contemporains de l’orgue, Vol.1 La Chanson du Charbonnier - song of the Charcoal-burner, choir for 4 voices and orchestra Violin Sonata*
- * Les Demoiselles de St. Cyr, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 19 April 1921 2 Pièces pour hautbois et piano* Complainte de la Glu, for voice and piano, 1922Harpe éolienne* ; Carillon; David devant l'arche, in Fresque marine, Vol. 1, by Alexander Rider Choral pour contrebasse et piano* 3 Pièces pour flûte et piano* : Pastorale; L'étoile du berger; Faunes et dryades dansent au clair de luneVocalise-Étude
- Three pieces for piano: L'Aurore sur le lac; Dans la montagne; Rondes enfantines. Durand 1931Ronde, score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & CieTambourin, score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & CieLe Chêne abattu, choir for three equal voices. Score for chant. Durand & CieTercet, on a poem by A. Steenackers Les caresses, ten songs on poems by Jean Richepin, Grus éditions, 1889 Quatre mélodies, poems by Henri de Régnier