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Louis Clapisson (1808-86)[E6D] Other names: Antonin-Louis Clapisson[E6D] Honours Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1847[E6D] Biographical French composer, teacher, and curator.[E6D] His father was a horn player who played at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and led the military band for King Joachim Murat.[E6D] His family returned to France and settled in Bordeaux in 1815 where his father was appointed principal horn at the Grand Théâtre, and Louis began his musical studies.[E6D] Began concert tours in southern France, and later joined the Grand Théâtre orchestra as a violinist.[E6D] Joined the Paris Conservatoire, 1830, and studied violin under Habeneck, and counterpoint and fugue with Antoine Reicha.[E6D] Violinist at the Théâtre Italien, and later, with the Paris Opéra in 1832.[E6D] Member of the Institut, 1854.[E6D] Member of the Academia Imperial das Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro.[E6D] Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire, 1862.[E6D] A composer of mainly opéra comique.[E6D] Place of birth: Naples[E6D] Place of death: Paris[E6D] |
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