Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier

{{Short description|French organist and composer}}

Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier (31 July 1766 – 7 September 1834) was a French organist and composer.{{harvsp|Honegger|1970|p=81}}.

Biography

Born in Lyon, Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier succeeded his father Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier at the pipe organ of the Église Saint-Paul. After the French Revolution, he got the incumbent position at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and in 1815, that of Saint-Eustache.

In addition to vocal works on patriotic and sacred texts, he is also responsible for Pièces pour piano-forte, Romances, 6 Magnificat, 2 Te Deum, 6 Hymnes pour les principales fêtes de l'année, 15 noëls, organ masses, a Journal d'orgue published from 1822.

The best known piece of Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier is Victoire de l’Armée d’Italie[http://data.bnf.fr/13908104/jacques-marie_beauvarlet-charpentier_victoire_de_l_armee_d_italie/ Victoire de l'armée d'Italie] on data.bnf.fr or Bataille de Montenotte, for forte-piano, or organ, published in Paris c. 1797.

He died in Paris on 7 September 1834.

Bibliography

  • {{Cite book|language=fr|first1=Marc|last1=Honegger|authorlink1=Marc Honegger|title=Dictionnaire de la musique : les hommes et leurs œuvres |publisher=Éditions Bordas|location=Paris|year=1970|pages=590}} {{BNF|35111352r}}.
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=DhMrAAAAYAAJ&dq=jacques-marie+beauvarlet-charpentier&pg=PA173 Journal des Artistes] Obituary.
  • David Fuller and Bruce Gustafson. Beauvarlet-Charpentier, Jacques-Marie Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 8 November 2012.

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