Jacques Charlot

{{Short description|French composer (1885 - 1915)}}

Jacques Louis Albert Charlot (13 September 1885 – 3 March 1915) was a French composer. He was killed in action, mort pour la France during World War I.

Charlot was born on 13 September 1885 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.{{cite web|title=Archives numérisées d'état civil de Paris, 1885, 17e arr., acte de naissance n° 3064, vue 22/31 |url=https://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjItMDUtMDQiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjM4NDg2O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-145%2C-50&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=185&uielem_brightness=0&uielem_contrast=0&uielem_isinverted=0&uielem_rotate=F}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-04 |title=Jacques Louis Albert Charlot |url=https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YToxMDp7czoxMDoidHlwZV9mb25kcyI7czoxMzoic3BlY2lmX2NsaWVudCI7czoxMDoic3BlY2lmX2ZjdCI7czoyMzoiQXJrTURIVmlzaW9ubmV1c2VJbWFnZXMiO3M6MTg6InNwZWNpZl9uYXZfcGFyX2xvdCI7czoyMjoiQXJrTURITmF2aWdhdGlvblBhckxvdCI7czoxMzoibWRoX2ZvbmRzX2NsZSI7czoxOiIxIjtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MTMwNDA0NztzOjEyOiJpZF9hcmtfZmljaGUiO2k6MTMwNDA0NztzOjk6InB5cmFtaWRhbCI7YjowO3M6MTI6ImltYWdlX2RlcGFydCI7aTowO3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ== |website=www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr}}

A nephew of the music publisher Jacques Durand,{{cite book|author1=François-René Tranchefort |date=1987 |isbn=2-213-01639-9 |location=Paris |page=324 |publisher=Fayard |title=Guide de la musique de piano et de clavecin}} he published with the firm Éditions Durand numerous compositions for piano as well as many transcriptions of the works of others, most notably Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-04 |language=fr |title=Jacques Charlot (18..-1915?) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/15542913/jacques_charlot/ |website=data.bnf.fr}} He wrote reductions for single piano two hands of Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye; of the 3rd movement, Habanera, of his Rapsodie espagnole; and of the 1st piece of his {{ill|Sites auriculaires|fr}} for two pianos.{{Sfn|Marnat|1986|p=327}} He reduced for piano Debussy's Première rhapsodie{{Sfn|Lesure|2003|p=546}} and the {{ill|Petite pièce (Debussy)|fr|Petite pièce de Debussy|lt=Petite pièce}}.{{Sfn|Lesure|2003|p=549}} Of Debussy's other work, he transcribed for piano four hands "Golliwogg's Cake Walk" from Children's Corner,{{Sfn|Lesure|2003|p=543}} {{ill|Hommage à Haydn|fr}}{{Sfn|Lesure|2003|p=545}} and four Préludes.{{Sfn|Lesure|2003|p=547}}

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Mobilized during World War I, he served as a lieutenant in the {{ill|170th infantry regiment (France)|lt=170th infantry regiment|fr|170e régiment d'infanterie (France)}} and was killed at the front at the {{ill|Col de la Chapelotte|fr}} on 3 March 1915.{{cite web|title=Archives numérisées d'état civil de Paris, 1915, 7e arr., acte de décès n° 1640, vue 26/31 |url=https://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjItMDUtMDQiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjU5NTc5O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-627%2C-599&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=198&uielem_brightness=0&uielem_contrast=0&uielem_isinverted=0&uielem_rotate=F}} Ravel dedicated the prelude of his suite Le Tombeau de Couperin to him,{{Sfn|Marnat|1986|p=435}} Debussy the 2nd movement of his En blanc et noir.{{Sfn|Lesure|2003|p=547}}