Jules Pillevesse

Jules Pillevesse
Born 11 November 1837
Belleville
Died 27 June 1903(1903-06-27) (aged 65)
Montrouge
Occupation Composer
Conductor

Jules Pilevesse (11 November 1837 – 27 June 1903) was an 19th-century French composer and conductor.

Biography

The son of François Pillevesse and Marguerite Bérard, Jules-François Pillevesse began his musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won several awards in music theory (1852), harmony (1856), in the class of Napoléon Henri Reber, cello (1856), counterpoint and fugue (1857) in the class of Michele Carafa. In 1858, he ran for the prix de Rome with the cantata Jephté for which he received an honorable mention, behind Samuel David and Edmond Cherouvrier.[1]

Jules Pillevesse made a conducting career in Paris, in particular at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. Under the name Pillevestre, he wrote instrumental works and military music. However, we know an one-act operetta Robinson Crusoé, which was presented in 1866 at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes.

Jules Pillevesse died 27 June 1903 at Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine).

Some works

The library of the Garde républicaine in Paris also keeps some pieces by Jules Pillevestre. He also made an arrangement for concert band of the operetta Le Baron tzigane (Der Zigeunerbaron) by Johann Strauss II.

References

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