# Auguste Chapuis

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**Auguste Chapuis** (oɡyst ʃapɥi; 25 April 1858 – 6 December 1933) was a 19th/20th century French [composer](/source/Composer), [organist](/source/Organist), and professor. He was a student with [César Franck](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Franck). The [rue Auguste-Chapuis](/source/Rue_Auguste-Chapuis) in the [20th arrondissement of Paris](/source/20th_arrondissement_of_Paris) was named after him when he died in 1933.

He was awarded the [Prix Rossini](/source/Prix_Rossini) in [1886](/source/1886_in_music) for *Les Jardins d'Armide* on a [libretto](/source/Libretto) by the [playwright](/source/Playwright) [Émile Moreau](/source/%C3%89mile_Moreau_(playwright)).

In 1894, he succeeded [Adolphe Danhauser](/source/Adolphe_Danhauser) as head of the municipal [orphéon](/source/Orph%C3%A9on) of Paris.

Two scores were dedicated to him, one by [Jacques Charlot](/source/Jacques_Charlot), *Chanson* (1910), for piano, and the other one by [Samuel Rousseau](/source/Samuel_Rousseau_(composer)), *12 Pièces* for organ.

## Works (selection)

- *Sept paroles du Christ*, oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra, [Notre-Dame-des-Champs Church](/source/Notre-Dame-des-Champs,_Paris), 1883, with Charlotte Jacquemont, a soprano student of Mr. Saint-Yves Bax,[1] and Devineau, tenor, student of [Crosti](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Crosti), and one hundred and fifty performers, conducted by Mr. Lucien Michelot, choirmaster.[2]
- *Les Jardins d'Armide*, lyrical scene, or cantata (1886, libretto by [Émile Moreau](/source/%C3%89mile_Moreau_(playwright))). Prix Rossini
- *2 Pièces pour violoncelle*, avec piano (1890)*: Sérénade mélancolique; Badinage[3]
- *La source*, three-part chorus a cappella on a poem by [Théophile Gautier](/source/Th%C3%A9ophile_Gautier) (1898)
- *Solo de trompette en fa**, avec piano (1899)
- *[Enguerrande](/source/Enguerrande)*, lyrical drama in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, libretto by Victor Wilder after the poem by [Émile Bergerat](/source/%C3%89mile_Bergerat), created at the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique) on 9 may [1892](/source/1892_in_music). Choudens 1892 [4]
- *Poèmes d'amour*, ten songs on poems by [Rodolphe Darzens](/source/Rodolphe_Darzens) 1895[5]
- *Trimazô* (*Chanson de Mai*). Poem by André Theuriet : P. Colin (Nîmes) 1895 [6]
- *Sérénade pour violon solo et 3 violons concertants*, Durand et fils, Paris, 1903 [7]
- *Impressions sylvestres*, 5 pieces for Cello & Piano (1906)[8]
- *Fantaisie concertante** for [double bass](/source/Double_bass) and piano.[9] Durand 1907
- *Si mes vers avaient des ailes**[10] and *Aime celui qui t'aime, et sois heureuse*[11] (1909, poems by [Victor Hugo](/source/Victor_Hugo))
- *Hymne à la beauté*, poem by Stéphan Bordèse (1847-1919), for high voice, Durand & fils (Paris) 1909[12]
- *En avril, dans les bois*, *Printemps triste*, *Mythologie*[13] ([André Theuriet](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Theuriet)), 1909
- *Le poème du travail** (1911, words by [Maurice Bouchor](/source/Maurice_Bouchor)) for tenor solo, choir and orchestra (70 pages)
- *L'Alouette* (Theuriet), choir for 3 voices, 1911[14]
- *Les deux ménétriers** (1912, poem by [Jean Richepin](/source/Jean_Richepin)), choir for 4 voices
- *Piano trio** (1912)
- *Méditation*, for organ, 1912 in Maîtres contemporains de l’orgue, Vol.1[15]
- *La Chanson du Charbonnier* (1903) - song of the Charcoal-burner (poem by [André Theuriet](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Theuriet)), choir for 4 voices and orchestra[16]
- *Violin Sonata** (1921)
- * *Les Demoiselles de St. Cyr*,[17] [Opéra de Monte-Carlo](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_de_Monte-Carlo), 19 April 1921 (composed much earlier)[18]
- *2 Pièces pour hautbois et piano** (1922)
- *Complainte de la Glu* (poem by Jean Richepin), for voice and piano, 1922[19]
- *Harpe éolienne** (1923); *Carillon*; *David devant l'arche*, in *Fresque marine*, Vol. 1, by Alexander Rider (harp)[20]
- *Choral pour contrebasse et piano** (1924)
- *3 Pièces pour flûte et piano** (1927): Pastorale; L'étoile du berger; Faunes et dryades dansent au clair de lune[21]
- *Vocalise-Étude*[22]
- Three pieces for piano: *L'Aurore sur le lac*; *Dans la montagne*; *Rondes enfantines*. Durand 1931
- *Ronde*, score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & Cie
- *Tambourin*, score for 2 female voices or children song. Durand & Cie
- *Le Chêne abattu*, choir for three equal voices. Score for chant. Durand & Cie
- *Tercet*, on a poem by A. Steenackers (Aline, [Pierre Louÿs](/source/Pierre_Lou%C3%BFs)'s wife?)
- *Les caresses*, ten songs on poems by Jean Richepin, Grus éditions, 1889[23]
- *Quatre mélodies*, poems by [Henri de Régnier](/source/Henri_de_R%C3%A9gnier) (on lieder.net)

'*' Free scores on imslp.org

## References

1. Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Saint-Yves Bax (Paris, 3 October 1829 - 9 February 1897, Paris)

1. [\[1\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k23673281/f2.item.r=%22sept%20paroles%20du%20christ%22.zoom) *Le Progrès artistique*, 23 March 1883, on Gallica

1. [& https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3196565?rk=214593;2](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k319655s?rk=193134;0) : free scores on Gallica

1. [\[2\]](https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0000355697) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[3\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k312738m?rk=21459;2) : Score on Gallica

1. [\[4\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1910037n/f3.item.r=Trimaz%C3%B4%20(chanson%20de%20Mai)) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[5\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10881289s/f15.item) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[6\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5794840p/f5.item.r=%22Auguste%20Chapuis%22.zoom) : Gallica

1. [\[7\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3102497?rk=407727;2) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[8\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1169184w?rk=42918;4) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[9\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1169181n?rk=150215;2) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[10\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1169186q/f1.item) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[11\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k11691859?rk=128756;0); [\[12\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1169183g?rk=107296;4)[\[13\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k11691822?rk=64378;0) : free scores on Gallica

1. [\[14\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k11691859?rk=128756;0) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[15\]](https://imslp.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ditation_(Chapuis%2C_Auguste)) : free score on IMSLP

1. [\[16\]](https://www.abebooks.it/spartiti/CHAPUIS-Auguste-Chanson-Charbonnier-Chant-Orchestre/22733153402/bd#&gid=1&pid=1) : Abebooks

1. , musical comedy in four acts. Piano-vocal score : Chaudens 1921

1. The work was commissioned by [Albert Carré](/source/Albert_Carr%C3%A9) and was to be performed at the Opéra-Comique during the 1903–1904 season. ([\[17\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1796286d/f2.item.r=%22Les%20Demoiselles%20de%20St%20%20Cyr%22.zoom) : *La Gazette de Biarritz-Bayonne et Saint-Jean-de-Luz*, on Gallica). Announced again for the following season, it was still not on the programme in 1917, lamented the journalist from *La Rampe*. ([*La Rampe*, on Gallica](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5725380v/f18.item.r=%22Les%20Demoiselles%20de%20St%20%20Cyr%22.zoom:)) It was finally presented at the [Monte Carlo Opera House](/source/Monte_Carlo_Opera_House) in 1921, with [Nelly Martyl](/source/Nelly_Martyl) (leading role), [Geneviève Vix](/source/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Vix) (as Louise Mauclair), Paul Goffin (1885-1947) [\[18\]](https://historicaltenors.net/belgian/goffin.html) and [Dinh Gilly](/source/Dinh_Gilly). Libretto (based on [Alexandre Dumas](/source/Alexandre_Dumas)'s *The Young Ladies of Saint-Cyr*, 1843): André Lénéka and Arthur Bernède ([\[19\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k45579709/f5.item.r=%22Les%20Demoiselles%20de%20St%20%20Cyr%22.zoom) on Gallica). Lénéka (1856–1937) was also the chief editor of *La Rampe*, a critic, theatre director, writer of comedies and libretti for opéras comiques: *Les Folies amoureuses* (music by [Émile Pessard](/source/%C3%89mile_Pessard)), *Ninon de Lenclos* (music by [Louis Maingueneau](/source/Louis_Maingueneau_(organiste)), *La Mare au diable*, *Ramponnette* (music by Casimir Baille and Sélim), *Mam'zelle Vendémiaire* (music by [Germaine Raynal](/source/Germaine_Raynal) and [Ernest Gillet](/source/Ernest_Gillet)), as well as comédies-vaudevilles: "Veuve avant la lettre", "Ma Capitaine", "La Chasse aux mariés" (with [Henri Kerny](/source/Henri_Kerny)), etc.

1. [\[20\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k393591m/f11.item) : free score on Gallica

1. [\[21\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k44688776/f3.item.r=%22Auguste%20Chapuis%22.zoom) L'Ere nouvelle, January 20, 1924, on Gallica

1. [\[22\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52502609b?rk=21459;2) : free score on Gallica

1. Part of a collection of Vocalises-Études commissioned from various composers and compiled into a single volume by [Amédée-Louis Hettich](/source/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e-Louis_Hettich) (1930) : [\[23\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54305724w/f1195.image.r=%22Auguste%20Chapuis%22?rk=42918;4)

1. [\[24\]](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k121043f/f271.image.r=%22les%20caresses%22?rk=321890;0) : free score on Gallica. Words on Lieder.net

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