# Jean Conte

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{{short description|French violinist and composer}}
'''Jean Conte''' (12 May 1830 – 1 April 1888) was a French violinist, composer, and music teacher.

==Career==
Born in [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse), Conte attended the conservatory of Toulouse, founded shortly before as a branch of the [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris), which at the time was directed by Louis Debrucq. After outstanding results in violin and [solfège](/source/solf%C3%A8ge) he was sent to Paris, where he studied violin with [Jean-Delphin Alard](/source/Jean-Delphin_Alard) and [Lambert Massart](/source/Lambert_Massart) and composition with [Michele Carafa](/source/Michele_Carafa).

Conte financed his studies as a [conductor](/source/Conducting) at the ''Théâtre des Jeunes-Acteurs'', founded by [Louis Comte](/source/Louis_Comte) and directed by [Jacques Offenbach](/source/Jacques_Offenbach) in 1855. In that year, Conte won the [Premier Grand Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome) with the [cantata](/source/cantata) ''Acis et Galatée'' after [Camille du Locle](/source/Camille_du_Locle). During his stay at the [Villa Medici](/source/Villa_Medici) in Rome, traditionally associated with the prize, he composed a ''Messe solennelle'' (1856), the Italian opera ''Isabelle di Lara'' (1857) as well as a ''Dies irae'' and a symphony.

After his return to Paris Conte became a teacher at the music school of the ''Frères de Passy'' and in 1867 violist in the orchestra of the [Paris Opera](/source/Paris_Opera) and the [Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire](/source/Orchestre_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_Concerts_du_Conservatoire). Together with [Adrien Barthe](/source/Adrien_Barthe) he composed a [double concerto](/source/double_concerto) for violin and piano based on Italian songs. At the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique), his opera ''Beppo'' was premiered in 1877 after a libretto by [Louis Gallet](/source/Louis_Gallet). Furthermore, he composed a number of songs (''Où vont donc les hirondelles'', ''Le Grand Veneur'', ''La Marchande de plaisirs'') and published a ''Méthode de violon''.

==External links==
* [https://data.bnf.fr/fr/14830730/jean_conte/ BnF data]

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Category:19th-century French classical composers
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Category:French male classical composers
Category:French music educators
Category:French Romantic composers
Category:French opera composers
Category:Musicians from Toulouse
Category:Prix de Rome for composition
Category:19th-century French male composers

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