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François Adrien Boieldieu
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French composer
OverviewAI-generated
François Adrien Boieldieu was a French conductor, musicologist, music educator, and university teacher. He worked in Rouen and Paris and was employed by the Conservatoire de Paris. His compositions belong to the classical music movement and include the opera genre. Notable works include *La dame blanche* and *Le calife de Bagdad*. Other significant works are *Il berrettino rosso*, *Les béarnais ; ou, Henri IV en voyage*, *Le nouveau seigneur de village*, and *Pharamond*.
Boieldieu was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and received the Knight of the Legion of Honour. He was influenced by André Grétry and partnered in business with Luigi Cherubini and Daniel François Esprit Auber. His students included Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann and Adolphe Adam. He was born in Rouen and died in Varennes-Jarcy. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Cimetière monumental de Rouen.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1775
- Died
- 1834
- Works
- 131
Top works
- Il berrettino rosso
- Les béarnais ; ou, Henri IV en voyage
- Le nouveau seigneur de village
- Pharamond
- Nouveau Seigneur de Village
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1775
- Active to
- 1834
Discography
- Boieldieu: Concerto pour harpe / Pierné: Concertstück, op. 39 / Mozart: Concerto pour flûte et harpe, KV 2991985
- La Dame blanche1989
- French Music for Flute and Harp1991
- La Dame blanche1996
- La Dame blanche1997
- Harfenkonzerte1999
- Harp Concertos2013
- Opéra-Comique Overtures2020
- Concerto for Piano / Concerto for Harp
- Deux concertos pour harpe
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 246
- Total plays
- 2,173
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,450x
- New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0
· 2010 · cited 16,956x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,882x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,233x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1775-12-16 ) 16 December 1775, Rouen , France
- Died
- 8 October 1834 (1834-10-08) (aged 58), Varennes-Jarcy , France
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Rouen
- Place of death
- Varennes-Jarcy
- Occupation
- composer
- Employer
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Le calife de Bagdad
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Léon Riesener - Portrait de François-Adrien Boieldieu.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons category
- François Adrien Boieldieu
- date of birth
- 1775-12-16
- date of death
- 1834-10-08
- student
- Adolphe Adam
- name in native language
- François-Adrien Boieldieu
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- influenced by
- André Grétry
- writing language
- French
- P8168
- Kweisi Mfume
- P12749
- Wilhelm Groener
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to François Adrien Boieldieu, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Songs from: Carl von France or The Pilgrims of Mecca: comic opera in 2 acts
Album ouvertur
Bílá paní
Bílá paní
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Jean de Paris [Música notada]: opéra
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Ouverture de Calife de Bagdad [Música notada]
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Ouverture du Nouveau Seigneur de Village [Música notada] :]a grand orchestre
Rondeau de Zoraïme et Zulnar [Música notada]
Du soleil qui le suit [Música notada] :]3e romance
Air du troubadour de Zoraïme et Zulnar [Música notada]
The White Lady: Cavatine “Komm, o holde Dame”/(Boieldieu)
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Come on, O holde Dame: from “Die weisse Dame”/[François Adrien Boieldieu]
La dame blance: Ah! quel plaisir d 'être soldat; (act 1)/(Boieldieu)
The White Lady: “Come, o holde Dame”/(A. Boieldieu)
The White Lady (Opera) The White Lady (Opera)
The White Lady: Cavatine: “Komm, o holde Dame”/(Boieldieu)
La dame blanche: Cavatine/Boieldieu
D 'ici voyez ce beau domaine/(Boieldieu)
Spider song from “Weisse Dame”/(Boieldieu)
Ballad: D “ici voyez ce beau domaine, Considered this castle Zinnen; de l” opéra La dame blanche
Die Die Die Die on Kamchatka: an opera in drey elevators; for the k. k. Hoftheater
Romance et choeur :aus Johann von Paris
Telemach: Opera in drey files
Rothkäppchen: romantic opera in three acts
Arias and chants from the song game: The Calif of Baghdad: in a lift
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Encyclopedic overview
François-Adrien Boieldieu ( pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa a.dʁi.(j)ɛ̃ bɔ.jɛl.djø], also [bwa(.ɛ)l.djø]) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". Although his reputation is largely based upon his operas, Boieldieu composed other works and among them, his Harp Concerto in C (1800–1801) is a masterpiece of the harp repertory.
Biography
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