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Jules Massenet

Also known as Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

French composer (1842–1912)

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Jules Massenet was a French composer who lived from 1842 to 1912 and created music during a significant period of European classical music history. He is remembered as an important figure in French opera and composition of the late 19th century.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of death: Paris
Occupation: organist
Position held: president
Educated at: Lycée Saint-Louis
Employer: Conservatoire de Paris
Languages spoken: French
Notable work: Cendrillon
Student of: François Bazin
Genre: classical music
Instrument: pipe organ
Image: Jules Massenet by Eugène Pirou, edit (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Jules Massenet
date of birth: 1842-05-12
date of death: 1912-08-13
student: George Enesco
topic's main category: Category:Jules Massenet
name in native language: Jules Massenet
birth name: Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet
cause of death: cancer
manner of death: natural causes
Commons Creator page: Jules Massenet
writing language: French
related category: Category:Compositions by Jules Massenet
P12674: Christine Egerszegi
P12749: Hifikepunye Pohamba
archives at: Berlin State Library

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Jules Massenet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Ève [Music noticed]: Èère in 3 parties

La Vierge [Música notada]: légende sacrée en quatre scènes

Narcisse [Música notada] : idylle antique pour & choeur

Poëme d'octobre [Música notada]

Poëme d'amour : (printemps 1879)

Les oiselets [Música notada]

Don Chisciotte : commedia eroica in cinque atti

Don Quixote : heroic comedy in five acts

Improvisations. 1 [Música notada] : 20 pièces pour le piano, en trois livres

Scènes hongroises [Música notada] : 2me. suite d'orchestre

Le roi de Lahore [Música notada] :]opèra en 5 actes

Werther - Ah! non mi ridestar! : (Do not wake me!); (act 3)/(masset)

Werther: 3rd act, letter scene; II part, Lotte: “Zum Window Wert empor”/(I. ther et)

“Manon”: Flieh “, o flieh”! (Ah! Fuyez douce image)/((et)

Flieh, o flieh, woody picture: from: Manon/J. Fet

“Flieh ‘, o flieh’” [holdes Bild!]: Church scene of the Chevalier Des Grieux aus “Manon”; [3rd act]/("et)

Werther: Strofe - Ah! non mi ridestar! / (mass set)

Includes: Werther, Lorsque l “Enfant revient d” un voyage/ält et [Unity Thought: Werther <Lorsque l “enfant revient d” un voyage>] (further template title)

Manon: Minuetto/(mass set)

Manon (opera) Manon (opera)

Cherubin: Aubade/(masset)

Manon: Adieu, noter petite table, acte II/(masset)

Si tu le veux/(Koechlin)

Church scene of the Des Grieux “Flieh ‘o flieh’”: from “Manon”/(chet)

The army of Mohameds: from “Der König von Lahore”/von Die et

aria from “Werther”/(e et)

Manon: Sogno/(masset)

D 'acqua aspergimi: “Thaïs”/(masset)

Manon: VIII - acte 1; final duo: Manon-des-Grieux (2e partie)/(Mus. de J. Manet. Livret de H. Meilhac et Ph. Gille)

Elegie/(Mass et)

Tais: Air du miroir; 2e partie/(masset)

Elegie/(Mass et)

Manon: acte 1: “Je suis encore toute étourdie”/(Livre de H. Meilhac et Ph. Gille). (Musique de J. Masset)

Ô souverain! ô juge! ô père! : “Le Cid”/(: et)

“Manon”: Flieh “, o flieh”/(Manet)

Manon: Gavota/(masset)

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Encyclopedic overview

Cabinet card of Massenet by Eugène Pirou, 1895

Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet ( French: [ʒyl emil fʁedeʁik masnɛ]; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.

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