Lamoureux, Charles |
| VIOLINIST, CONDUCTOR (FRANCE) |
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BORN 28 Sep 1834, Bordeaux, Gironde - DIED 21 Dec 1899, Paris GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 29, avenue de la Croix, ligne 10, numéro 01) |
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Charles Lamoreux was the son a café owner. At the Conservatory in Paris, he studied violin under Narcisse Girard. In 1854 he won a First Prize. He worked as a violist at the Opéra in Paris and was a member of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. In 1860 he was one of the founders of the Séances Populaires de Musique de Chambre. On 28 November of that year he married Marie Pauline Mussot (1839-1876) in Paris. In 1872 he founded a quartet that grew into a chamber orchestra. After assisting at the Handel Festival in London he founded the Société Française de l'Harmonie Sacrée in Paris. In 1873 he conducted the first performance of Handel's "Messiah" in Paris. Engagements at the Opéra-Comique and the Opera soon ended after quarrels. From 1881 to 1897 he gave weekly concerts in Paris with his own orchestra. He married the singer Marie Hélène Brunet-Lafleur on 29 May 1890 in Paris Lamoureux often performed works by Richard Wagner, including the first performance in France of "Lohengrin" at the Eden-Théâtre in 1887. He often performed in London and he toured in Russia in 1893. In 1897 he was succeeded by his son-in-law Camille Chevillard. Shortly after successfully staging Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" in Paris he died in that city in 1899. Related persons • was pupil of Girard, Narcisse • performed work of Wagner, Richard |
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 The grave of Charles Lamoureux at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (03 Nov 2022) |
Sources • Charles Lamoureux - Wikipedia (EN) |
