Leplus, Gabriel |
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BORN c7 Sep 1806, Lille, Nord - DIED 18 Mar 1874, Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise: 98 boulevard Héloïse BIRTH NAME Leplus, Louis Marie Gabriel GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 22, en bas de l'escalier Samson, près de l'avenue du Tunnel) |
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Gabel Leplus was the son of the music teacher Joachim François Joseph Leplus. His birthdate is uncertain. He won first prize for flute at the Conservatory of Paris in 1825. He worked as solo flutist at the Opéra-Comique, at the Théâtre-Italien and at the Opera. In 1838 he married the singer Jenny Colon, but she died in 1842. In 1846 he married Antoinette Habeneck, the daughter of François Habeneck. With her he had three children. He wrote and published nusic for the flute until into the 1850s. Family • Wife: Colon, Jenny (1838-1842, Paris) |
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 The grave of Jenny Colon at the Cimetière Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (20 Feb 2016) |
