- Louis Antoine Jullien
Louis Antoine Jullien (
April 23 ,1812 -March 14 ,1860 ) was a French conductor.Jullien was born in
Sisteron ,Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , and was baptised Louis George Maurice Adolphe Roche Albert Abel Antonio Alexandre Noë Jean Lucien Daniel Eugène Joseph-le-brun Joseph-Barême Thomas Thomas Thomas-Thomas Pierre Arbon Pierre-Maurel Barthélemi Artus Alphonse Bertrand Dieudonné Emanuel Josué Vincent Luc Michel Jules-de-la-plane Jules-Bazin Julio César Jullien (his thirty-six Christian names having been bestowed by members of the Sisteron Philharmonic), ["New Grove Dictionary of Opera ", vol 2, p.930.] and studied at the Paris Conservatoire. His fondness for the lighter forms of music cost him his position in the school, and after conducting the band of theJardin Turc he was compelled to leave Paris to escape his creditors, and came toLondon , where he formed a good orchestra and establishedpromenade concert s. Subsequently he travelled toScotland ,Ireland and America with his orchestra. For many years he was a familiar figure in the world of popular music inEngland , and his portly form with its gorgeouswaistcoat s occurs very often in the early volumes of "Punch". He brought out anopera , "Pietro il grande", atCovent Garden (1852) on a scale of magnificence that ruined him, for the piece was a complete failure, despite the presence ofEnrico Tamberlik in the title-role. He was in America until 1854, when he returned to London for a short time; ultimately he went back to Paris, where, in 1859, he was arrested for debt and put into prison.He died in an asylum at
Neuilly-sur-Seine , but was still remembered in London twenty years after his death: he was described as "Jullien, the eminent musico" inW. S. Gilbert 'slibretto for Patience (1881) [ [http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/patience/webop/pat03.html "If you want a receipt for that popular mystery..."] ] .References
*1911|article=Louis Antoine Jullien|url=http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Louis_Antoine_Jullien
*"Louis Jullien : Musique, Spectacle et Folie au XIXe Siècle" by Michel Faul (Alantica, 2006 ISBN 2-35165-038-7)Notes
External links
* [http://louisjullien.site.voila.fr Louis Jullien site (in French)]
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