Alfred Bachelet Explained

Alfred Bachelet (26 February 1864 – 10 February 1944) was a French composer, conductor and teacher.

Biography

Born in Paris, Bachelet studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Ernest Guiraud and obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1890 with his cantata Cléopâtre after a text by Fernand Beissier. He was conductor of the choir in 1907, then conductor of the Paris Opera. He served as director of the Nancy Conservatory from 1919 until his death in 1944. He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1929.[1]

Bachelet died in Nancy on 10 February 1944.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alfred Bachelet, classical music composer . Classical Connect . 25 August 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: Quand la cloche sonnera... : drame musical en un acte. Bibliothèques spécialisées de la Ville de Paris. 24 August 2018.
  3. Web site: ECMF (1918-1944) - Auteur : Hanswick (Yoris d') . 194.254.96.55. 13 April 2021.
  4. http://data.bnf.fr/10490818/pierre_de_wattyne/ Pierre De Wattyne (1885-19..)