| Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe | |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1810 |
| Birth Place: | Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Death Place: | Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Composer |
| Children: | Charles Henri Boyer de Fonscolombe Fernand Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe |
| Parents: | Charles Boyer de Fonscolombe Emilie de Cotto |
Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe (1810–1875) was a French aristocrat and composer.
Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe was born on 27 October 1810 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] [2] The Boyer de Fonscolombe family became an aristocratic family with his paternal great-great-grandfather Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe (1683–1743), who served as Secretary to King Louis XV of France (1710–1774).[2] [3] His father was Charles Boyer de Fonscolombe (1778–1838) and his mother, Emilie de Cotto (1790-unknown).[2] He had two brothers, Philippe and Ludovic.[3] Gabriel-Barthélemy de Magneval (1751–1821) was his grandfather.
He was trained as a lawyer, and was an amateur entomologist and botanist.[1]
He became a renowned music composer.[4] He wrote an opera, Un Prisonnier en Crimée.[1] He also composed motets, melodies for Roman Catholic Masses, etc.[1] He served as a chapel master in the Église de la Madeleine in Aix.[1] He was friends with composer Félicien David (1810–1876), who honoured him with two of his songs: "Eden and Moïse au Sinaï.[1]
He was made a hereditary Baron by Emperor Napoleon III (1808–1873) on 1 August 1864.[1]
He was married to Anne Salavy, daughter of Jacques-Henri Salavy and granddaughter of politician Jean-Honoré Salavy (1749–1823).[3] They had two sons:
He resided with his family in the Château de La Môle, a castle in La Môle belonging to the Boyer de Fonscolombe family since 1770.[4] [5] They also lived in a family hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence: the Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, now listed as a monument historique, located at 21 rue Gaston de Saporta.
He died on 21 March 1875 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] [2]