Adolphe Blanc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolphe Blanc

French composer

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1828

Place of Birth: Manosque, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 10-Jun-1885

Profession: composer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Adolphe Blanc (24 June 1828 – May 1885) was a French composer of chamber music. Blanc was born in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
At the age of 13 he was sent to study violin at the Paris Conservatoire.
Though he studied under Fromental Halévy, and though his one-act comic opera Les Deux Billets was performed in 1868, Blanc's refined music lies in the Romantic Viennese tradition of hausmusik for private performance, music that was essentially peripheral to the public musical life of contemporary Paris, centered on opera, and Blanc has been largely overlooked.
There are three string trios, four string quartets, seven string quintets of various configurations, 15 piano trios, piano quartets and quintets as well as settings and arrangements, songs, pieces for piano and violin, choral works and some orchestral works. He was conductor at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, 1855 – 1860, and died in Paris. None of his music, save perhaps the Septet opus 40, can be called familiar.
The following have been recorded: Trio for piano, clarinet and cello op.
23 Quintet for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon op.
37 Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass, op.
40 (1860) Sonatine concertante for two pianos, op.
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Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat