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Jean Robert Planquette was born in Paris, France on the 31st of July 1850.
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La Confession de Rosette: Opérette en un Acte (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
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Robert Planquette
Edit ProfileEducation
He was educated at the Conservatoire.
Career
Le Chevalier Gaston was produced in 1879 with little success.
In 1880 came "Les cloches de Corneville" which had a long run in London in 1887. In this work he showed a fertile vein of melody, which won instant recognition. There is in his music a touch of pathos and romantic feeling, which, had he cared to cultivate it, would have placed him far above contemporary writers of opéra bouffe. Unfortunately, he did little but repeat the formula which originally brought him reputation.
The Old Guard, and La Cantinicre, which was translated into English as Nectarine, never produced.
In 1882 Rip van Winkle was produced in London, being subsequently given in Paris as Rip, in both cases with remarkable success. The libretto, an adaptation by H. B. Farnie of Washington Irving's famous tale, brought out what was best in Planquette's talent.
In 1884 the phenomenon of an opera by a French composer being produced in London previously to being heard in Paris was repeated in Nell Gwynne, which was tolerably successful, but failed completely when produced in Paris as La Princesse Colombine. It was followed by La Cremaillere (Paris, 1885), Surcouf (Paris, 1887; London, as Paul Jones, 1889), Captain Therese (London, 1887), La Cocarde tricolore (Paris, 1892), Le Talisman (Paris, 1892), Panurge (Paris, 1895) and Mam'zelle Quat'sous (Paris, 1897).
Achievements
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He sprang into fame as the composer of Les cloches de Corneville, which earned international fame. It received over 1200 performances in Paris and London and remains a staple of the light opera repertory.
One of his songs, the patriotic "Sambre et Meuse" (1871), is known today in its arrangement for brass band.
A street in Paris is named for him.
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La Confession de Rosette: Opérette en un Acte (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
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La Confession de Rosette: Opérette en un Acte (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
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Born
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Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France -
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