Charles Simon Catel

Biography

Catel studied in Paris at the royal School of Song. He was chief assisting of François-Joseph Gossec near the orchestra of the National guard in 1790. Member of the Institute, it composed with this Master of beautiful pieces of military Musique for the ceremonies of the Republic, inter alia the Anthem in the Victoire (words of Pounce-Denis Écouchard-Lebrun). He was named professor of harmony to the Academy as of creation, but he was relieved in 1814. He had inter alia as raises with the academy celebrates it and eccentric harpist Nicolas Bochsa who, thanks to his teaching, obtained a first price of harmony in 1808.

There is of him a Traité of harmony (1802); several dramatic compositions (with the Large-Opera: Sémiramis , the Bayadères ; with the Op3era Comique: the Artists by occasion , the Inn of Bagnères , 1807; Wallace , 1817); symphonies, quartets, etc

Works

Lyric works

Sémiramis , tragedy lyric in 3 acts, booklet of Philippe Desriaux according to Voltaire, represented with the Opera of Paris on May 4th 1802
Artists by occasion , opera-buffoon in an act, booklet of Alexandre Duval, represented with the Op3era Comique in 1807
the Inn of Bagnères , opera-buffoon in 3 acts, booklet of C. Jalabert, represented with the Op3era Comique in 1807
Bayadères , opera in 3 acts, booklet of Victor-Joseph-Etienne de Jouy according to Voltaire, represented with the Opera from Paris on August 8th 1810
the Landlords of quality , Op3era Comique in 3 acts, booklet of Victor-Joseph-Etienne de Jouy, represented in the Op3era Comique on June 17th 1812
Bayard in Mézières , Op3era Comique in an act, booklet of Alisvan de Chazet and Louis Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, represented in the Op3era Comique in 1814
the Prime Minister goes back to it , Op3era Comique in an act, booklet of Marc-Antoine Désaugiers and Pessey, represented in the Op3era Comique in 1814
Wallace or Scottish Ménestrel , opera heroic in 3 acts, booklet of L. CH. J. Fontanes de Saint-Marcellin, represented in the Op3era Comique in 1817
Zirphile and Fleur de Myrte or Hundred Years in one day, opera-fairyhood in 2 acts, booklet of Victor-Joseph-Etienne de Jouy and Nicolas Lefebvre, represented with the Opera of Paris in 1818
the Officer removed , Op3era Comique in an act, booklet of Alexandre Duval, represented in the Op3era Comique in 1819

Vocal works and choral societies

triumphal Song , 1807
Ode on the Vessel the Avenger , text of Pounce-Denis Écouchard-Lebrun, for baritone and orchestra
Anthem on the reconquest of Toulon , for chorus of men and orchestra

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