Alexandre Artus

Alexandre Artus (27 November 1821 – 19 August 1911 ) was a 19th-century French conductor and composer. Biography Alexandre Artus was born in Perpignan, the son of Joseph Pierre Artus (1791–1864) and Marie Angélique Salvo (1793–1864), both also from Perpignan. Incidental music and operettas coçmposer, he was the deputy chief and the conductor of the Théâtre de l’Ambigu, which he left in 1863 by disagreements with the director and then became director of the Théâtre du Châtelet from 1885 to his death. He is known to have composed the music for the play by Jules Verne, Michel Strogoff (1881), adapted from the novel. Alexandre Artus is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Works *1851: L’Étoile du berger Chasse, arranged in doubled step for fanfare *1857: Les Chevaliers du brouillard, quadrille Anglo-français, with Amédée Artus *1857: Les Viveurs de Paris ** Chanson ** Polka pour piano ** Quadrille pour piano *1858: Faust, spectacle, choreography by Léon Espinosa *1858: Fanfan-la-Tulipe, quadrille for piano *1858: Les Fugitifs, quadrille for piano *1858: Le Martyre du cœur *1859: Fanfan-la-Tulipe, polka for piano *1859: Le Maitre d’école, quadrille for piano *1859: Polka du roi de carreau,