Auguste Chapuis

Auguste Chapuis (; 25 April 1858 – 6 December 1933) was a 19th/20th century French composer, organist, and professor. He was a student with César Franck. The in the 20th arrondissement of Paris was named after him when he died in 1933. He was awarded the Prix Rossini in 1886 for Les Jardins d’Armide on a libretto by the playwright Émile Moreau. In 1894, he succeeded Adolphe Danhauser as head of the municipal of Paris. Two scores were dedicated to him, one by Jacques Charlot, Chanson (1910), for piano, and the other one by Samuel Rousseau, 12 Pièces for organ. Works (selection) Sept paroles du Christ, oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra, Notre-Dame-des-Champs Church, 1883, with Charlotte Jacquemont, a soprano student of Mr. Saint-Yves Bax, and Devineau, tenor, student of Crosti, and one hundred and fifty performers, conducted by Mr. Lucien Michelot, choirmaster. * Les Jardins d’Armide, lyrical scene, or cantata (1886, libretto by Émile Moreau). Prix Rossini * 2 Pièces pour violoncelle, avec piano (1890): Sérénade mélancolique; Badinage * La source, three-part chorus a cappella on a poem by Théophile Gautier (1898) * Solo de trompette en fa*, avec piano (1899) * Enguerrande