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Jean-Maurice Bourges
Jean-Maurice Bourges (Bordeaux, 2 December 1812 - Paris, 15 March 1881), distinguished musical critic, translator and composer who came early to Paris to study composition under Auguste Barbereau. He
Jean-Maurice Bourges (Bordeaux, 2 December 1812 - Paris, 15 March 1881), distinguished musical critic, translator and composer who came early to Paris to study composition under Auguste Barbereau. He became joint-editor for Revue et gazette musicale de Paris from 1839, which acquired an excellent reputation in great measure owing to him. He made a translation of the words of St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1843, the oratorio Paulus by Mendelssohn in 1844 and Brandus’ edition of Elijah (1851), He died in 1881, after an illness of many years. Selected works Opera * Le Choix d’une Amie, Opéra-comique en un acte. Paroles et musique de M. Bourges. * Le Pandour, Fragments d’opéra-comique. Paroles et musique de M. Bourges. * L’éventail d’Espagne, Opéra-comique en deux actes. Paroles et musique de M. Bourges. * Sultana, Opéra-comique en un acte. Paroles de Edouard Monnais et de Auguste de Forges; premiered 16 September 1846 in Paris at the Théâtre Royal de l’Opéra Comique Chamber music * Piano Trio No. 1 in A minor * Piano Trio No. 2 * Quatuor pour deux violons (Quartet for Two Violins) * Romance for violin and piano * 3 Sonatas for violin and piano # Sonate en Si bémol # S