Jules Pillevestre


Jules François Firmin Pillevestre was a 19th-century French composer and conductor.

Biography

The son of François Pillevesse and Marguerite Bérard, Jules Pillevesse was born in Belleville and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won awards in music theory and harmony in the class of Napoléon Henri Reber as well as cello, counterpoint and fugue in the class of Michele Carafa. In 1858, he ran for the Prix de Rome with the cantata Jephté, for which he received an honorable mention, behind Samuel David and Edmond Cherouvrier.
Jules Pillevestre made a conducting career in Paris, in particular at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. Under the name Pillevestre he wrote instrumental works and military music. However, there is also a one-act operetta Robinson Crusoé, which was presented in 1866 at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes.
Jules Pillevestre died in Montrouge.

Selected works

  • Piccolinette, fantaisie-polka for two piccolo flutes and piano
  • Duo for two clarinets
  • L'Heure du berger
  • A qui mieux mieux
  • A l'ombre
  • Anches rebelles
  • Daphnis et Chloé
  • Idylle bretonne.
  • Premier Offertoire
The library of the Garde républicaine in Paris keeps some pieces by Jules Pillevestre. He also made an arrangement for concert band of the operetta Le Baron tzigane by Johann Strauss II.