About Henri Caspers
Lived 1825 – 1906 (aged 80). Henri Caspers was a French pianist and composer.
Louis Henri Jean Caspers (2 October 1825, Paris – 1906, Paris) was a French pianist and composer.
A student at the Conservatoire de Paris, he composed the music for several shows performed among others on the stages of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens and the Théâtre Lyrique. He abandoned composition in 1861 to take care of business and did not return before 1892.
Works 1842: Hommage à la mémoire de S. A. R. M S.r Le Duc d'Orléans, melody, lyrics by Jules Barbier 1848: Prière à la nuit, adagio cantabile for piano 1851: Les Cloches du soir, melody, poems by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore 1851: Dors-tu Marie ?, melody, lyrics by Charles Dubois de Gennes 1851: Fantaisies, valses for piano 1856: Le Chapeau du roi, one-act opéra comique, libretto by Édouard Fournier 1859: Dans la rue, pochade musicale en un acte, libretto by Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot 1859: La Charmeuse, opéra-comique, libretto by d'Édouard Fournier 1859: Les Pêcheurs, four-voice choir 1860: Ma Tante dort, opéra comique, libretto by Hector Crémieux 1861: Au rendez-vous !, song, lyrics by Charles Lamartinière 1892: Blanc et noir, dance for piano 1892: Stella, valse for piano
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French pianist and composer (1825-1906)
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Henri Caspers was born on 2 October 1825 in Paris.
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Henri Caspers died on 14 May 1906 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
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Henri Caspers was a pianist and composer.
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