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.Robert Ignatius Letellier, The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: 1791-1839, 1999, p. 111
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
Bibliography François Joseph Fétis, François Auguste Arthur P. Pougin, Biographie universelle des musiciens, 1878, p. 159 John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp, Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, vol.1, 1888, p. 281 Albert Ernest Wier, The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 1938, p. 300 Florian Bruyas, Histoire de l'opérette en France, 1855-1965, 1974, p. 55 T. J. Walsh, Second Empire Opera: The Théâtre Lyrique, Paris 1851-1870, 1981, p. 72, 115, 186 Robert Ignatius Letellier, The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: 1791-1839, 1999, p. 111
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