Jean-Georges Paulus (5 August 1816 – 14 April 1898), was a French musician, conductor of music from 1848 to 1873 and founder of the French Republican Guard Band.Les grands personnages de la Garde : Le lieutenant Jean-Georges Paulus
Biography
Born in Haguenau (Bas-Rhin), he was the son of a coffee maker, Jean-Georges Paulus and Madeleine Schmitt.Birth certificate n° 193/1816 of the commune of Haguenau.
In 1835, Paulus won a first prize for clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris. He later became music chief on the ships Hercule and Belle Poule, where he participated in the ceremonies of the retour des cendres of Napoléon. He was officially appointed Music Director of François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville.
From 1848 to 1864, he founded and conducted the Fanfare band of the Republican Guard of Paris, which then developed to form the French Republican Guard Band.
Paulus died at his home in the 7th arrondissement of Paris 14 April 1898.Death certificate n° 644/1898 of the city of Paris (7th arrondissement of Paris).
Awards Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (12 August 1864 decree) Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Sources Jean-Loup Mayol, "Jean-Georges Paulus", in 150 ans de musique à la Garde Républicaine : mémoires d'un orchestre, Connétable, Paris, 1998, , "Jean Georges Paulus", in , vol. 29, Prosper Suiter, "Jean Georges Paulus, chef de la musique de la Garde Républicaine", in Elsaß-Lothringische Gesang und Musikzeitung, 1911, issue n° 10,
References
External links « Le lieutenant Jean-Georges Paulus », Garde républicaine. Histoire de la Fanfare de la Garde Républicaine.