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• Adam, Adolphe Charles    b. July 24, 1803  d. May 3, 1856
  Composer. He is best known for the ballet "Giselle" (1841) and the Christmas carol "O Holy Night" ("Cantique de Noel", 1847). His one-act comedy "Le chalet" (1834) is considered the first real French operetta. Adam was born in Paris, France, the son of an Alsatian pianist who tried to dissuade him from a musical career. He was an admittedly poor student at the Paris Conservatory, and after failing to win the "Prix de Rome" music scholarship, he worked as an organist and vaudeville songwriter...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 5
   
• Alkan, Charles-Valentin    b. November 30, 1813  d. March 29, 1888
  Alkan was one of the finest pianists of his era, acknowledged as such by his friends and contemporaries Liszt and Chopin. Highly eccentric, he withdrew from the public gaze for a number of years, but returned in the 1870s to display his still dazzling skills. He was also a strikingly original composer, writing works of rhythmic, harmonic and executive complexity which remain highly engaging ö notably his 'Symphony' and 'Concerto' (both for piano solo), his set of variations ÎAesop's Feast'...[Read More] (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: crushed to death
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: 3rd division
   
• Ampere, Andre Marie    b. January 20, 1775  d. June 10, 1836
  Scientist. Physicist who formulated the theory of electrodynamics and who had the "amp" (unit of electrical current) named after him.
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 30
   
• Berger, Michel    b. November 28, 1947  d. August 3, 1992
  Author of music, including the rock opera "Starmania."
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 29
   
• Berlioz, Hector    b. December 11, 1803  d. March 8, 1869
  Composer, Conductor, Critic. One of music's great innovators and the outstanding French composer of his era. He was the quintessential Romantic in both his art and his turbulent life. Louis-Hector Berlioz was born in La Côte-Saint-André, France, the son of a physician. As a youth he had guitar and flute lessons and taught himself harmony from textbooks, but when his parents sent him to Paris in 1821 it was to become a doctor. The unenthusiastic medical student pursued music on the side. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Avenue Hector Berlioz, Division 20, curbside
   
• Berriau, Simone    b. July 21, 1896  d. February 26, 1984
  Actress, Theater Producer. Raised in France, she moved to Morocco at 15, and soon married her first husband, a French Army colonel whose name she took. She made her theatrical debut at the Opera-Comique in a production of "Pelleas et Melisande" under the name Simone Berry. Thru the 1930s, she appeared in a dozen movies, the first, "Ciboulette", in 1933 and the last, "Be Welcome", in 1942. Her best known roles were in "Divine" in 1935, and "The Tender Enemy" in 1936. She directed "Dirty Hands"...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 5
   
• Bonis, Mel    b. January 21, 1858  d. March 18, 1937
  Composer. Real name Melanie Helene Bonis. A gifted but long underrated figure, she helped bridge the gap between the Romantic and Impressionist movements of French music. She used the pseudonym Mel Bonis because she felt women composers of her time weren't taken seriously as artists. Bonis was born in Paris. Her parents discouraged her early interest in music and she taught herself to play piano until age 12, when she was finally given private lessons. A friend introduced her to Cesar Franck...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Boulanger, Lili    b. August 21, 1893  d. March 15, 1918
  Composer. She started attending classes at the Paris Conservatory by the age of five by tagging along with her older sister, Nadia Boulanger. Showing immense talent, Lili quickly mastered the concepts taught in music theory and harmony courses, and also began taking organ lessons from Louis Vierne. In 1913, she became the first female composer to win the Prix de Rome, a prestigious fine arts scholarship...[Read More] (Bio by: amy7252)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 33, southwest corner
   
• Boulanger, Nadia    b. September 16, 1887  d. October 22, 1979
  Composer. She is best known for her role as a composition teacher for such greats as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Philip Glass, and Quincy Jones. Because of this role, she is regarded to have been one of the most important influences on the modern landscape of American...[Read More] (Bio by: amy7252)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 33, southwest corner
   
• Brauner, Victor    b. June 15, 1903  d. March 12, 1966
  Surrealist painter, associate of Man Ray, born in Rumania. Sudent of magic, which influenced his work. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Brialy, Jean-Claude    b. March 30, 1933  d. May 30, 2007
  Actor, Director. Born in Aumale (El-Ghozlane) in Algeria, he started his performing career in the 1950s and became one of the most prolific actors of the French "nouvelle vague" ("New Wave") movement. His appearance in the title role of the 1958 Claude Chabrol film "Le beau Serge" made him famous. Brialy worked with such filmmakers as Éric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, François Truffaut, and Luis Buñuel, and appeared in almost 200 films and numerous plays. Brialy was the director...[Read More] (Bio by: Régis Verstegen)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Briggs, Arthur   b. April 9, 1899  d. July 15, 1991
  Jazz Musician. He was a American performer whose trumpet playing helped define jazz in Paris for six decades. Born James Arthur Briggs in Grenada, he spent some of his childhood in Charleston, South Carolina and studied music at Jenkins Orphanage along with his cousin and tuba player Pete Briggs. As a youth, he began playing trumpet with James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry Band and was a trumpeter with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra after arriving in Europe during World War I in 1919...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 9
   
• Caplet, Andre   b. November 23, 1878  d. April 22, 1925
  Composer, Conductor. His very personal style was rooted in French Impressionism but also reflected his profound interest in Medieval plainchant and Catholic mysticism. The oratorio "The Mirror of Jesus" (1923) is considered his masterpiece. Caplet was born in Le Havre, France. A child prodigy in music, he helped support his impoverished family by playing piano in cafes and at age 12 became a rehearsal pianist at his hometown's Folies-Bergeres. When he entered the Paris Conservatory at 18 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 22
   
• Careme, Marie Antoine    b. June 8, 1783  d. March 1, 1840
  French Culinary Figure. He was a great chef, known as "Le Roi Des Chefs et let Chef Des Rois" (The King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings). The French Foreign Minister, Talleyrand, loaned him out to the crowned heads of Europe and he, in effect, was a spy who reported back on what he heard.
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Division 20
   
• Castagnary, Jules-Antoine    b. 1830  d. 1888
  Politician, Art Critic. In 1874 he coined the term 'Impressionism'. His bust is by Rodin. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: 18th division.
   
• Cavaignac, Eugene    b. October 15, 1802  d. October 28, 1857
  French General. Presidential candidate in 1848, and brother of Godefroy and son of Jean Baptiste Cavaignac. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: 31st division
   
• Cavaignac, Godefroy    b. 1801  d. May 5, 1845
  French Politician. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Caviagnac and brother of Eugene Cavaignac. His statue is by the sculptor Rude. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: 31st division
   
• Cavaignac, Jean-Baptiste   b. January 10, 1762  d. March 24, 1829
  French Policitian. Member of the Revolutionary Convention, father of Godefroy and Eugene Cavaignac. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: 31st division
   
• Cerrito, Francesca (Fanny)    b. May 11, 1817  d. May 6, 1909
  Ballet dancer. One of the most famous ballerinas of the Romantic era. Her greatest role was the lead role in 'Ondine'. She Studied under Perrot, Blasis and Saint-Leon, and made her debut in Naples, her birth place. In the next two decades she became a star in Europe and danced in the major cities. She later married Arthur Saint-Leon. This marriage broke up in 1851 and she became mistress to Marquis de Bedmar. Created roles in Orfa and Gemma, her own ballets. Her retirment may have been related...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Charon, Jacques    b. February 27, 1920  d. October 15, 1975
  A leading actor at the Comedie Francaise. Also a director. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: 29th division
   

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