Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier
Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier was a French organist and composer.Biography
Born in Lyon, Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier succeeded his father Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier at the pipe organ of the Église Saint-Paul. After the French Revolution, he got the incumbent position at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and in 1815, that of Saint-Eustache.
In addition to vocal works on patriotic and sacred texts, he is also responsible for Pièces pour piano-forte, Romances, 6 Magnificat, 2 Te Deum, 6 Hymnes pour les principales fêtes de l'année, 15 noëls, organ masses, a Journal d'orgue published from 1822.
The best known piece of Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier is Victoire de l’Armée d’Italie or Bataille de Montenotte, for forte-piano, or organ, published in Paris c. 1797.
He died in Paris on 7 September 1834.
