Philippe-Alexis Béancourt
Philippe-Alexis Béancourt was a 19th-century French composer and conductor.Biography
Born in Versailles, Béancourt was a composer of stage music. He was also the conductor of the Théâtre des Nouveautés, the Théâtre Comte, and then the Théâtre de la Gaîté.
He died in Paris.Works
- Faust, lyrics by Emmanuel Théaulon and Jean-Baptiste Gondelier, morceaux détachés singing and piano, 1827
- Rendez-vous, lyrics by Mathurin-Joseph Brisset, 1827
- Jean, lyrics by Théaulon and Alphonse Signol, air, chant et piano, 1828
- La Tache de sang, three-act drama, with Julien de Mallian, 1835
- Les Sept châteaux du diable, féerie, quadrille for the piano, Théâtre Impérial du Châtelet, with Philippe Musard, lyrics by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville, 1844
- Air de la fiancée, lyrics by Achille d'Artois, undated
- Air de Mr Jovial, lyrics by Adolphe Choquart and Théaulon, undated
