LAFAGE, JUSTE-ADRIEN. - Composer and musicologist, b. in Paris on 28 (according to some, 27) March 1801 (according to some, 1805), d. there on 8 March 1862. A pupil of Choron in Paris and of Baini in Rome
(1828-29), he was choirmaster at St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris from 1833; he then undertook journeys for study purposes, in Italy, Germany, Spain and England.
He published various studies, among them the Manuel complet de musique vocale et instrumentale (Paris 1836-38), Séméologie musicale (ibid. 1844), Histoire générale de la musique et de la danse (ibid. 1844), Miscellanée musicale (ibid. n.d.), biographical notices concerning P. S. Mattei, Zingarelli, Baini, Choron, Donizetti, etc.; De la reproduction des livres de plain-chant romain (Paris 1853). In 1859 he founded the periodical Le plain-chant and contributed to many other journals. He also published collections of church music: Motectorum Liber I (1832-35), Liber II (1837); Psalmi Vespertini quaternis vocibus cum organo (1834), etc.
Gentili, Anna Maria. “Lafage, juste-adrien.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 800–801. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lafage-juste-adrien.
MLA
Gentili, Anna Maria. “Lafage, juste-adrien.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 800–801. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lafage-juste-adrien.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_lafage_juste_adrien,
author = {Gentili, Anna Maria},
title = {Lafage, juste-adrien},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {800--801},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lafage-juste-adrien}
}
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