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<p>Removing from <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=Category:French_conductors_(music)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:French conductors (music) (page does not exist)">Category:French conductors (music)</a> has subcat using <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=C:Help:Cat-a-lot&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="C:Help:Cat-a-lot (page does not exist)">Cat-a-lot</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|French conductor}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Alphonse Varney&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{IPA|fr|vaʁnɛ|lang}}; 1 December 1811 &amp;ndash; 7 February 1879) was a French conductor, mainly of opera. His son was the composer [[Louis Varney]] who studied music with his father.<br /> <br /> ==Education==<br /> <br /> He studied at the [[Paris Conservatoire]] including counterpoint with [[Anton Reicha|Reicha]].<br /> <br /> ==Career==<br /> <br /> Varney conducted the Théâtre de [[Ghent]] in 1835, followed by the [[Théâtre Historique]], the [[Théâtre Lyrique]] (which he left in 1852 to spend more time composing, and conducting in Ghent), the [[Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens]] from 1857 (from 1862 to 1864 he was also director and staged works by [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]),&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Die Musik Geschichte &amp; Gegenwart.&#039;&#039; Barenreiter, Kassel, Basel, 1995.&lt;/ref&gt; the [[Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux]] from 1865 to 1878, and the [[Société Sainte-Cecile]] in [[Bordeaux]].&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Cinquante Ans de Musique Française de 1874 à 1925.&#039;&#039; Les Éditions Musicales de la Librairie de France, Paris, 1925.&lt;/ref&gt; He was also invited to conduct the &#039;French Opera Season&#039; in [[New Orleans]] in 1844.<br /> <br /> ==Compositions==<br /> <br /> Varney composed the well-known &#039;&#039;[[Le Chant des Girondins|Chant des Girondins]]&#039;&#039;, written for the play &#039;&#039;[[Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge]]&#039;&#039; by [[Alexandre Dumas]].&lt;ref&gt;The &#039;&#039;[[Marseillaise]]&#039;&#039; of the [[French Revolution of 1848|1848 revolution]]. [[Walsh TJ]]. &#039;&#039;Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870.&#039;&#039; John Calder Ltd, London, 1981.&lt;/ref&gt; He also composed the music for a drame-lyrique by [[Alexandre Dumas, fils]] in 1848 entitled &#039;&#039;Atala&#039;&#039;. His [[opéra comique]] &#039;&#039;La ferme de Kilmoor&#039;&#039; (first performance 27 October 1852 at the Théâtre-Lyrique) was savaged by the critics.&lt;ref&gt;Walsh TJ, op cit.&lt;/ref&gt; Other stage works by Varney include &#039;&#039;Le moulin joli&#039;&#039; (1849), &#039;&#039;L&#039;opéra au camp&#039;&#039; (1854), &#039;&#039;La polka des sabots&#039;&#039; (1859) and &#039;&#039;Un leçon d&#039;amour&#039;&#039; (1868).<br /> <br /> He retired in 1878.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Varney, Alphonse}}<br /> [[Category:1811 births]]<br /> [[Category:1879 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:French male conductors (music)]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century French conductors (music)]]<br /> [[Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni]]</div>

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