A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Chouquet, Gustave

CHOUQUET, Gustave, born at Havre April 16, 1819, has written the verses of a great many choruses and songs. He contributed for a number of years to 'La France musicale,' and 'L'Art Musical' still giving occasional musical articles to 'Le Ménestrel' and the 'Gazette musicale'; but his chief works are 'Histoire de la Musique dramatique en France, depuis ses origines jusqu'a nos jours,' Paris, 1873, and 'Le Musée du Conservatoire national de Musique,' Paris, 1875, two works containing original views and much information. M. Chouquet has been keeper of the museum of the Conservatoire since 1871, and has made large additions to it. [App. p.591 adds that "from 1840 to 1856 he was teaching in New York, and that he died Jan. 30, 1886."]

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