Beer, Julius (Jules) Alfred 7.jun.1828-6.mar.1913 Germany, Berlin - France, Paris
banker, amateur musician, distinguished dilettante, of an aristocratic jewish family, 1874-1913 residing at Chateau de Voisins in Louveciennes and at Rue des Mathurins 34 in Paris ; son of banker/astronomer Wilhelm Wolff Beer (Berlin 4.jan.1797-27.mar.1850 Berlin) and Doris Schlesinger (Hamburg 24.dec.1800-2.jun.1859 Berlin) ; nephew of composer Jakob Liebmann Beer 'Giacomo Meyerbeer' (1791-1864) and librettist Michael Beer (Berlin 18.jun.1800-22.mar.1833 Munchen) ; 24.oct.1849 in Amsterdam he married Regine Bischoffsheim (Amsterdam 8.nov.1824-21.dec.1893 Paris)

Title Parts


[] 8 Melodies
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1854
[] 2 - Amore, paroles de Edouard Turquety
[] 3 - Le chant du dimanche, paroles de Emile Deschamps
[] 5 - A une rose, paroles de Jules Beer
[] 7 - La Marguerite, paroles de Mouzier
[] Priere. Voice and piano. ?1854
[] A une jeune mere. Voice and piano
poesie de Emile Deschamps
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1855

[] La Resurrection. Voice and piano
poesie de Emile Deschamps
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1855

[] La chute des feuilles. Voice and piano
poesie de Charles Hubert Millevoye
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1855

[] Ballade orientale. Voice and piano
poesie de xxx
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1855

[] Gondoline. Voice and piano
poesie de Eugene de Lonlay
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1855

[] Les plaintes de la jeune fille. Voice and piano
poesie de Emile Deschamps
pub P. Mayaud, Paris 1855

[] En etat de siege. Opera comique. Salon at Beer's home, Paris jan1859
libretto Gallop d'Onquaire

[] Les roses de M. Malesherbes. Opera comique. Salon at Beer's home, Paris 17jan1861
libretto Delbes

[] Melodie "Console-toi"
paroles de M. Durand
pub Brandus et Dufour, Paris 1861

[] La fille d'Egypte. Opera. Theatre Lyrique, Paris 23apr1862
libretto Jules Barbier, Philippe Gille

[] In memoriam (Giacomo Meyerbeer, Paris 2may1864). Funeral march
played by Jules Beer in Paris to Rossini, when Jules asked Rossini his opinion of it, Rossini replied "My dear sir, it would have been far better if you had died, and that Meyerbeer had written something for your funeral"

[] Chanson bretonne, tiree de la piece Le lion amoureux de Ponsard
pub G. Brandus & S. Dufour, Paris 1866

[] Arioso du psaume CXXXVII Super flumina Babylonis (Psalm 137 By the rivers of Babylon). Soloists, choir and orchestra. Paris 23jan1868
[] Elisabeth d'Hongrie (Elisabetta d'Ungheria). Opera. Theatre Lyrique, Paris 1869 - Scala, Milan 15feb1871 - Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussel 22mar1871
libretto Henri Saint Georges / Carlo d'Ormeville

[] Le Paria. Grand opera. not staged by 1878
[] Ou voulez vous aller. Barcarolle
poesie de Theophile Gautier
pub Brandus & Cie., Paris 1880

[] Danae "La nuit regne", a 1 voix avec piano
poesie de Charles Hubert Millevoye
pub Brandus et Cie., Paris 1882

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