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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