Bergerre, Alexandre Basile 26.sep.1803-11.jun.1848 France Yonne, Seignelay - Loiret, Gien
violinist, in his early years studied music with his elder brother and with professor Feraglio in nearby Auxerre, studied violin with Joseph Clavel, piano with F M Droling and harmony with Auguste Barbereau at the Conservatoire de Paris, 1823-1831 professor of music at pensionnat d'Aubigny (Cher), 1828 professor at the college in the small village Gien where he had only four music students in a few years, in Gien less than twenty years later he had founded and directed musical societies, elementary schools of music and string quartets, and had more than two hundred persons successfully cultivated in singing, piano and ensemble music, by 1846 he had about 100 works in manuscript, fanfares et pas-redoubles pour musique militaire, ouvertures pour orchestre, quatuors pour instruments a cordes, pieces d'orgue, choeurs avec orchestre, trois airs varies pour violon avec orchestre, fantaisies, etc., but he was most appreciated for his music study books, he died aged 45 in the presence of his brother and a doctor at his home Rue de Lyon in Gien ; son of shoemaker Zacharie Bergerre (Seignelay 19.oct.1780-20.aug.1832 Seignelay) and his first wife Julie Balavoie (died before 1816)

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[] Variations brillante. Violin. op3 pub Emile Benoit, Paris
[] Variations sur trois airs italiens. Violin. op6 pub Emile Benoit, Paris
[] Trois airs favoris varies. Violin. op7 pub Emile Benoit, Paris
[] writing: Nouvelle classification des demi-tons, ou veritables qualifications de ces intervalles, de quarante-six (46) pages. Paris, 1833 [Fetis 1860]
[] writing: Expose raisonne des principes de la musique, mis a la portee des eleves et des amateurs. Dedie a M. Reicha. Paris, Frey, 1835 et Janet, 1837 The same work, entirely revised and strongly increased, was reprinted chez Perisse freres, a Paris, 1843
[] Methode de violon adoptee par le Conservatoire de Paris pub Janet, Paris 1837 [Fetis 1860]
[] Nouvelle methode pour le violon. op46 pub Cotelle, Paris 1839
[] Dix melodies religieuses. Cantiques a deux voix egales ou a une seule voix ad lib. avec acct de piano ou orgue pub Chez A. Brulle, Paris 1845
[] Cent melodies religieuses. Livre 1er. Cantiques a 1 ou 2 voix et acct ad lib. pub Chez A. Brulle, Paris 1845
[] writing: Rudiment du violon, ou l'art d'apprendre a lire pour cet instrument, de cent soixante-quatre (164) pages. Paris, Richault, 1846 [Fetis 1860]
[] Trois airs varies. Violin and orchestra. c1846 [Fetis 1860]
[] Dix melodies religieuses a deux voix egales, acc a une seule voix, ad libitum, avec accompt. de piano ou orgue pub Margueritat, Paris 1855
[] Dix-huit etudes dans tous les tons. Violon acc. un second violon pub Emile Benoit, Paris
[] Rudiment du violon. Nouvelle methode complet et raisonnee. Dto. sans les etudes pub Emile Benoit, Paris
[] Romances avec piano pub chez Janet et chez Marescot, Paris [Fetis 1860]
[] Airs varies pour violon avec quatuor ou piano pub chez Janet et chez Marescot, Paris [Fetis 1860]
[] Airs varies pour violon seul [Fetis 1860]
[] String quartet [Fetis 1860]
[] Recueils de danses pour deux violons [Fetis 1860]

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