Napoléon Henri Reber
Compositions for: Mixed chorus
Ave MariaLe Père GaillardNaïm, Op.32WikipediaNapoléon Henri Reber (21 October 1807 – 24 November 1880) was a French composer.
Reber was born in Mulhouse, Alsace, and studied with
Anton Reicha and Jean François Lesueur, wrote chamber music, and set to music works of French poets. He became professor of harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1851, succeeded
Fromental Halévy as professor of composition in 1862 and served as inspector of the branch conservatories. In 1853, he was elected to the chair previously occupied by
George Onslow in the Académie des Beaux Arts.
His instrumental arrangement of
Frédéric Chopin's Funeral March from the
Funeral March Sonata was played at the graveside during Chopin's burial at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on 30 October 1849.
Reber died in Paris.
Among his works are a ballet, Le Diable amoureux (written jointly with
François Benoist, 1840); the comic operas, Le Nuit de Noël (1848), Le Père Gaillard (1852), Les Papillotes de M. Benoist (1853), and Les Dames capitaines (1857); four symphonies, and much chamber music. He wrote a Traité d'harmonie (1862), which went through many editions.
Reber's compositions include a string quintet (his opus 1; with extra cello), two string quartets, a piano quartet (1866) and seven piano trios, and the four symphonies mentioned below: