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Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire

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in 1855, graduating in flute and composition in 1863. By 1867 he had become Deputy Music Master for the Infantry of the Imperial Guard. When King Nasser-al-Din Shah visited Paris, he admired the French military bands that had welcomed him. At the time Iranian military music had used only traditional
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Mirza Ali-Akbar Khan Naqqashbashi's translations of Lemaire's lessons into Persian were the country's first introduction to European music. The music department where he taught later became an independent music college providing training in Western martial music.
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and other military pieces. Lemaire was to spend the rest of his life in Iran but sent piano arrangements of classical Persian music back to Paris where the vogue for
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made them popular. In November 1906, three months before his death, he became the first Worshipful Master of the
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Once in Iran, Lemaire procured western instruments and organized the training of military musicians at the
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Touraj Kiaras and Persian Classical Music: An Analytical Perspective
57: 104: 61: 221:, Tehran, Iran: Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art, 87:. At the request of the King he also composed the 263: 204:Daniel, Elton L. and Mahdī, Alī Akbar (2006). 118:The grave of Alfred Jean-Baptiste Lemaire 213: 113: 15: 302:French Republican Guard Band musicians 264: 194:"Freemasonry ii. In the Qajar Period" 103:to operate in Iran. Lemaire died in 13: 210:. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 75:, where his students included was 14: 323: 99:, the first regularly affiliated 179:Daniel and Mahdī (2006) p. 199 173: 164: 155: 143: 134: 1: 277:19th-century French composers 122: 89:first Iranian national anthem 37:first Iranian national anthem 25:Alfred Jean-Baptiste Lemaire 20:Alfred-Jean-Baptiste-Lemaire 7: 287:People from Aire-sur-la-Lys 207:Culture and Customs of Iran 10: 328: 312:Burials at Doulab Cemetery 272:French expatriates in Iran 219:The story of Iranian music 31:during the reign of King 35:, and for composing the 42: 250:. Ashgate Publishing. 119: 81:Gholam Reza Minbashian 21: 282:Musicians from Tehran 244:Wright, Owen (2009). 241:. Vol 51, p. 279 192:Algar, Hamid (2000). 161:Wright (2009) pp. 3-4 152:(2 August 1885 p. 279 117: 19: 239:"Nouvelles Diverses" 199:Encyclopædia Iranica 85:Nasrollah Minbashian 47:Lemaire was born in 307:Iranian Freemasons 120: 107:at the age of 65. 53:Paris Conservatory 33:Nasser-al-Din Shah 22: 237:(2 August 1885). 319: 231: 180: 177: 171: 168: 162: 159: 153: 147: 141: 138: 97:Réveil de l'Iran 60:) and trumpets ( 51:and entered the 327: 326: 322: 321: 320: 318: 317: 316: 262: 261: 229: 184: 183: 178: 174: 169: 165: 160: 156: 148: 144: 140:Khaleqhi (2002) 139: 135: 125: 49:Aire-sur-la-Lys 45: 12: 11: 5: 325: 315: 314: 309: 304: 299: 294: 289: 284: 279: 274: 260: 259: 242: 232: 227: 211: 202: 189: 188: 182: 181: 172: 163: 154: 142: 132: 131: 130: 129: 124: 121: 44: 41: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 324: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 269: 267: 257: 256:0-7546-6328-0 253: 249: 248: 243: 240: 236: 233: 230: 228:964-6409-52-0 224: 220: 216: 212: 209: 208: 203: 201: 200: 195: 191: 190: 186: 185: 176: 167: 158: 151: 146: 137: 133: 127: 126: 116: 112: 108: 106: 102: 101:Masonic Lodge 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 69: 67: 63: 59: 54: 50: 40: 38: 34: 30: 26: 18: 246: 235:Le Ménestrel 234: 218: 215:Khaleghi, R. 206: 197: 175: 170:Algar (2000) 166: 157: 150:Le Ménestrel 149: 145: 136: 109: 96: 77:Darvish Khan 73:Dar ul-Funun 70: 66:Adolphe Niel 46: 29:Dar ul-Funun 24: 23: 297:1907 deaths 292:1842 births 93:orientalism 266:Categories 123:References 217:(2002), 187:Sources 58:naqareh 56:drums ( 254:  225:  105:Tehran 79:, and 62:karnay 128:Notes 252:ISBN 223:ISBN 43:Life 268:: 196:. 39:. 258:,

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Dar ul-Funun
Nasser-al-Din Shah
first Iranian national anthem
Aire-sur-la-Lys
Paris Conservatory
naqareh
karnay
Adolphe Niel
Dar ul-Funun
Darvish Khan
Gholam Reza Minbashian
Nasrollah Minbashian
first Iranian national anthem
orientalism
Masonic Lodge
Tehran

"Freemasonry ii. In the Qajar Period"
Encyclopædia Iranica
Culture and Customs of Iran
Khaleghi, R.
ISBN
964-6409-52-0
"Nouvelles Diverses"
Touraj Kiaras and Persian Classical Music: An Analytical Perspective
ISBN
0-7546-6328-0
Categories
French expatriates in Iran

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