Jules Massenet

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Jules Massenet was a prominent French Romantic composer best known for his operas, including "Manon" and "Werther," which have remained staples of the international repertoire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jules Massenet canonical 7
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet 1
Massenet 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic composer
composer
human
opera composer
awardReceived Prix de Rome
surface form: Prix de Rome for composition
burialPlace Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, Paris
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1842-05-12
dateOfDeath 1912-08-13
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris
ethnicGroup French
familyName Jules Massenet self-linksurface differs
surface form: Massenet
fullName Jules Massenet self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet
genre opera
orchestral music
sacred music
song
givenName Jules
hasSignatureWork Manon
Werther
influenced 20th-century opera composers
French opera in the late 19th century
Giacomo Puccini
influencedBy Charles Gounod
Richard Wagner
languageOfWorkOrName French
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Romanticism
nationality French
notableWork Ariane
Cendrillon
Chérubin
Don Quixote
surface form: Don Quichotte

Esclarmonde
Grisélidis
Herodias
surface form: Hérodiade

La Navarraise
Le Cid
Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame
Le roi de Lahore
Manon
Marie-Magdeleine
Roma
Sapho
Scènes alsaciennes
Scènes pittoresques
Thaïs
Werther
Élégie
occupation composer
teacher
partOf French Romantic music tradition
periodOfActivity early 20th century
late 19th century
placeOfBirth Montaud, Loire, France
near Saint-Étienne, France
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld professor of composition at the Conservatoire de Paris
residence Paris
surface form: Paris, France
sexOrGender male
studentOf Ambroise Thomas
François Bazin
Henri Reber

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Instruction
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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Jules Massenet
Description of subject: Jules Massenet was a prominent French Romantic composer best known for his operas, including "Manon" and "Werther," which have remained staples of the international repertoire.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Gounod influenced Jules Massenet
Opéra-Comique premieredWorkBy Jules Massenet
Opéra-Comique, Paris, France premieredWorkComposer Jules Massenet
subject surface form: Opéra-Comique
Impressions de France musicBy Jules Massenet
Manon musicComposerOfSources Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet fullName Jules Massenet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet
Jules Massenet familyName Jules Massenet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Massenet
Henri Meilhac collaboratedWith Jules Massenet