Auguste Chapuis
Auguste Chapuis was a 19th/20th century French composer, organist, and professor. He
was a student with César Franck. The in the 20th arrondissement of Paris was named after him when he died in 1933.
He was awarded the Prix Rossini in 1886 for Les Jardins d'Armide on a libretto by the playwright Émile Moreau.
In 1894, he succeeded Adolphe Danhauser as head of the municipal of Paris.Works (selection)
