Placide Cappeau

Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (1847), set to music by Adolphe Adam and known in English as the carol "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël".

Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1808 (Roquemaure), Died 1877 (Roquemaure)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, author

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia (U.K.) WLX582 12-in. 10/13/1928 Cantique de Noël Élie Cohen ; Louis Richard Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia (U.K.) WLX1633 12-in. 9/24/1932 Minuit Chrétiens Armand Bernard ; Georges Thill Tenor vocal solo, with organ and orchestra author  
Columbia (U.K.) WL2522 10-in. 11/3/1930 Noël, minuit chrétiens Eugène Bigot ; Paul Franz Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cappeau, Placide," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/368221.

Cappeau, Placide. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/368221.

"Cappeau, Placide." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/368221

External Sources

Wikipedia: Placide Cappeau

IMSLP: Placide Cappeau

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Cappeau, Placide - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95066344

Wikidata: Placide Cappeau - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q535740

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/37034458

MusicBrainz: Placide Cappeau - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/191ad655-51eb-475f-bee2-f6eb1085c1c3

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/358253

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