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Théophile (Joseph Alexandre) Tilmant, (Tilmant aîné) was a French violinist and conductor born on 9 July 1799 in Valenciennes France, and died on 7 May 1878, Asnières.Tilmant was a founding Sociétaire of the Société des Concerts in 1828, becoming a Chef and Vice-President on 5 May 1860, retiring from the Société on 17 November 1863.

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Tilmant was a founding Sociétaire of the Société des Concerts in 1828, becoming a Chef and Vice-President on 5 May 1860, retiring from the Société on 17 November 1863.

At the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, he was a student of Kreutzer and played in the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique and the orchestra of the Opéra (viola from 1824 and violin from 1826–38).

He also led the orchestra at the Théâtre-Italien and the Concerts du Gymnase. He was principal conductor of the Opéra-Comique from 1849-68. Tilmant received the Légion d'Honneur in 1861.

Tilmant conducted the premieres of Le caïd by Ambroise Thomas on 3 January 1849, Le toréador by Adolphe Adam on 18 May 1849, Galathée by Victor Massé on 14 April 1852, Le Sourd ou l’Auberge Pleine by Adam on 2 February 1853, Les noces de Jeannette by Massé on 4 February 1853, L'étoile du nord on 16 February 1854, and Mignon by Thomas on 17 November 1866.

References

1. Tanguy, Père (1844). Paris à travers les âges dans : la rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.
2. Kern Holoman D. The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire 1828-1967. University of California Press, 2004.
3. Wolff S. Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900-1950). André Bonne, Paris, 1953.

• 1799 births
• 1878 deaths
• People from Valenciennes
• Musicians from Nord (French department)
• French male conductors (music)
• 19th-century French violinists
• 19th-century French male musicians
• French male classical violinists
• Conservatoire de Paris alumni
• Recipients of the Legion of Honour
• Chief conductors of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire