André Caplet (Le Havre, November 23, 1878 – April 22, 1925 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French composer and conductor now known primarily through his orchestrations of works by Claude Debussy. Location within France Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. ... Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Conductor can mean different things in different contexts: In science and engineering, a conductor is material capable of conveying electricity. ... Claude Debussy Claude Achille Debussy ( August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918), composer of impressionistic classical music. ...

Caplet was a friend of Debussy and he orchestrated part of Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien (Bernac 1978, p. 221; Orledge 2003). He also collaborated with Debussy in the orchestration of La Boite a Joujoux. In 1911, Caplet prepared an orchestration of Debussy's Children's Corner, which, along with his orchestration of "Clair de Lune" from the Suite Bergamasque is probably the most widely performed and recorded example of his work. Caplet was a composer in his own right, whose very innovative works have been sadly overlooked for the most part. His original compositions include: Childrens Corner is a suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy, completed in 1908. ... Clair de Lune (Moonlight in French) is the name of various works in various fields of the arts. ...

• Myrrha, cantata for the Prix de Rome (1901)
• Septet, three women's voices and string quartet (1909)
• Inscriptions Champetres, chorus (1914)
• Douaumont, military band (1917)
• Conte Fantatastique, harp and string quartet (1919)
• Epiphanie, cello and orchestra (1923)

Caplet served as conductor of the Boston Opera from 1910 to 1914. He was gassed while serving in the military during World War I, which resulted in the pleurisy that killed him at a young age. (Orledge, 2003) Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... In anatomy, the pleural cavity is the potential space between the lungs and the chest wall. ...

References

• Bernac, Pierre. The Interpretation of French Song. New York: Norton, 1978.
• Orledge, Robert: "Caplet, André (Léon)", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 25 November 2003), http://www.grovemusic.com.