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JULES ETIENNE PASDELOUP (181g-1887)
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PASDELOUP, JULES ETIENNE (181g-1887), French conductor, was born in Paris, and educated in music at the conservatoire. He founded in 185 a " societe des jeunes artistes du conservatoire," and, as conductor of its concerts, did much to popularize the best new compositions of the time. His " popular concerts " at the Cirque d'hiver, from 1861 till 1884, had also a great effect in promoting French taste in music.