Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-03
Death of Julien, the Famous Musician
sketch of his Life.

By the arabia we hear of the death of NJ.
Julien, the eminent chef dOrchestre. The
information is conveyed to us in brief par
agraph from the English papers; and bears
no evidence of authenticity beyond what it
obtains as an item in the London Times. Not
long since, NJ. Julien, as we have mentioned,
attempted suicide as an easy riddance of
troubles which beset him, andit is not, there
fore, remarkable to hear that a mind so dis
turbed has at last found repose in death. In
a lunatic asylum seems to have ended the
career of one of the most popular musicians
of the present day. He died, says the rep 0rt,
on the 10th of the present month in n charit-
able institution of Paris.
Saturdays New York Times gives this
sketch of his life:
NJ. Louis George Julien was born at Siste
ron, in the French Alps, on the 23d of April,
1872, and was consequently at the time of
his death III the date be correct in his forty
eighth year. He seemed much older, owing
probably to the strange vicissitudes which
were crowded into his life. From his youth
he displayed rare aptitude for music, begin
ning-like most prodigies-with n painful
sensitiveness to sound which rendered every
note too acute for his sensibilities. His voice
in youth was of remarkable compass, and in
duced his father, a musician by profession, to
anticipate the brightest triumphs for his son
on the lyric stage. Scarcely, however, had
the rigors of an Italian method been fairly
encountered, when the marvellous organ of
the young Julien "broke" and left him des-
titute of musical utterance.
From this date he directed his attention to
orchestral music; gradually acquired mas
terry of several instruments, and finally OBJ
tained position as master to a naval band.
In this capacity he was present at the battle
of Navarino, where he received wound in
the shoulder, which, for time, disabled him
from playing on the violin. After the war,
he procured his discharge and returned to his
family, at that time residing at Turin. From
this place, he proceeded to Paris, where he
pursued his studies under the greatest and
dullest of epuntists-Cherubini Ex-
panding gradually, like all men who possess
quiet force of character, he became in due
time conductor of popular concerts and balls,
and even started Casino on the Italian plan
His career in the gayest metropolis of Europe
was, however sad, and he determined to visit
England, where Musard, the elder, had just
completed moderately successful campaign.
1t was Mr.. Julien's good fortune to meet
with immediate appreciation in the English
capital, and for more than twenty years he
enjoyed the warmest appreciation of its musi-
cal masses. In 1853 NJ. Julien visited the
United States, and created great excite
ment by the ability with which he conducted
the best orchestra ever heard in this country,
and the aptness with which he turned all his
impressions into music.
On his return to London in the following
year, he was received with an unwonted de-
monstration of delight, and resumed his po-
sition as conductor par excellence of popular
instrumental music. He seemed to be once
more on the high road to fortune, and in ju-
bilation announced a series of farewell per-
formances, prior to his departure on a musi-
cal tour of the world. In a moment of i'll
luck he visited Paris. He was arrested there
for old debts, and notwithstanding his claim
for exemption ON the ground that he was a
naturalized Englishman, was thrown into
prison. This reverse preyed on his mind SO
much that he attempted suicide.