page_title: Jean-Georges Paulus
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Jean-Georges Paulus / Biography
context_page_description: Jean-Georges Paulus, was a French musician, conductor of music from 1848 to 1873 and founder of the French Republican Guard Band.
context_section_description: Born in Haguenau (Bas-Rhin), he was the son of a coffee maker, Jean-Georges Paulus and Madeleine Schmitt.
  In 1835, Paulus won a first prize for clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris. He later became music chief on the ships Hercule and La Belle Poule, where he participated in the ceremonies of the retour des cendres of Napoléon. He was officially appointed Music Director of François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville.
  From 1848 to 1864, he founded and conducted the Fanfare band of the Republican Guard of Paris, which then developed to form the French Republican Guard Band.
  Paulus died at his home in the 7th arrondissement of Paris 14 April 1898.
caption: The transfer of Napoleon's remains aboard la Belle Poule, 15 October 1840, painting by Eugène Isabey (1843).
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