Pasdeloup was born in
Paris. His father was an assistant conductor at the
Opéra Comique; he was educated in music at the
Conservatoire de Paris, leaving with a first prize in piano. He founded in 1851 a
Société des jeunes artistes du conservatoire that gave concerts in the Salle Hertz for a decade, and, as conductor of its concerts, did much to popularize the best new compositions of the time. His popular
Concerts Pasdeloup at the ''
Cirque d'hiver, Paris, from 1861 until 1884, had also a great effect in promoting French taste in music, introducing works by Wagner and Schumann, as well as reviving public interest in the symphonies of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. In 1868 he founded the Société des Oratorios'' to present
oratorios, and joined the
Théâtre Lyrique the same year, though he was disappointed there at his lack of popular success in reviving operas like
Gluck's
Iphigénie en Tauride. He was made a member of the ''
Légion d'Honneur''. He died, aged 67, in
Fontainebleau. ==Notes==