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Ernest Gillet

French musician and composer (1856-1940)
Person human Q288581

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
September 12, 1856, September 13, 1856[7]
Date of death
May 6, 1940
Place of birth
Batignolles-Monceau
Place of death
16th arrondissement of Paris
Country of citizenship
France[9]
Occupation
composer, cellist
Educated at
Conservatoire de Paris[10]
Child
Fernand Gillet[8]
Sibling
Georges Gillet[23]
Student of
Louis Niedermeyer[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[20]
Birth name
Ernest Vital Louis Gillet[21]
Described by source
Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18][19]
Family name
Gillet[12]
Given name
Ernest, Vital, Louis[13][14][15]
Instrument
cello[17]
Name in native language
Ernest Gillet[22]
P14750
9F5E-8D34-53EE-4F3B-EE06[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ernest Gillet ar إرنست غيليه cs Ernest-Vital-Louis Gillet de Ernest Gillet de Érnest Gillet ja エルネスト・ジレ ko 에르네스트 질레 ko 에르네스트 비탈 루이 질레 ru Ernest Gillet ru Жийе, Эрнест ru Жилле Эрнест ru Эрнест Жилле
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
0000000107840350
VIAF cluster ID
76580360
Library of Congress authority ID
n92010639
GND ID
1080021620
AGORHA UUID
c4301d68-d46d-41d0-896a-bb607d656946
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14801154j
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1011884
DAHR artist ID
106482
DDB person (GND) ID
1080021620
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1080021620
Dezède person ID
16434
Discogs artist ID
3124214
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FactGrid item ID
Arverni
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120qkn9w
IMDb ID
nm2952014
IMSLP ID
Category:Gillet,_Ernest
IdRef ID
190496770
Isidore scholar ID
gillet_ernest_vital_louis_compositeur
KANTO ID
000190350
KBR person ID
14006582
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1080021620
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
1593
MuseScore artist ID
9249
MusicBrainz artist ID
3ee1e7f3-a62a-447f-abb3-d6831cf22c92
Musicalics composer ID
98602
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
439246
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000319833
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2013788810
NLP ID
a0000002112789
NUKAT ID
n2013075434
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007408444005171
National Library of Latvia ID
000191340
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810543039805606
National Library of Portugal ID
758305
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1284762
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
128218266
Open Library ID
OL4865638A
OpenMLOL author ID
50067
RISM ID
people/30005131
SACEM Museum artist ID
18261
SBN author ID
LO1V186271
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJr7YdYTVg6qDMhJKyQ8YP
Yale LUX ID
person/70b6ea88-6f23-4f5a-9466-6c09585693ae

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🔗 Connections
Given name 2
Ernest, Louis
Occupation 2
composer, cellist
Child 1
Fernand Gillet
Children (paternal) 1
Fernand Gillet
Country of citizenship 1
France
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Educated at 1
Conservatoire de Paris
FactGrid item ID 1
Arverni
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
cello
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Mb:parent 1
Fernand Gillet
Mb:sibling 1
Georges Gillet
Place of death 1
16th arrondissement of Paris
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Georges Gillet
Siblings 1
Georges Gillet
Student of 1
Louis Niedermeyer
Teachers 1
Louis Niedermeyer
← Mb:teacher 1
Auguste Franchomme
← Relative 1
Georges Gillet
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Summary

Ernest Gillet was born on September 12, 1856[1], in Batignolles-Monceau[2]. He died on May 6, 1940[3], in 16th arrondissement of Paris[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and cellist[6].

FAQs

Where was Ernest Gillet born?

Ernest Gillet was born in Batignolles-Monceau[2].

Where did Ernest Gillet die?

Ernest Gillet passed away in 16th arrondissement of Paris[4].

What did Ernest Gillet do for work?

Ernest Gillet worked as a composer[5] and cellist[6].

Where did Ernest Gillet go to school?

Ernest Gillet was educated at Conservatoire de Paris[10].

Related Entities

France

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Archives de Paris. Retrieved . archives.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . archives.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Q27775872. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Archives de Paris. Retrieved . archives.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'nl', 'ru', 'sv']
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  5. 20w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Georges Gillet
    Languages spoken, written or signed → French
    Place of birth → Batignolles-Monceau
    Occupation → composer, cellist
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