Jacques Charlot

Jacques Louis Albert Charlot (13 September 1885 – 3 March 1915) was a French composer. He was killed in action, mort pour la France during World War I.

Charlot was born on 13 September 1885 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.^[1][2]

A nephew of the music publisher Jacques Durand,^[3] he published with the firm Éditions Durand numerous compositions for piano as well as many transcriptions of the works of others, most notably Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.^[4] He wrote reductions for single piano two hands of Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye; of the 3rd movement, Habanera, of his Rapsodie espagnole; and of the 1st piece of his Sites auriculaires [fr] for two pianos.^[5] He reduced for piano Debussy's Première rhapsodie^[6] and the Petite pièce [fr].^[7] Of Debussy's other work, he transcribed for piano four hands "Golliwogg's Cake Walk" from Children's Corner,^[8] Hommage à Haydn [fr]^[9] and four Préludes.^[10]

Prelude of Le Tombeau de Couperin

Mobilized during World War I, he served as a lieutenant in the 170th infantry regiment [fr] and was killed at the front at the Col de la Chapelotte [fr] on 3 March 1915.^[2][11] Ravel dedicated the prelude of his suite Le Tombeau de Couperin to him,^[12] Debussy the 2nd movement of his En blanc et noir.^[10]