Castil-Blaze

This arranging work was highly criticized, but Castil-Blaze claimed that this permitted part of the public to become familiar with opera.

Beginning on 7 December 1820, he published Musical Chronicles in the Journal des débats, signing his articles, which were often very controversial, 'XXX'.

Most of the chronicles criticized the lyric works, but others were dedicated to thoughts about music, to composers' necrologies (Weber in 1826, Beethoven in 1828), or to concert reviews.

Castil-Blaze wrote for the Journal des débats until 1832 (his replacement there was Hector Berlioz), when he joined le Constitutionnel; he also collaborated in Fétis's Revue musicale (Paris, 1827), as well as other periodicals or reviews.

As a composer, Castil-Blaze mostly made arrangements, but he was also the author of several original works, particularly of sacred music, of which there are two high masses.