Jean-Georges Paulus
[1] Born in Haguenau (Bas-Rhin), he was the son of a coffee maker, Jean-Georges Paulus and Madeleine Schmitt.
[2] 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.
Paulus died at his home in the 7th arrondissement of Paris 14 April 1898.
"M. Paulus, music director of the Republican Guard, currently giving concerts in America" (1872)
The transfer of Napoleon's remains aboard
la Belle Poule
, 15 October 1840, painting by
Eugène Isabey
(1843).