Philippe-Alexis Béancourt (10 June 1792 – 6 January 1862) was a 19th-century French composer and conductor.
Biography Born in Versailles (city), Béancourt was a composer of stage music. He was also the conductor of the Théâtre des Nouveautés (1827–1831), the Théâtre Comte (1830), and then the Théâtre de la Gaîté (1835–1849).
He died in Paris.
Works Faust, lyrics by Emmanuel Théaulon and Jean-Baptiste Gondelier, morceaux détachés singing and piano (or harp), 1827 Rendez-vous, lyrics by Mathurin-Joseph Brisset, 1827 Jean, lyrics by Théaulon and Alphonse Signol, air, chant et piano, 1828 La Tache de sang, three-act drama, with Julien de Mallian (libretto), 1835 Les Sept châteaux du diable,Les Sept châteaux du diable on BNF féerie, quadrille for the piano, Théâtre Impérial du Châtelet, with Philippe Musard, lyrics by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville, 1844 Air de la fiancée, lyrics by Achille d'Artois, undated Air de Mr Jovial, lyrics by Adolphe Choquart and Théaulon, undated
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