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BRUNEAU, ALFRED (1857– )

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BRUNEAU, ALFRED (1857– )

BRUNEAU, See also:
ALFRED
ALFRED (1857– ) , See also:

French musical composer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

Paris. His parents were devoted to See also:

MUSIC

music, and he was brought up to See also:

PLAY

play the 'cello, being educated at the Paris See also:

CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire. He played in See also:

PASDELOUP, JULES ETIENNE (181g-1887)

Pasdeloup's See also:

ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra, and soon began to compose, See also:

writing a See also:

CANTATA (Italian for a song or story set to music)

cantata, See also:

GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

Genevieve de Paris, at an See also:

early See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age. In 1884 his Ouverture heroique was performed, followed by the choral symphonies, See also:

LEDA

Leda (1884), La Belle an bois dormant (1886). and Penthesilee. But he is best known as a dramatic composer. In 1887 his first See also:

OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, Kerim, was produced; and in 1891 his successful opera Le See also:

Reeve, with a libretto founded on See also:

ZOLA, EMILE EDOUARD CHARLES ANTOINE (1840-1902)

Zola's See also:

story. Another subject from Zola resulted in the opera L'Attaque du See also:

MOULIN (Fr. moulin, a mill)

moulin (1893), and libretti by Zola himself were written for his next operas Messidor (1897) and L'Ouragan (1901). Among Bruneau's other See also:

WORKS

works may be mentioned his See also:

REQUIEM

Requiem (1896), and his two collections of songs, Lieds de See also:

France and Chansons a dancer. He was decorated with the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour in 1895. His musical criticisms, published in several volumes, are remarkable for See also:

LITERARY

literary quality and vigour. See See also:

Arthur See also:

HERVEY, JAMES (1714–1758)

Hervey's See also:

VOLUME

volume on Bruneau (1907).

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