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DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)

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DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876) , See also:

French composer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 13th of See also:

APRIL

April 1810 at Cadenet, in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

VAUCLUSE

Vaucluse. As a See also:

child he showed unusual musical precocity, and .being See also:

early See also:

LEFT

left an See also:

ORPHAN

orphan he was admitted into the See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Sauveur at See also:

AIX

Aix. He was for a See also:

time employed in an See also:

ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney's See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, but quitted his service to become chef d'orchestre in the See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre at Aix, and See also:

CHAPEL

chapel-See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at Saint Sauveur. Then he went to See also:

Paris, being provided with £roo a See also:

YEAR

year by a See also:

rich See also:

UNCLE

uncle. After having studied for a while 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 joined the See also:

SECT

sect of Saint Simonians, and in 1833 travelled in the See also:

East in See also:

order to preach the new See also:

DOCTRINE

doctrine. After three years' See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, during which See also:

Constantinople and See also:

SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna were visited and some time was spent in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, he returned to See also:

France and published a collection of See also:

ORIENTAL

Oriental Melodies. For several years he worked in retirement, and wrote two symphonies, some chamber See also:

MUSIC

music and songs. On the 8th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1844 he suddenly leapt into fame through the extraordinary success obtained by his symphonic See also:

ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode Le See also:

DESERT

Desert, which was produced at the Conservatoire. In this See also:

WORK

work David had struck out a new See also:

LINE

line. He had attempted in See also:

SIMPLE

simple strains to evoke the majestic stillness of the desert. Notwithstanding its See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " symphonic ode," Le Desert has little in See also:

COMMON

common with the symphonic See also:

style. What distinguishes it is a certain naivete of expression and an effective oriental colouring.

In this last respect David may be looked upon as the precursor of a whole See also:

army of composers. His succeeding See also:

WORKS

works, Moise au See also:

SINAI

Sinai (1846), Christophe See also:

COLOMB, PHILIP HOWARD (1831-1899)

Colomb (1847), L'See also:

Eden (1848), scarcely See also:

BORE

bore out the promise shown in Le Desert, although the second of these compositions was successful at the time of its See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production. David now turned his See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the theatre, and produced the following operas in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession: La Perle du Presil (1851), Herculanum (1859), Lalla-Roukh (1862), Le Saphir (1865). Of these, Lalla-Roukh is the one which has obtained the greatest success. In 1868 he gained the See also:

AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award of the French See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute for the biennial See also:

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize given by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor; and in 1869 he was made librarian at the Conservatoire instead of See also:

BERLIOZ, HECTOR (1803-1869)

Berlioz, whom subsequently he succeeded as a member of the Institute. He died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on the 29th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1876. If David can scarcely be placed in the first See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of French composers, he nevertheless deserves the See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration due to a sincere artist, who was undoubtedly inspired by lofty ideals. At a time when the works of Berlioz were still unappreciated by the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of See also:

PEOPLE

people, David succeeded in making the public take See also:

INTEREST

interest in music of a picturesque and descriptive See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind. Thus he may be considered as one of the pioneers of See also:

MODERN

modern French musical See also:

ART

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