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See also:ALFRED See also:BRUNEAU (1857– ) , See also:French musical composer, was See also:born in See also:Paris . His parents were devoted to See also:music, and he was brought up to See also:play the 'cello, being educated at the Paris See also:Conservatoire . He played in See also:Pasdeloup's See also:orchestra, and soon began to compose, See also:writing a See also:cantata, See also:Genevieve de Paris, at an See also:early See also:age . In 1884 his Ouverture heroique was performed, followed by the choral symphonies, See also: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, Kerim, was produced; and in 1891 his successful opera Le See also:Reeve, with a libretto founded on See also:Zola's See also:story . Another subject from Zola resulted in the opera L'Attaque du See also:moulin (1893), and libretti by Zola himself were written for his next operas Messidor (1897) and L'Ouragan (1901) . Among See also:Bruneau's other See also:works may be mentioned his See also: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 of See also:Honour in 1895 . His musical criticisms, published in several volumes, are remarkable for See also:literary quality and vigour . See See also:Arthur See also:Hervey's See also:volume on Bruneau (1907) . |
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