Février, Henri

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Février, Henri

Février, Henri, French composer; b. Paris, Oct. 2, 1875; d. there, July 6, 1957. He studied at the Paris Cons, with Faure, Leroux, Pugno, and Massenet, and also privately with Messager. He publ. a monograph on the latter (Paris, 1948).

Works

DRAMATIC Opera : Le Roi aveugle (Paris, May 8, 1906); Monna Vanna (Paris, Jan. 13, 1909); Gismonda (Chicago, Jan. 14, 1919; Paris, Oct. 15, 1919); La Damnation de Blanche- Eleur (Monte Carlo, March 13, 1920); La Eemme nue (Monte Carlo, March 23, 1929). O p e r e t t a : Agnes, dame galante (1912); Carmosine (1913); lie desenchantee (Paris, Nov. 21, 1925). OTHER: Chamber music; piano pieces; choral works; songs.

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