Lefebvre, Charles Edouard

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Lefebvre, Charles Edouard

Lefebvre, Charles Edouard, French composer and teacher; b. Paris, June 19, 1843; d. Aix-les-Bains, Sept. 8, 1917. He was a student at the Paris Cons., winning the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata Le judgement de Dieu (1870). After completing his studies in Rome, he returned to Paris in 1873. He won the Prix Chartier in 1884 and 1891. From 1895 he was on the faculty of the Paris Cons.

Works

dramatic: Opera: Le florentin (1868); Le voile de Saint Walburge (1877–78); Lucrèce (1877–78); Le trésor (Angers, March 28, 1883); Zaïre (Lille, Dec. 3, 1887); Djelma (Paris, May 25, 1894). orch.:Ouverture dramatique (1875); Dolila, symphonie poem (1875); Sym. (1879); Melka, legend (1880); Une sérénade (1884); Eloâ, poème lyrique (1888); La fille de Jephté, poème lyrique (1879). other:Le judgment de Dieu, cantata (1870); Judith, biblical drama (1879); Sainte-Cécile for Voice, Chorus, and Orch. (1896); chamber music; piano pieces; organ music.

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