Ave Maria
Composer: Edmond-Marie Chérouvrier
(1831-1905), 1845; 1868
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Cyclopedia of music
& musicians, Volume 1
John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp - Scribner, 1893 |
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CHEROUVRIER, EDMOND MARIE bom at Sable France Feb 7 1831
still living 1888 Dramatic composer at fourteen years of age he wrote an
Ave Maria which was given at the College de Vaugirard. He was a pupil of
Leborne in fugue and composition, although not entered as a pupil at the
Conservatoire; obtained an honourable mention from the Institut de France in
1857; and the second grand prix in 1858. In 1865 he brought out an opera
Le roi des mines at the Theatre Lyrique. This was succeeded by Quentin
Metsys, opera comique received but never played; Gilles de Bretagne
opera and two unfinished ones La fiancee de Corinthe and Nicolas
Flamel opera comique. His church music comprises Une Messe solennelle
pour quatre voix d hommes; a Tantum ergo ŕ quatre voix; an Ave Maria
and a Tota pul chra; and a Mass performed at the Church of Montrouge in
1876. Besides these a collection entitled Fleurs d automne - melodies
vocales - Fetis Supplement i 176 |
According to
Music
Sack this book claims he died in 1905.
p. 331 In: The history of opera. Second empire opera - The theatre lyrique,
Paris 1851-1870
Walsh, Thomas Joseph - London: John Calder, 1981 |
 
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