Léon Gastinel

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Léon Gastinel (born August 15, 1823 in Villers-les-Pots , Côte-d'Or , † October 18, 1906 in Fresnes , Val-de-Marne ) was a French composer .

Leon Gastinel studied composition with Jacques Fromental Halévy at the Paris Conservatory and received the Grand Prix de Rome in 1846 for the cantata Velasquez . He mainly turned to choral and orchestral composition, in which he has achieved significant things: three large masses (one only with a female choir), two symphonies , four oratorios .

Works

  • Judgment Day
  • The seven words of Christ
  • Saul
  • The water fairy
  • Symphonie concertante for two violins and orchestra
  • Two overtures
  • Numerous chamber music works
  • Comic operas:
    • Le miroir (1853)
    • L'opéra aux fenêtres (1857)
    • Titus et Bérénice (1860)
    • Le buisson vert (1861)
    • La kermesse (The fair, held 60 times at the Théâtre-Lyrique )
    • La dame des prés
    • La tulipe bleue
  • Great Opera:
    • The Bard King, for whom Gastinel also wrote the text.

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SURNAME Gastinel, Léon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Villers-les-Pots , Cote-d'Or
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1906
Place of death Fresnes , Val-de-Marne