Elisabeth Brasseur
Élisabeth Brasseur (* 1896 in Verdun , † 1972 in Versailles ) was a French choirmaster .
After taking lessons from her grandfather Ernest Grosjean , who was organist at Verdun Cathedral , Brasseur studied at the Conservatory of Versailles . She got a job as organist and cantor at the Church of Sainte Jeanne d'Arc and founded a women's choir there in 1920, which soon developed into a mixed choir and was named Chorale Élisabeth-Brasseur in 1943 .
The choir has performed hundreds of concerts and operas, sang world premieres of compositions by Arthur Honegger ( Cantate de Noël ), Florent Schmitt , Francis Poulencs , Darius Milhauds , André Jolivets , Olivier Messiaens , Claude Delvincourts , Jacques Charpentiers and Charles Brown, and performed regularly with Festival d'Aix-en-Provence with.
After Brasseur's death in 1972, Catherine Brilli took over the choir direction.
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| SURNAME | Brasseur, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French choirmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verdun |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1972 |
| Place of death | Versailles |