Alexis Roger
Alexis-André Roger (born June 11, 1814 in Château-Gontier , † 1846 ) was a French composer.
In 1828 he was admitted to study at the Conservatoire de Paris . He studied harmony with Victor Dourlen , counterpoint with Antonín Reicha , piano with Pierre Zimmermann and organ with François Benoist . His composition teachers were Jean-François Lesueur and Ferdinando Paër .
After receiving an honorable mention in 1838, he won the Premier Grand Prix in 1842 with the cantata La Reine flore in the competition for the Prix de Rome . In early 1843 he began his two-year stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, which was associated with the award. This was followed by a trip to Vienna and on to Germany, where he died in 1846 at the age of thirty-two.
Of his works only one violin school ( Grande méthode de violon ) has survived, which was published in Paris in 1830.
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| SURNAME | Roger, Alexis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roger, Alexis-André (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Château-Gontier |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1846 |