Gaston Carraud
Michel-Gaston Carraud (born July 20, 1864 in Le Mée-sur-Seine , † June 15, 1920 in Paris ) was a French composer and music critic .
Carraud began his musical education at the École Monge , which had students such as Albéric Magnard , Charles Koechlin , Jacques Pillois , André Caplet and Gabriel Bender . He then studied composition with Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris and won the First Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1890 with the lyrical scene Cléopâtre based on a text by Fernand Beissier .
He also composed the symphonic poem La Chevauchée de la chimère , Les Nuits based on poems by Alfred de Musset and the overture Buona Pasqua . From 1905 he worked primarily as a music critic for the magazine La Liberté . In 1921 his book La vie, l'œuvre et la mort d'Albéric Magnard (1865–1914) was published in Paris .
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| SURNAME | Carraud, Gaston |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carraud, Michel-Gaston (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Mée-sur-Seine |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1920 |
| Place of death | Paris |