Guillaume Despréaux
Guillaume Despréaux (born Guillaume Ross , * 1803 in Clermont-Ferrand , date of death unknown) was a French composer .
Despréaux studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with François-Joseph Fétis and Henri Montan Berton . From 1824 he was also engaged at the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique (formerly Théâtre de Madame ), which was directed at the time by Charles Delestre-Poirson . Here he appeared next to Virginie Déjazet and Léontine Fay in Vaudevilles by Eugène Scribe .
In 1828 Despréaux won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Herminie se couvrant des armes de Clorinde , while Berlioz , who had also taken part in the competition, received nothing. Despréaux went to Rome in 1829, where he composed a Requiem and a Dies Irea , among other things .
After his return to Paris, he composed mainly for music theater. In 1833 his opera Le Souper du mari was premiered at the Opéra-Comique , followed by La Dame d'honneur in 1838 . Nothing is known about his further life.
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| SURNAME | Despréaux, Guillaume |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ross, Guillaume (maiden name); Ross-Despréaux, Guillaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1838 |