Eugène Crèvecoeur
Joseph-Eugène Crèvecoeur (born January 12, 1819 in Calais , † December 6, 1891 in Calais ) was a French composer .
Life
Crèvecoeur was born the son of a captain. Nothing is known about his musical training in childhood. He came to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1840 , where he was a student of Hippolyte Colet . In 1847 he won the Second Grand Prix de Rome with the three-part lyric piece L'Ange et Tobie based on a poem by Léon Halévy . During his time at the Conservatoire he gave private composition lessons to the little younger Édouard Lalo .
Only a few details are known about his subsequent life: In 1849 he gave Charles Lecocq , the later famous operetta composer, lessons in harmony in preparation for his studies at the Conservatoire . For some time he worked at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crèvecoeur, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crèvecoeur, Joseph-Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calais |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1891 |
| Place of death | Calais |