Léon Ehrhart
Léon Ehrhart (born May 11, 1854 in Mulhouse , † October 4, 1875 in Porretta ) was a French composer.
Life
Ehrhart had his first music lessons in his hometown with Joseph Heyberger . He then studied organ with Alexis Chauvet in Paris and with François Benoist at the Conservatoire de Paris , with whom he studied composition. In 1874 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Acis et Galatée after Eugène Adenis .
At this time he was composing the prologue musical La Muse populaire for the opening of the Théâtre-Lyrique . At the beginning of 1875 he started the trip to Rome associated with the Prix de Rome. There he composed a great oratorio and the comic opera Maître Martin .
In September of that year Ehrhart traveled to Venice, where he became infected with malaria . He made himself seriously ill on the return trip to Rome. He had to interrupt the journey in Porretta near Florence , where he died on October 4th. The cause of death was a ruptured aneurysm of the aortic arch diagnosed.
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SURNAME | Ehrhart, Léon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1854 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mulhouse , France |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 1875 |
Place of death | Porretta , Italy |