Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray
Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (born February 2, 1840 in Nantes , † July 4, 1910 in Vernouillet ) was a French composer .
Bourgault-Ducoudray studied at the Paris Conservatory with Ambroise Thomas . He won the Prix de Rome and in 1874 went on a trip through Greece and the Orient , where he collected Greek folk songs . From 1878 he taught music history at the conservatory.
He composed operas , an oratorio , cantatas , orchestral pieces, chamber music works as well as Greek, Oriental, Breton, Welsh, Scottish and Irish songs .
Works (selection)
- Le Carnaval d'Athènes
- Rhapsody Cambodgiene
- Symphony réligieuse
- Jeanne la Patrie , oratorio
- Jeanne Flachette , cantata
- Louise de Mézières , cantata
- L'Atelier de Prague , comic opera, 1858
- Michel Colomb , comic opera, 1887
- Thamara , Opera, 1891
- Anne de Bretagne , Great Opera, 1892
- Myrdhin , Légende dramatique, 1912
Web links
- Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray on compositeursbretons.com
- Sheet music and audio files by Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray in the International Music Score Library Project
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SURNAME | Bourgault-Ducoudray, Louis-Albert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourgault Ducoudray, Louis Albert; Ducoudray, Louis Albert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1840 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1910 |
Place of death | Vernouillet |