Louis Placide Canonge
Louis Placide Canonge (* 1822 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † 1893 ibid) was an American journalist , music critic and writer .
Canonge was the son of a French judge who lived in Santo Domingo before coming to the United States. He was sent to Paris for his training, where he attended the Lycée Louis le Grand .
During the American Civil War he published the magazine Courrier Louisianais and had to leave the city after the conquest of New Orleans because of his statements against the northern states. After the war he founded the magazine L'Époque . After their failure, he became an employee of L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans in 1882 , for which he wrote music and acting reviews.
Canonge was also a respected playwright. After its premiere in New Orleans in 1852, his piece Le comte de Carmagnola was played about 100 times in Paris. In 1860 he was manager of the Orleans Theater , from 1873 to 1875 of the French Opera House . The poet Léona Queyrouze dedicated the poem À l'Opèra to him .
Works
- L'Ambassadeur d'Autriche , 1842
- Le Comte de Monte Cristo (after Alexandre Dumas ' novella), 1846
- France et Espagne , 1850
- Le Comte de Carmagnola , 1852
literature
- Ruby Van Allen Caulfeild: The French Literature of Louisiana , p. 164 ff., Firebird Press, 1999, ISBN 156-5-54591-5 , digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Canonge, Louis Placide |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist, music critic, and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1893 |
| Place of death | New Orleans , Louisiana |