Victor Massé
Victor Massé (born March 7, 1822 as Félix Marie Massé in Lorient , Département Morbihan , † July 5, 1884 in Paris ) was a French composer .
Life
From 1834 Massé studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Jacques Fromental Halévy, among others . In 1844 Massé received the Prix de Rome with a cantata. Although inclined to sacred music, he chose opera. From 1850 until his death he supplied the Paris Opéra-Comique with repertoire works. In 1860 he became choir conductor at the Paris Opera , in 1866 composition teacher at the Conservatoire.
Because it was a representative of the conservative style in a period of upheaval in the genre opéra-comique , it was soon forgotten, although it was performed frequently in its day. The works are worth mentioning Galathée (1852) as an opera version of Pygmalion (1865 by -Stoffs Francis of Suppè as the beautiful Galathée successfully neuvertont) and the one-act opera Les Noces de Jeannette (1853), which was until the end of the century played more than a thousand times. The opera Paul et Virginie (1876) based on the novel by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre did not have the desired success. His last work, Une Nuit de Cléopâtre, based on a libretto by J. Barbier, was premiered posthumously in April 1885 in Paris.
Works
Meyer's Konversationslexikon from 1885 to 1892 names the following operas:
- Galathée (1852)
- Les noces de Jeannette (1853)
- La fiancée du diable (1854)
- Le cousin de Marivaux (1857)
- La fée Carabosse (1859)
- Le fils du brigadier (1867)
- Paul et Virginie (1876)
- La nuit de Cléopatre (1877)
literature
- Arthur Pougin: Musiciens du XIXe siècle. Auber , Rossini , Donizetti , Thomas , Verdi , Gounod , Massé, Reyer , Delibes . Edition Fischbacher, Paris 1911.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Volume 11, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885-1892, p. 323.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Massé in the International Music Score Library Project
- List of stage works by Victor Massé based on the MGG at Operone
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massé, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Massé, Félix Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lorient , Morbihan department |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1884 |
| Place of death | Paris |