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News
In the spotlight
On that day 09 October
Works
Roméo et Juliette
When the curtain in the Théâtre Feydeau rose on Steibelt’s Roméo et Juliette, on 9 October 1793, Shakespeare’s play had already inspired operas by Benda (1776) and Dalayrac (1792). In the 19th century...
Persons
Camille SAINT-SAËNS
Having lost his father early like Charles Gounod, Saint-Saëns was raised by his mother and by his great-aunt, who gave him his first piano lessons before sending him to Stamaty, then Maleden. Extraord...
Persons
Giuseppe VERDI
Né à Busseto, où il reçoit son premier apprentissage musical, Verdi échoue en 1832 à l’entrée du Conservatoire de Milan. Son protecteur Barezzi, dont il épousera la fille, lui permet de travailler ave...
Persons
Sylvain DUPUIS
Compositeur, hautboïste, pianiste et organiste belge. Chef d'orchestre. Professeur puis directeur du Conservatoire de Liège (1886 ; 1911-1925). Directeur de la Société chorale La Légia, fondateur des ...
Persons
Louis de RONCHAUD
Historien, homme de lettres et directeur des musées nationaux (1881-1887).
Persons
Gilbert RANDON
Pseudonyme de Gilbert Randonensberg. Dessinateur et caricaturiste de presse, illustrateur et lithographe. A collaboré au Journal pour rire et au Journal amusant.
Focus
The French cello school
The history of the cello in France in the nineteenth century falls into three chapters.
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