Henry Février

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Henry Février (1875 - July 8, 1957) was a French composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and his teachers included André Messager, Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré. His first compositions were chamber music, but he is chiefly known for his operas and operettas, among which are Le Roi aveugle (1906), Monna Vanna (1909), Carmosine (1913), Gismonda (1919), La Damnation de Blanchefleur (1920), L'Ile désenchantée (1925), Oletta (1927), La Femme nue (1929) and Sylvette (1932). Henry Février is the father of the famous French pianist Jacques Février.