Charles-Édouard Lefebvre

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Charles-Édouard Lefebvre (June 19, 1843 Paris - September 8, 1917 Aix-les-Bains, Savoie) was a French composer.

In 1870 he was awarded the Prix de Rome together with Henri Maréchal (1842-1924) for Le Jugement de Dieu.

[edit] Works

• Le Jugement de Dieu (1870)
• Le Chant du cavalier (Duo for Cello (or Bassoon) and Piano (or Organ), 1876)
• op. 46: 3 Pièces (Duos for Cello and Piano, 1877)
• Lucrèce (opera, 1878)
• op. 53: Le Trésor (comic opera in 1 act, libretto by François Coppée, premiered 1883 in Angers)
• op. 57: Suite (for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon and Horn)
• op. 66: Zaïre (opera in 4 acts, libretto by P. Collin based on the homonymous play by Voltaire, premiered 1887 in Lille)
• op. 68: Méditation (for Organ and Orchestra, arranged for Harmonium, Piano, Violin and Cello in 1899 by A. Jeanbernat)
• Djelma (opera in 3 acts, libretto by Charles Lomon, premiered on May 25, 1894 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra in Paris)
• Andante (for 2 Celli, 1895)
• op. 98: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (in a minor, dedicated to Mme. Félix Guyon, 1896)
• op. 118: Fantaisie Caprice (for Clarinet in Bb and Piano)

[edit] External links

[1] in German