Henry Février

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Henry Février

Henry Février (October 2, 1875 – July 6, 1957) was a French composer.

Biography

Henry Février was born in Paris, and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where his teachers included Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré. He also took private lessons with André Messager.

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). His works include incidental music for plays, including Agnès, dame galante (1912) and Aphrodite (1914). Février ceased composing music in the 1940s.

Henry Février was the father of the pianist Jacques Février.

Bibliography

FÉVRIER, Henry, André Messager : mon maître, mon ami, Paris, Amiot-Dumont, « Jeunesse de la musique », 1948.
HOURRIER, Hélène, Henry Février (1875-1957) : introduction à l’étude de Monna Vanna, mémoire de master 1 sous la direction de Stéphan Etcharry, Université de Reims, 2006.
Hélène HOURRIER, La Production lyrique d'Henry Février : genèse, réception et éléments d'analyse, mémoire de master 2 sous la direction de Jean-Marc Chouvel et Stéphan Etcharry, Université de Reims, 2007.

External links

Free scores by Henry Février at the International Music Score Library Project

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Persondata
Name	Février, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	French composer
Date of birth	2 October 1875
Place of birth	Paris
Date of death	6 July 1957
Place of death	Paris

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