Xavier Leroux

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Xavier Leroux

Xavier Henry Napoleón Leroux (October 11, 1863 – February 2, 1919) was a French composer.

Leroux was the son of a military bandleader. He studied at the Paris Conservatory under Jules Massenet and Théodore Dubois, and won the Prix de Rome in 1885 with the cantata Endymion. From 1896 he taught harmony there. Notable students include composer Marc Delmas.

Leroux composed several orchestral and choral works, songs, and piano pieces, but he was primarily known for his operas.

Operas

Evangéline, libretto by Louis de Gramont, 1895
Astarté, libretto by Louis de Gramont, 1901
La reine Fiammette, 1903
Vénus et Adonis, libretto by Louis de Gramont, 1905
William Ratcliff, libretto by Louis de Gramont after Heinrich Heine, 1906
Le chemineau, 1907
Théodora, 1907
Le carillonneur, 1913
La fille de Figaro, 1914
Les cadeaux de Noël, 1915
1814, 1918
Nausithoé, 1920
La plus forte, 1924
L'ingénu, 1931

References

Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 499.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 54253952 LCCN: no89000766 ISNI: 0000 0001 1027 0512 GND: 116947527 BNF: cb12511301x

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Name	Leroux, Xavier
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Short description	French composer
Date of birth	October 11, 1863
Place of birth
Date of death	February 2, 1919
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