Henry Février

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

See also: Henry Février (in French)

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