André Gailhard
André Gailhard (29 June 1885 – 3 July 1966) was a French classical music composer.
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André Gailhard
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- Name
- André Gailhard
- Birth Name
- André Charles Samson Gailhard
- Born
- 29 June 1885
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 3 July 1966
- Place of death
- Ermont
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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André Gailhard vécut du 29 juin 1885 au 3 juillet 1966 et fut compositeur.
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La naissance d'André Gailhard est enregistrée le 29 juin 1885, et le décès le 3 juillet 1966 à Ermont (Val-d'Oise). Le lieu de naissance d'André Gailhard est Paris, France, selon la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Name — André Gailhard • Birth Name — André Charles Samson Gailhard • Born — 29 June 1885 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 3 July 1966 • Place of death — Ermont • Occupation — Composer
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André Gailhard, full name André Charles Samson Gailhard, was the son of Pierre Gailhard, once the director of the Paris Opera. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Paul Vidal, Xavier Leroux and Charles Lenepveu. In 1908 he won the prix de Rome for composition. He directed the Théâtre Fémina in Paris.
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Gailhard composed several operas including Amaryllis, premiered in Toulouse in 1906, La fille du soleil (1909), Le Sortilège, in Paris in 1913 and La Bataille, in Paris in 1931. He also authored music for the ballet L'Aragonaise. Besides, he composed a Prélude et fugue pour grand orchestre as well as several lieder and film scores.
Les concurrents pour le prix de Rome en 1907. De gauche à droite: Maurice Le Boucher; Jules Mazellier; Nadia Boulanger; Marc Delmas; André Gailhard; Philippe Gaubert (debout).
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