Arthur Coquard
Illustration — Arthur Coquard Arthur Coquard (26 May 1846 – 20 August 1910) was a French composer and music critic. He studied composition with César Franck, and was a music critic for Le Monde and L'Echo de Paris. He served as director of the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (National Institute for Blind Children) from 1891–99.
Arthur Coquard
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- Born
- 1846 · Paris.
- Died
- 1910 · Isle of Noirmoutier.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · music critic
- Fields
- opera
- Teachers
- César Franck
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Arthur Coquard Arthur Coquard (26 May 1846 – 20 August 1910) was a French composer and music critic. He studied composition with César Franck, and was a music critic for Le Monde and L'Echo de Paris. He served as director of the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (National Institute for Blind Children) from 1891–99.
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Coquard completed Edouard Lalo's opera, La jacquerie (1895). He also wrote the opera Jahel (1899) and the comic opera La troupe Jolicoeur (1902). He won a prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts for his publication De la musique en France depuis Rameau. His most popular musical work was his setting of Haï Luli, which was included in several major anthologies of French songs.
Arthur Coquard is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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1846
Arthur Coquard born at Paris.
1910
Arthur Coquard died at Isle of Noirmoutier.
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- Coquard, Arthur (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Arthur Coquard
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- 1.Baker, Theodore; rev. by Nicolas Slonimsky (1978) Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians - 6th ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 348.
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