Claude Terrasse
Illustration — Claude Terrasse Claude Terrasse (27 January 1867 – 30 June 1923) was a French composer of operettas. Terrasse was born in L'Arbresle, Rhône. He became known by writing the music for the play Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry in 1896.
Claude Terrasse

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- Full name
- Claude Antoine Terrasse.
- Born
- 1867. · L'Arbresle.
- Died
- 1923. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- composer and organist.
- Fields
- opera.
- Movements
- classical music.
- Teachers
- Alexandre Luigini.
- Honours
- Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Claude Terrasse (27 gennaio 1867 – 30 giugno 1923) figura come compositore e organista negli archivi di autorità della Bibliothèque nationale de France e della Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Vita
La nascita di Claude Terrasse è registrata il 27 gennaio 1867 a Arbresle/Rhône, e la morte il 30 giugno 1923. Il luogo di morte di Claude Terrasse è Parigi, Francia, secondo la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek e la Bibliothèque nationale de France. La Bibliothèque nationale de France precisa il 16º arrondissement.
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In Paris, his brother-in-law, the painter Pierre Bonnard, introduced him to the artistic world and the avant-garde literature and art of the time. Bonnard also did several portraits of him. In 1890, Terrasse married Andrée Bonnard, sister of the artist Pierre Bonnard. Their son Charles Terrasse published a monograph on Bonnard in 1927. Terrasse died in Paris, and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.
Training under Alexandre Luigini is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Work by Claude Terrasse is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art. Distinctions recorded are Legion of Honour.
• Vive la France! – Trilogie à grand spectacle (trilogy of a great spectacle) – libretto by Franc-Nohain – (Theater of the Pantins, Paris; 29 March 1898) • La petite femme de Loth – Opéra bouffe in 3 acts – libretto by Tristan Bernard (first presented at the Théâtre des Mathurins, Paris; 1 October 1900) • Les travaux d'Hercule – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – (Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris; 7 March 1901) • Le sire de Vergy – Opéra bouffe in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – (Théâtre des Variétés, Paris; 16 April 1903) • Monsieur de la Palisse – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – (Paris; 2 November 1904) • L'ingénu libertin, ou La Marquise et le Marmiton – conte galant en trois actes – libretto by Louis Artus – (Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris; 11 December 1907) • Le mariage de Télémaque – Opéra bouffe in 5 acts – libretto by Jules Lemaitre and Maurice Donnay – (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 4 May 1910) • Les lucioles – ballet by Mme. Mariquita – (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 28 December 1910) • Pantagruel – opera in 5 acts – libretto by Alfred Jarry and Eugène Demolder (30 January 1911) • Miss Alice des P.T.T. musical comedy in 3 acts – lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire – (Theater of the Cigale, Paris; 14 December 1912) • Faust en ménage – lyric fantasy in one act – libretto by Albert Carré – (Theater of the Potinière, Paris; 5 January 1924)
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1867
Claude Terrasse born at L'Arbresle.
1923
Claude Terrasse died at Paris.
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L'Arbresle.
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Claude Terrasse
Scholarly · MetaBrainz Foundation
scholarly publication
- Terrasse, Claude (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1097179: Claude Terrasse
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