Gustave Lefèvre
Illustration — Gustave Lefèvre by Berthaud in 1889 • Illustration — Gustave Lefèvre (center) surrounded by students of the École Niedermeyer including Gigout, Fauré and Messager, Bibliothèque nationale de France Victor Gustave Lefèvre (2 June 1831 in Provins – 17 March 1910 in his home in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French composer and music educator.
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Gustave Lefèvre

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- Born
- 1831 · Provins.
- Died
- 1910 · Boulogne-Billancourt.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · music educator
- Movements
- classical music
- Teachers
- Michele Carafa · Pierre Maleden · Hippolyte-Raymond Colet
- Languages
- French
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• Illustration — Gustave Lefèvre's grave at Provins cemetery • Traité de contrepoint et du rythme (unpublished), • Traité d'harmonie (1889). In 1900 he founded La Nouvelle Maîtrise, a revival of the magazine formerly founded by Louis Niedermeyer. • Writing of the article about the Niedermeyer School of Classical Music for l'encyclopédie de la musique and the Dictionnaire du Conservatoire, by Albert Lavignac and Lionel de La Laurencie.
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