Léon Moreau
Léon Moreau (13 July 1870 – 11 April 1946) was a French/Breton composer, winner of the second prize for composition in the Prix de Rome of 1899. Léon Moreau was born in Brest, he was active as a piano teacher and composer in Brest and Paris. A member of the short-lived Association des Compositeurs Bretons, he also wrote a number of film scores for the silent era (1894-1929), and also saxophone pieces for Elise Hall.
Léon Moreau
Eugène Pirou · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Name
- Léon Moreau
- Born
- 13 July 1870
- Birthplace
- Brest
- Died
- 11 April 1946
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- France
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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• Name — Léon Moreau • Born — 13 July 1870 • Birthplace — Brest • Died — 11 April 1946 • Occupation — Composer
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Léon Moreau lived from 13 July 1870 to 11 April 1946 and was a composer. Léon Moreau was born on 13 July 1870 in Brest (Finistère). Léon Moreau died on 11 April 1946 in Paris, 10th arrondissement, France.
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• Film scores • 1913: L'Agonie de Byzance by Louis Feuillade • 1922: The Agony of the Eagles by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and Julien Duvivier • 1928: Madame Récamier by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel
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