Georges Hartmann

Georges Hartmann (May 15 1843, Paris - May 1900, Paris) was a French dramatist and opera librettist who wrote under the pen name Henri Grémont.

Since 1870 he was also a music publisher, publishing compositions of Jules Massenet. In May of 1891 his publishing house failed and he was forced to sell it to Henri Heugel [ [http://imslp.org/wiki/Heugel IMSLP Biography of Heugel Publishers] ] which, subsequently (through merger in 1980), became part of Alphonse Leduc [ [http://www.alphonseleduc.com/ Leduc Official Web site] .] [ [http://imslp.org/wiki/Alphonse_Leduc IMSLP note on Leduc Company] ] publishing empire.

Hartmann's librettos include Massenet's "Hérodiade" (1881) and "Werther" (1892), Silver's "Château Brillon" (1892), André Messager's "Madame Chrysanthème" (1893) and Reynaldo Hahn's "L'Île du rêve" (1898).

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