Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun

Composer Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians" (Lebrun entry), by Theodore Baker, Alfred Remy, p.518, webpage: cite book
title=Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
author=Theodore Baker, Alfred Remy, 1870-, Alfred Remy
year=1919
publisher=G. Schirmer
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url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H2kNAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA518&lpg=RA1-PA518&dq=1784+%22won+the+prix+de+rome%22&source=web&ots=NLOwXTOjpt&sig=SvWjRp-RViWF3WYjoA1vK3HfJmU#PRA1-PA518,M1.] (21 April 1863 - 4 November 1920) "Paul Henri Joseph Lebrun" (short biography), ItalianOPERA, 2005, webpage: [http://www.italianopera.org/compositori/L/c219148.htm ItOp] .] was a Belgian composer and professor at the Ghent Conservatory, who won the Prix de Rome for music in 1891.

Life and work

Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun was born on April 21, 1863 in Ghent, Belgium. He studied as a pupil at the Ghent Conservatory. In 1891, in his late twenties, he won the Prix de Rome for music, with his cantata "Andromeda". He also won first prize of the Belgian Academie, for a symphony.

In 1890, he had become a professor of music theory at the Ghent Conservatory and conductor of the "Orphéon" at Cambrai. In 1895, Lebrun also became conductor of the "Cercle artistique" at Ghent. He was an officer of the Legion of Honor. Works include: the opera "La Fiancée d'Abydos" (Ghent, 1897), orchestral compositions, and choruses. Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun died on November 4, 1920 in Louvain (Leuven, Belgium).

ee also

* Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), composer, contemporary of Lebrun.
* Xavier Leroux (1863-1919), composer, contemporary of Lebrun.
* Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter, contemporary of Lebrun.

Notes

References

* "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians" (entry: Lebrun, Paul-Henri-Joseph), by Theodore Baker, Alfred Remy, p.518, G. Schirmer, New York, Boston, 1919.