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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RAY-RHU |
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REYER, ERNEST (1823- ) , French composer, was born at Marseilles
Algeria
David
II in 1854; and in 1858 Sacuntala, a ballet, at the Opera. It was the production of La Statue at the Theatre lyrique in 1861 that brought Reyer's name prominently before the public. But Reyer had to wait several years before obtaining a real and permanent success. Erostrate, an opera produced at Baden-Baden in 1862, and given at the Paris Opera some ten years later, was a failure. The composer had in the meanwhile set to work
Sigurd
Wagner in Siegfried and Golterdammerung. It was at last produced in Brussels in 1884, and subsequently brought out at the Paris Opera. Sigurd
work
great
Berlioz
Wagner exercised most influence over Reyer. As a musical critic (preceding Berlioz
Journal des debats) Reyer was a well-known writer; and he became librarian of the Paris Opera, and a member of the Institute. His Quarante Ans de musique (with biographical notice by E. Henriot) was published in 1909.End of Article: REYER, ERNEST (1823- ) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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