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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1excellent method for cello; also variations, divertissements, and fantasies for cello with orch.; variations for cello with string quartet; cello duos.
3Lefébure (lū-fā-bür'), Louis-François Henri, French musician; b. Paris, Feb. 18, 1754; d. there, Nov. 1840. He was a government official until his retirement in 1814; publ. several instructive books on singing: Nouveau Solfège, a 23-page pamphlet (1780), containing ideas put into practice by Gossac in the École royale de chant; a polemical brochure, Bévues, erreurs et méprises de différents auteurs célèbres en matières musicales (1789); etc. He also composed 2 oratorios and other choral works.
5Lefébure-Wély, Louis James Alfred, French organist and composer; b. Paris, Nov. 13, 1817; d. there, Dec. 31, 1869. A pupil of his father's from his fourth year, he took, at the age of 8, the latter's place as organist of the Church of Saint-Roch, becoming regular organist at 14. Entering the Paris Cons. in 1832, he was taught by Benoist (organ) and Laurent and Zimmerman (piano), taking first prizes for both instruments in 1835; studied composition with Berton and Halévy. From 1847-58 he was organist at the Madeleine; then at St. Sulpice. He was a thorough musician, a skillful performer on the organ, piano, and harmonium, and a versatile composer.—Works: a 3-act opera, Les Recruteurs (1861); a cantata, Après la victoire (1863); 3 Masses; 3 symphonies; a string quintet and a string quartet; much elegant salon music for piano (his most celebrated piece is The Monastery Bells); 50 piano études; harmonium music; etc.
7Lefebvre, Charles Édouard, French composer; b. Paris, June 19, 1843; d. Aix-les-Bains, Sept. 8, 1917. He studied at the Paris Cons.; won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1870 for his cantata Le Jugement de Dieu; following his study in Rome, and tours to Greece and the Orient, he returned to Paris in 1873; won the Prix Charlier for chamber music in 1884 and 1891; joined the faculty of the Paris Cons. in 1895.—Works: the operas Lucrèce, Le Trésor (Angers, 1883), Zaire (Lille, 1887), Djelma (Paris, May 25, 1894), Singoalla; Judith, biblical drama (Paris, 1879); Ouverture dramatique; Dalila, symph. poem; Éloa, a 'poème lyrique'; the legend Melka; Sainte Cécile, for solo voice, chorus, and orch. (Paris, 1896); a Serenade for orch.; Toggenburg, overture (Paris, 1904); La Messe du fantôme, for voice and orch.; chamber music (sonatas, trios, quartets, suites, etc.).
9Lefèvre (lū-fěvr'), Jean Xavier, clarinetist; b. Lausanne, March 6, 1763; d. Paris, Nov. 9, 1829. He studied with Michel Yost in Paris; from 1787, played in concerts; from 1791-1817, was at the Paris Opéra; from 1795-1825, prof. at the Cons. He wrote the clarinet method (1802) adopted at the Cons., also 6 concertos for clarinet, trios, duos, sonatas, etc., for his instrument. He popularized the sixth key of the clarinet, but did not invent it, as often stated. —Cf. F. G. Rendall, The Clarinet (London, 1954; p. 74).
11Leffler-Burckard, Martha, German soprano; b. Berlin, June 16, 1865; d. Wiesbaden, May 14, 1954. She made her début as coloratura soprano in Strasbourg (1890); then sang at Breslau, Cologne, and Bremen; from 1898-1900, was at the court theater in Weimar; 1900-02, at Wiesbaden; after that, at the principal German opera houses; in 1906, at Bayreuth; in 1908, at the Metropolitan Opera House in Wagner roles; from 1912-19, member of the Berlin Opera. Her best roles were Fidelio, Isolde, and the 3 Brünnhildes.
13Le Flem, Paul, French composer; b. Lézardieux, Côtes-du-Nord, March 18, 1881. He was a pupil of Lavignac at the Paris Cons., and of Vincent d'Indy and Albert Roussel at the Schola Cantorum; also studied philosophy and literature; then taught at the Schola Cantorum. He became music critic for 'Comoedia,' taking a strong stand in favor of modern music; was instrumental in organizing a modern music society called 'La Spirale' (1935). His own music is influenced by Debussy and Roussel; in several of his stage works, he employs the melodic idioms of his native Brittany.—Works: Aucassin et Nicolette, fairy tale with voices (Paris, July 20, 1923); operas, Le Rossignol de Saint Malo (Opéra-Comique, May 5, 1942), La Clairière des fées (1943), and La Magicienne de la mer (Paris, Oct. 29, 1954); symphony (1907); Fantaisie for piano and orch. (1912); Évocation for voice and orch. (1920); Hymne au vin (1925); La Fête du printemps, for orch. (1937); Le Village, symph. sketch (1942); violin sonata (1905); piano quintet (1909); several choral works.
15Le Fleming, Christopher (Kaye), English composer; b. Wimborne, Feb. 26, 1908. He studied piano, and has been active in teaching at primary schools. He has written
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