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Eugène D'Harcourt
Anne Marie Eugène d'Harcourt, Comte d'Harcourt (May 20, 1859 – March 7, 1918), was a French conductor and composer. Biography He was born on May 20, 1859 in Paris, France to Bruno Jean Marie d'Harcourt and Juliette d'Andigne de la Chasse. He attended the Paris Conservatoire in 1880. He was an organ student of Eugène Gigout. He completed his mandatory military service and on the advice of Charles Lamoureux went to Berlin, Germany where he became a pupil of Woldemar Bargiel. He returned to Paris and founded the "Concerts Eclectiques Populaires" in 1892. He married Armande de Pierre de Bernis on July 23, 1898 in Marseille, France. They had as their son, Bruno, Count of Harcourt. In 1900 he organized a society to perform oratorios in the Église Saint-Eustache, Paris, and he directed "The Messiah" by Handel, Berlioz's Requiem, St Matthew Passion by Bach and for the first time anywhere, Massenet's oratorio La Terre Promise. In 1904 he was sent by the French Government on a musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène D'Harcourt In 1917 (cropped)
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek language, Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia (name), Eugenia or Eugenie. Egon, a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include: People Notable people with the given name Eugene or Eugène include:Christianity *Pope Eugene I (died 657), Italian pope from 655 to 657 *Pope Eugene II (died 827), Italian pope from 824 to 827 *Pope Eugene III (died 1 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |