Arthur Coquard (26 May 1846 – 20 August 1910)Baker, Theodore; rev. by Nicolas Slonimsky (1978) ''Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians - 6th ed.'' New York: Schirmer Books, 348. was a French composer and music critic. He studied composition with

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...

, and was a music critic for ''

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'' and '' L'Echo de Paris''. He served as director of the

Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (''National Institute for Blind Children'' or ''Royal Institution for Blind Youth''), in Paris, was the first special school for blind students in the world, and served as a model for many subsequent schools ...

(National Institute for Blind Children) from 1891–99. Coquard completed Edouard Lalo's opera, '' La jacquerie'' (1895). He also wrote the opera ''Jahel'' (1899) and the comic opera ''La troupe Jolicoeur '' (1902). He won a prize from the

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for his publication ''De la musique en France depuis Rameau''. His most popular musical work was his setting of ''Haï Luli'', which was included in several major anthologies of French songs.

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* * 1846 births 1910 deaths French composers French male composers French music critics French male non-fiction writers French opera composers Male opera composers {{france-composer-stub