Félicien Menu de Ménil (16 July 1860 – 28 March 1930) was a French composer and

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

enthusiast best known for his musical setting of Ludwig Zamenhof's poem "

La Espero "La Espero" ( en, "The Hope") is a poem written by Polish-Jewish doctor L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), the initiator of the Esperanto language. The song is often used as the (unofficial) anthem of Esperanto, and is now usually sung to a trium ...

". He was also the editor of and a contributor to ''

La Revuo ''La Revuo: Internacia monata literatura gazeto'' (English: ''The Review: An International Monthly Literature Magazine'') was an Esperanto periodical, published from 1906 to 1914. It was the third Esperanto periodical, following ''La Esperantisto ...

''.

Works

* Menu de Ménil, Félicien, "La Mortigistoj de Stradella", short story published in the magazine ''La Revuo'', September 1906 * Menu de Ménil, Félicien, ''Muzika Terminaro'', 1908 * Menu de Ménil, Félicien, ''Les préjuges contre l'espéranto'', 1908 * Menu de Ménil, Félicien, ''L'Héritage Klodarec'', one-act comedy, 1906

References

* Courtinat, Léon, ''Historio de esperanto: movado kaj literaturo, 1887–1960'', Agen: Imprimerie Moderne, 1964–1966, Esperanto music French composers French male composers French Esperantists 1860 births 1930 deaths {{France-composer-stub