Lucien Chevaillier (sometimes spelled Chevallier) (21 August 1883 – 3 February 1932)See http://data.bnf.fr/11172134/lucien_chevaillier/. was a French composer, pianist, and music journalist.

Life

Chevaillier was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and studied at the

Paris Conservatoire The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

where he received first prizes in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. He taught for many years at the École normale de musique (Paris), the

Strasbourg Conservatory The Conservatoire de Strasbourg is a music conservatory located in Strasbourg, France. The school was created using funds given to the city of Strasbourg by arts patron Louis Apffel in 1839. The conservatoire's first day of classes began on 3 Janua ...

, and was director of the École de musique at

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. He also wrote articles, reviews and conducted interviews for French music journals including "Le Guide du concert". He died in Paris. He is best known for his music for piano, particularly his ''Berceuse'', Op. 65. His one act

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'' Le Poème du soir'' premiered successfully at the Opéra-Comique in

on 13 May 1925.

Bibliography

Key, Pierre V. (ed): "Chevaillier, Lucien" i
''Pierre Key's Musical Who's Who''
(New York: Pierre Key Inc., 1931), p. 120.

References

External links

Chevaillier, Lucien
on MusicSack * 1883 births 1932 deaths 20th-century French male classical pianists Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Composers for piano Conservatoire de Paris alumni French male classical composers French opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Paris {{france-composer-stub