Léon Gastinel (15 August 1823 – 18 October 1906) was a French composer.

Career

He attended the

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where he studied with

Fromental Halévy Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (; 27 May 179917 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera ''La Juive''. Early career Halévy was born in Paris, son of the cantor ...

and was awarded the

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in 1846 for his cantata ''Valasquez''. While relatively unknown today, Gastinel wrote two complete masses, two symphonies and four oratorios, and

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including at least two

string sextet In european classical music, classical music, a string sextet is a composition written for six string instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such a composition. Most string sextets have been written for an ensemble consisting of two ...

s.The second published in 1860 by Lemoine of Paris: se
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from the 9 June 1860 issue of the ''Bibliographie de la France''. He was most prolific, however, in his works for the stage, which include the ballet ''Le Rêve'' (1890, chor. Joseph Hansen, Paris Opera) and the operas ''Le Miroir'' (1853), ''L'Opéra aux fenêtres'' (1857) and ''Titus et Bérénice'' (1860).

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