1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
AUDRAN. EDMOND (1841-1901), French musical composer, was born at Lyons on the i ith of April 1842. He studied music at the Ecole Niedcrmcycr, where he won the prize for composition in 1859. Two yean later he accepted the post of organist of the church of St Joseph at Marseilles. He made his first appearance as a dramatic composer at Marseilles with L'Ours el It Pacha (1862), a musical version of one of Scribe's vaudevilles. This was followed by La Ckerckeuse d' Esprit (1864), a comic opera, also produced at Marseil…
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