Levadé, Charles (Gaston)
Levadé, Charles (Gaston)
Levadé, Charles (Gaston), French composer; b.Paris, Jan. 3, 1869; d. there, Oct. 27, 1948. He was a pupil of Massenet at the Paris Cons., winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1899.
Works
dramatic: Opera: Les Hérétiques (Bé-ziers, Aug. 27, 1905).lyric comedies: La Rôtisserie de la reine Pédauque, after Anatole France (Paris, Jan. 12, 1920); La Peau de chagrin, after Balzac (Paris, April 24, 1929).other: Orch. suites; chamber music; piano pieces; songs.
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