Charles Lefebvre

Charles-Édouard Lefebvre (19 June 1843 Paris - 8 September 1917 Aix-les-Bains, Savoie) was a French composer.

He studied with Charles Gounod and Ambroise Thomas. In 1870, he was awarded the Prix de Rome together with Henri Maréchal (1842-1924) for Le Jugement de Dieu. He was the son of painter Charles Lefebvre. After completing his studies at the Paris Conservatoire, he would become director of the conservatory's chamber music class in 1895.

Works

• Le Jugement de Dieu (1870)
• Le Chant du cavalier (Duo for Cello (or Bassoon) and Piano (or Organ), 1876)
• op. 46: 3 Pièces (Duos for Cello and Piano, 1877)
• Lucrèce (opera, 1878)
• op. 53: Le Trésor (comic opera in 1 act, libretto by François Coppée, premiered 1883 in Angers)
• op. 57: Suite (for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon and Horn)
• op. 66: Zaïre (opera in 4 acts, libretto by P. Collin based on the homonymous play by Voltaire, premiered 1887 in Lille)
• op. 68: Méditation (for Organ and Orchestra, arranged for Harmonium, Piano, Violin and Cello in 1899 by A. Jeanbernat)
• Djelma (opera in 3 acts, libretto by Charles Lomon, premiered on May 25, 1894 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra in Paris)
• Andante (for 2 Celli, 1895)
• op. 98: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (in a minor, dedicated to Mme. Félix Guyon, 1896)
• op. 118: Fantaisie Caprice (for Clarinet in Bb and Piano)
• Psalm, for choir and orchestra
• Judith, lyrical drama
• Dalila, oratorium
• Melka, oratorium
• Eloa, oratorium
• Sainte-Cécile, oratorium
• La Fille de Jephthe, oratorium
• La Messe du Fantôme, oratorium
• Toggenburg, oratorium

External links

• Charles Edouard Lefebvre at www.operone.de in German
• Free scores by Charles-Édouard Lefebvre in the International Music Score Library Project

Bibliography

• Bio in Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue by Joseph Joubert, 1911.