Clement philibert leo delibes biography of barack
Léo Delibes's Early Life and Background Léo Delibes was born on February 21, , in Saint-Germain-du-Val, now part of La Flèche..
Léo Clement Philibert Delibes was born at St. Germain-du-Val in the Department of Sarthe, France in He died in Paris in aged nearly fifty-five.
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Delibes, Léo
Having obtained a first prize for solfège in 1850, he studied pianoforte, organ, harmony, and advanced composition under Le Couppey, Benoist, Bazin, and Adolphe Adam respectively. Through the influence of the last-named, he became accompanyist at the Théâtre Lyrique in 1853, and also organist in the church of St.
Pierre de Chaillot, and elsewhere, before his final appointment at St. Jean St. François, which he held from 1862 to 1871. He devoted himself from an early period to dramatic composition, and wrote several short comic operas for the Théâtre Lyrique—'Maître Griffard' (1857), 'Le Jardinier et son Seigneur' (1863); and a number of operettas for th