Élégie is a piece featured in the theatre work Les
Érinnyes by Jules Massenet. It debuted in This French
composer was born near the city of Saint-Étienne, in
the Loire. At the age of six his family moved to Paris
due to his father's ill-health. In the French capital
Massenet's mother started teaching piano, he was one of
her pupils. During his musical studies he worked as a
timpanist at the Théâtre Lyrique, and also as a
pianist in the Café de Belleville. Some of his
teachers did not thin...(+)
Élégie is a piece featured in the theatre work Les
Érinnyes by Jules Massenet. It debuted in This French
composer was born near the city of Saint-Étienne, in
the Loire. At the age of six his family moved to Paris
due to his father's ill-health. In the French capital
Massenet's mother started teaching piano, he was one of
her pupils. During his musical studies he worked as a
timpanist at the Théâtre Lyrique, and also as a
pianist in the Café de Belleville. Some of his
teachers did not think him suited to a career in music,
but he persevered and at the age of twenty he won the
coveted "Grand Prix de Rome" prize with his composition
the cantata "David Rizzio". Élégie is a piece
featured in the theatre work Les Érinnyes by Jules
Massenet. It debuted in France in 1873.
This flute piece is a solo arrangement of the piece
Élégie.
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