Nicolas Moron

Already practised in the salons of the second half of the 18th century, the genre of the romance experienced an unprecedented vogue under the Empire and then the Restoration. Defined in Jean-Jacques R...

Among the contemporary poets set in music by Massenet, Paul Mariéton (1862-1911), a Provence poet and founder of the Revue félibréenne (1895), has a particular place. The two men had known each other...

Mostly known for his operas (Mignon, 1866 ; Hamlet, 1867), Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) also composed about 15 religious works, including some motets, one Messe solennelle (1852) and one Messe de requi...

Best known for his operas like Manon (1884) or Werther (1892), Jules Massenet (1842-1912) also wrote orchestral suites and an abundant vocal and choral production, dominated by his many art-songs, som...

Today best known for his music for organ, Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) was in his time a famous organist and improviser. His vocal compositions are a significant part of his production as they inclu...

Best remembered as an opera composer (Faust, 1859; Roméo et Juliette, 1867), Charles Gounod (1818-1893) also wrote an important body of religious music testifying to his catholic faith: cantatas, lati...

Two words summarize César Franck (1822-1890), a composer often labeled as a church musician: Christian and romantic. Today known for his symphonic music and his works for organ, Franck also wrote a la...

Léo Delibes left his native Sarthe in 1848 to Paris where he studied at the Conservatoire, whilst being a choir boy at la Madeleine church. A few years later, he became the organist at Saint-Pierre de...

Jules Massenet, who became known through his operas Manon (1884), Werther (1892) and Don Quichotte (1920), also composed four operettas at the beginning of his career. These operettas were only known...

After purchasing a summer residence at Pont-de-l'Arche in Normandy on 10 July 1891, Massenet became friends with Father Henri Hazé, the priest of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair parish. Born in 1854 in...

Jules Massenet, who became known through his operas Manon (1884), Werther (1892) and Don Quichotte (1920), also composed four operettas at the beginning of his career. These operettas were only known...

Jules Massenet, who became known through his operas Manon (1884), Werther (1892) and Don Quichotte (1920), also composed four operettas at the beginning of his career. These operettas were only known...