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Jules Massenet, Composer
(1842-1912). French composer, especially of opera. Massenet studied at the Paris Conservatory, winning top honors for his abilities as a pianist and composer. His compositions include nearly 40 stage works - operas and ballets - as well as sacred and secular dramas, choral works, partsongs, 'melodies' (art song), piano works and other instrumental music. Along with Gounod, Massenet inhabits the first rank of French opera composers of the 19th century. His increasingly successful stage wo...
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