Membree (Membre), Edmond 14.nov.1820-10.sep.1882 France, Valenciennes - Paris, Domont villa Montmorency
studied at the Conservatoire Paris, with Pierre Joseph Guillaume Zimmermann, piano with Charles Valentin Alkan, harmony with Victor Dourlen, composition with Michele Carafa, 1834 thirth and 1836 first prize solfege, 1875 chevalier of the Legion d'honneur, 1878 president of the Societe des Compositeurs

[Baker 1900 gives his place of death erroneously as Chateau Damont]

Title	Parts

Trio. Piano, violin and cello
Page, ecuyer, capitaine. Ballade
Romeo et Juliette
Chanson d'amour
Polypheme et Galatee. Cantata. Soloists, choir and orch
Francois Villon. Opera. Opera, Paris 20apr1857 libretto Edmond Got
Oedipe roi. Tragedy. Comedie Francaise, Paris sep1858 libretto Jules Lacroix
Fingal. Cantata. Reciters, choirs and orchestra. L'Union, Paris 14may1861
La fille de l'orfevre. Opera. Baden-Baden 27jul1863 libretto Foussier and Leroy
L'esclave. Opera. Theatre Italienne, Paris 15jul1874 libretto Barbier, Foussier and Got
Les Parais. Opera. Theatre Chatelet, Paris 13nov1874 libretto Hippolyte Lucas and Leroy
La courte echelle. Opera. Opera Comique, Paris 10mar1879 libretto Charles de la Rounat
Freyghir. Opera. (not staged) libretto Got and Foussier

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