Gaston Carraud
Gaston Carraud (20 July 1864 – 15 June 1920) was a French composer and
Life
Born at
Carraud began his musical training at the "École Monge", receiving instruction from Albéric Magnard, Charles Koechlin, Jacques Pillois, André Caplet and Gabriel Bender.[2] He then studied musical composition at the Conservatoire de Paris with Jules Massenet and obtained in 1890 the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Cléopâtre after a text by Fernand Beissier.
He later composed the symphonic poems La Chevauchée de la chimère,
Carraud died in his home in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.[5]
He rests in the family plot at Nohant-en-Graçay cemetery (Cher), next to Zulma Carraud.[6]
References
- ^ Archives of Seine-et-Marne, commune du Mée-sur-Seine, birth certificate issue 27, année 1864 (page 44/237).
- ^ Gabriel Bender at BnF.
- ^ La Chevauchée de la chimère on BNF
- ^ La vie, l'œuvre et la mort d'Albéric Magnard (1865-1914) on WorldCat
- ^ Archives de Paris 8e, death certificate issue 1495, year 1920 (page 7/31).
- ^ Bertrand Beyern, Guide des tombes d'hommes célèbres (Paris: Le Cherche-Midi, 2011), p. 48.
External links
- Gaston Carraud (Prix de Rome 1890–1899)
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