Gary Nichols - Unbroken Ground (Acoustic Live)

MESSAGES (Messager) Andre Charles Prosper (30 XII 1853, Montlucon - 24 II 1929, Paris) - French composer and conductor. Ch. Academy of Fine Arts. He studied at the school of L. Niedermeier in Paris (E. Gigou - composition, A. Lossel - fp., C. Lore - organ), took lessons from C. Saint-Saens. In 70 - ser. 80s 19 centuryorganist of a number of Parisian churches. Conductor of the opera comedian theaters (Paris, 1898-1903), Covent Garden (London, 1901-07), and the Grand Opera (Paris, 1907-14). In 1908-19 the head of the symph. Orchestra Conc. Society of the Paris Conservatory (in 1918 he performed with this orchestra in North America). Conducted the first performance of the opera Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy (1902, Opera Comic Theater). He occupied a prominent place in the conc. life of Paris. He began composing activities in 1875. Operetta and muses brought the greatest fame to M. comedies, comedian. operas, the music of which was distinguished by liveliness, grace. Since 1923, President of the Society of playwrights and the theater. composers.