Apocalyptica - Wherever I May Roam

CASTILLE-BLAZE (Castil-Blaze; current family name and name - Blaz Francois Henri Joseph) (1 XII 1784, Cavaillon, Vaucluse - 11 XII 1857, Paris) - French. museswriter, critic, composer and publisher. In childhood, he studied music with his father, a lawyer and composer A.S. Blaz (1763-1833). In 1799 he studied at the Paris Conservatory. From 1820 he worked in Paris. Since 1822, critic of the journal. Journal des debats, one of the founders of the magazine. "La France musicale" (1837). Among the many K. works on the history of the French. and europe. music occupies a special place, dedicated. opera and ballet art. K. also owns translations into the French. langlibre. operas by G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, V. A. Mozart, K. M. Weber and others. Author of 3 operas, masses, choirs, chamber instrur. music, including “Songs of Provence”.