At this time, he composed the "musical prologue" La Muse populaire for the opening of the Théâtre Lyrique. At the beginning of 1875, he embarked on the Prix de Rome trip to the Villa Medici[2] in Rome. There he composed an oratorio and the opéra comiqueMaître Martin.
In September of that year, Ehrhart travelled to Venice, where he became infected with malaria. He became seriously ill on his way back to Rome. He had to interrupt his journey at Porretta near Florence, where he died. A cunning aneurysm of the aortic arch was diagnosed as the cause of death.
léon, ehrhart, 1854, october, 1875, french, composer, life, editborn, mulhouse, alsace, ehrhart, first, music, lessons, hometown, with, joseph, heyberger, then, became, organ, student, charles, alexis, chauvet, paris, conservatoire, paris, student, françois, b. Leon Ehrhart 11 May 1854 4 October 1875 was a French composer Life EditBorn in Mulhouse Alsace Ehrhart had his first music lessons in his hometown with Joseph Heyberger He then became an organ student of Charles Alexis Chauvet in Paris and at the Conservatoire de Paris a student of Francois Benoist with whom he studied composition In 1874 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Acis et Galatee with a libretto by Eugene Adenis 1 At this time he composed the musical prologue La Muse populaire for the opening of the Theatre Lyrique At the beginning of 1875 he embarked on the Prix de Rome trip to the Villa Medici 2 in Rome There he composed an oratorio and the opera comique Maitre Martin In September of that year Ehrhart travelled to Venice where he became infected with malaria He became seriously ill on his way back to Rome He had to interrupt his journey at Porretta near Florence where he died A cunning aneurysm of the aortic arch was diagnosed as the cause of death References Edit Eugene Adenis on BNF Leon Ehrhart on Villa MediciExternal links EditLeon Ehrhart Musica et Memoria Portals Classical music France Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Ehrhart amp oldid 1105718299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
