Victor Gustave Lefèvre (2 June 1831 in Provins[1] – 17 March 1910 in his home in Boulogne-Billancourt[2]) was a French composer and music educator.
Gustave Lefèvre by Berthaud in 1889
Gustave Lefèvre (center) surrounded by students of the École Niedermeyer including Gigout, Fauré and Messager, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Publications edit
Gustave Lefèvre's grave at Provins cemetery
- Traité de contrepoint et du rythme (unpublished),
- Traité d'harmonie (1889).[3] In 1900 he founded La Nouvelle Maîtrise, a revival of the magazine formerly founded by Louis Niedermeyer.
- Writing of the article about the Niedermeyer School of Classical Music for l'encyclopédie de la musique and the Dictionnaire du Conservatoire, by Albert Lavignac and Lionel de La Laurencie.[4]
Bibliography edit
- Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe under the guidance of Joël-Marie Fauquet (Fayard)
- L'École Niedermeyer, sa création, son but, son développement by Maurice Galerne (Éditions Margueritat)
- Dictionnaire national des contemporains Tome II, by C.E. Curinier, Paris (Office général d'édition)
- Dossier Niedermeyer Rés. Dos 19, BNF
- Documents légués à la ville de Provins Fonds ancien de la Ville de Provins
References edit
- ^ "Archives of Seine-et-Marne, commune of Provins, birth certificate NO 58, year 1831 (page 219/285)". Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Archives of Hauts-de-Seine, commune of Boulogne-Billancourt, death certificate No 261, year 1910 (page 31/144)
- ^ Traité d'harmonie
- ^ Read online
