About Alfred Dufresne
Lived 1821 – 1863 (aged 41). Alfred Dufresne was a French composer and playwright.
Jacques Marie Alfred Dufresne (1822, Orléans – 18 March 1863, Paris) was a 19th-century French composer and playwright.
A student of Fromental Halévy at the Paris Conservatory, he is mostly known for having written music for hundreds of songs by authors such as Jules Verne, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse de Lamartine or Victor Hugo.
He also composed operettas and opéras comiques including L'hôtel de la poste on a libretto by Philippe Gille.
Works 1851: La Chèvre perdue, poem by Lebaigue 1851: Heureuse !, mélodie, poem by Gustave de Penmarch 1853: La Chanson de Fortunio, poem by Alfred de Musset 1853: Reflets de Printemps, poem by de Penmarch 1853: Sérénade, poem by Victor Hugo 1853: Les Soirées d'automne, twelve melodies 1854: La Colombe, poem by de Penmarch 1854: Album de 10 mélodies, lyrics by Eugène de Lonlay 1854: L’Écho du lavoir !, ditty, lyrics by Eugène de Lonlay 1854: Écoute, poem by de Penmarch 1854: L’Étoile, melody, lyrics by de Penmarch 1854: La Fiancée du timbalier, poem by Victor Hugo 1854: Le Grillon, melody, poem by Alphonse de Lamartine 1854: Hélas !, poem by Lamartine 1854: Oh ! batteux battons la gerbe !, chant rustique 1854: Pendant l'orage, cavatine 1854: Le Sommeil des fleurs, melody, poem by de Penmarch 1854: Villanelle, poem by Adrien Decourcelle 1855: Les Chants intimes, collection of melodies and romances 1855: En avant les zouaves !, chanson guerrière, poem by Jules Verne 1855: Sous la tonnelle, poem by de Penmarch, n°2 for tenor or soprano 1856: Venant de Pontoise, one-act operetta, lyrics by Eugène Mestépès 1857: La Fileuse, rêverie, lyrics by Anne Kerhalet 1857: Les Voix dans l'air, rêverie, lyrics by de Penmarch 1858: Adieu paniers vendanges sont faites, song, lyrics by de Penmarch 1858: Maître Baton, one-act operetta, lyrics by Eugène Bercioux 1860: Les valets de Gascogne, one-act opéra comique, with Philippe Gille 1861: A L'île de la Jamaïque, Haitian melody, poem by Pierre Faubert undated: Chants intimes, mater dolorosa, poem by Charles Lebaigue undated: Dieu bénit tout le monde, romance, lyrics by Lebaigue undated: Les Muguets blancs, melody, poem by Émile Lecygne undated: L'hôtel de la poste, one-act operetta, with Philippe Gille undated: La Veillée !, lyrics by Villemontez, music by Pierre Gaveaux, chanson d'autrefois, transcrite et arrangée à 2 voix
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Who was Alfred Dufresne?
French composer and playwright
When was Alfred Dufresne born?
Alfred Dufresne was born on 26 November 1821 in Orléans.
When did Alfred Dufresne die?
Alfred Dufresne died on 4 March 1863 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
What was Alfred Dufresne's occupation?
Alfred Dufresne was a composer and playwright.
What nationality was Alfred Dufresne?
Alfred Dufresne was French.
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