About Almire Gandonnière
Lived 1814 – 1863 (aged 49). Almire Gandonnière was a French librettist.
Almire Gandonnière (3 August 1814, Loué – 25 October 1863, San Francisco) was a French writer, remembered today only as the collaborator with Hector Berlioz of the libretto for La Damnation de Faust, which was based on the translation of Goethe's masterpiece by Gérard de Nerval. Gandonnière, under various pseudonyms, published satires, verses and occasional critical essays in the Paris press.
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Who was Almire Gandonnière?
French writer (1814–1863)
When was Almire Gandonnière born?
Almire Gandonnière was born on 3 August 1814 in Loué.
When did Almire Gandonnière die?
Almire Gandonnière died on 25 October 1863 in San Francisco.
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Almire Gandonnière was a librettist.
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Almire Gandonnière was French.
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