About Léon Moreau
Lived 1870 – 1946 (aged 75). Léon Moreau was a French composer.
Léon Moreau (13 July 1870 – 11 April 1946) was a French/Breton composer, winner of the second prize for composition in the Prix de Rome of 1899.
Born in Brest, he was active as a piano teacher and composer in Brest and Paris. A member of the short-lived Association des Compositeurs Bretons, he also wrote a number of film scores for the silent era (1894-1929), and also saxophone pieces for Elise Hall.
Works (selection) Film scores 1913: L'Agonie de Byzance by Louis Feuillade 1922: The Agony of the Eagles by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and Julien Duvivier 1928: Madame Récamier by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel
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French composer
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Léon Moreau was born on 13 July 1870 in Brest.
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Léon Moreau died on 11 April 1946 in Paris.
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Léon Moreau was a composer.
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Léon Moreau was French.
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