About Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard
Lived 1861 – 1942 (aged 81). Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard was a French composer, conductor, teacher and musician.
Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard (15 May 1861, Paris – 6 December 1942, Lyons) was a French composer.
He was the son of Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard. He studied with Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris and in 1886, he won first prize in the Prix de Rome for an oratorio entitled La Vision de Saül. The music uses modal and whole-tone scales, as well as a great deal of chromaticism.
From 1902 until his retirement in 1921, he directed the Lyon Conservatory.
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Who was Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard?
French composer (1861-1942)
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Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard was born on 15 May 1861 in 5th arrondissement of Paris.
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Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard died on 6 December 1942 in Lyon.
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Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard was a composer, conductor, teacher and musician.
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Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard was French.
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