Kreutzer, Léon Charles François
Kreutzer, Léon Charles François
Kreutzer, Léon Charles François, French music critic and composer, son of Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer; b. Paris, Sept. 23, 1817; d. Vichy, Oct. 6, 1868. He studied piano with Fleche and composition with Benoist. He wrote for the Revue et Gazette Musicale, Revue Contemporaine, La Quotidienne, L’Union, etc. Among his compositions were 2 operas, 2 syms., 4 string quartets, a Piano Trio, 3 piano sonatas and other works for piano, some 50 songs, and organ pieces.
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