Lecocq, (Alexandre) Charles

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Lecocq, (Alexandre) Charles (b Paris, 1832; d Paris, 1918). Fr. composer. His setting of Le Docteur Miracle (with Bizet's) won prize offered by Offenbach, 1856. From 1868 to 1911 produced a series of popular operettas of which most successful were Fleur-de-Thé (1868), La Fille de Madame Angot (1872) and Giroflé-Girofla (1874). Comp. ballet Le cygne (1899).

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