Prévost, Eugène-Prosper
Prévost, Eugène-Prosper
Prévost, Eugène-Prosper , French conductor and composer; b. Paris, April 23, 1809; d. New Orleans, Aug. 19, 1872. He studied at the Paris Cons. with Le Sueur, winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1831 with the cantata Bianca Capello. He conducted theatrical music in Le Havre (1835–38), then went to New Orleans, where he conducted until 1862. He was active in Paris (1862–67) before returning to New Orleans as a singing master. He produced several operas in Paris, of which Cosimo (Opéra-Comique, Oct. 13, 1835) was the most successful; another, Blanche et Rene, was given in New Orleans in 1861. He also wrote oratorios and masses.
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