Ferdinand Barlow
Ferdinand Barlow | |
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| Born | Ferdinand Frédéric Barlow 2 October 1881 |
| Died | 3 January 1951 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Composer |
Ferdinand Frédéric "Fred" Barlow (2 October 1881 – 3 January 1951) was a 20th-century French classical composer.
Fred Barlow started music at age 28[1] and studied with Charles Koechlin in Paris.
In 1926, he joined the Quakers, an engagement which had influence on his music.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Sylvie ou Le Double Amour, opéra comique, libretto by Pierre Bettin after Gérard de Nerval, created in 1923 in Paris
- Mam'zelle Prud'homme, operetta, libretto by C. Bével, created in 1932 in Monte-Carlo
- La Grande Jatte, ballet, accepted at the Opera in 1939 and created during the sommer 1950.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ferdinand Frederic Barlow". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016..
- ^ "Des Amis célèbres". Retrieved 7 July 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]- Raymond Oberlé, « Fernand Fred Barlow », in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 2, (p. 108)
External links
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Categories:
- French opera composers
- French male opera composers
- French operetta composers
- French ballet composers
- French Quakers
- ETH Zurich alumni
- 1881 births
- Musicians from Mulhouse
- 1951 deaths
- Converts to Quakerism from Roman Catholicism
- 20th-century Quakers
- 20th-century French composers
- 20th-century French male musicians