Charles Silver (16 April 1868 – 10 October 1949) was a French composer.

Life

Born in Paris, Silver studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

with Théodore Dubois and

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and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1891 with the lyrical drama ''L'Interdit''. During his stay at the Villa Medici, he composed the opera ''La Belle au bois dormant'' in 1895, which was premiered in Marseille in 1902. His most successful opera was ''La Mégère apprivoisée'' after

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's ''

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'', which was on the repertoire of the

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for some time. He also composed a ballet, an oratorio and several symphonic works. Silver taught

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at the Conservatoire de Paris, where Amédée Borsari was one of his students. Since 1900 he was married to the singer Georgette Bréjean-Gravière.

Works

* ''La Belle au bois dormant'', Opera, 1902 in Marseille * ''Tobia'', Oratorium, 1902 in Marseille * ''Poème carnwevalesque'', 1906 in Monaco * ''Le Clos, Myriane'', Opera, 1913 in Nice * ''Néigilde'', Ballet, 1919 in Monte-Carlo * ''La Mégère apprivoisée'', Opera (libretto by Henri Caïn and Édouard AdenisÉdouard Adenis
on BNF) * ''La Grand-Mère'', Opera, 1930 * ''Quatre-Vingt-Treize'', 1936 in Paris

Recordings

* aria from ''Myriane'', Act III: Air. "Seul, ai-je dit" (Henri) Cyrille Dubois Orchestre National de Lille Pierre Dumoussaud Alpha 2023

References

External links

Biography
on Musica et memoria {{DEFAULTSORT:Silver, Charles 1868 births 1949 deaths Composers from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris French Romantic composers 20th-century French composers French opera composers French male classical composers Prix de Rome for composition Knights of the Legion of Honour 20th-century French male musicians 19th-century French male musicians