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Léon Ehrhart (11 May 1854 – 4 October 1875) was a French composer.


Life

Born in
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(
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), Ehrhart had his first music lessons in his hometown with Joseph Heyberger. He then became an organ student of
Charles-Alexis Chauvet Charles-Alexis Chauvet (7 June 1837 – 29 January 1871) was a French organist and composer. Biography Born in Marines, Charles-Alexis Chauvet made his debut at the organ of St. Remi church in Marines, only 11 years old. He entered the Conse ...
in Paris and at the
Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as 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 ...
a student of François Benoist, with whom he studied composition. In 1874, he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata ''Acis et Galatée'' with a libretto by Eugène Adenis. At this time, he composed the "musical prologue" ''La Muse populaire'' for the opening of the
Théâtre Lyrique The Théâtre Lyrique was one of four opera companies performing in Paris during the middle of the 19th century (the other three being the Opéra, the Opéra-Comique, and the Théâtre-Italien). The company was founded in 1847 as the Opér ...
. At the beginning of 1875, he embarked on the Prix de Rome trip to the
Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Medici, ...
Léon Ehrhart
on Villa Medici in Rome. There he composed an oratorio and the opéra comique ''Maître Martin''. In September of that year, Ehrhart travelled to Venice, where he became infected with
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. He became seriously ill on his way back to Rome. He had to interrupt his journey at Porretta near
Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
, where he died. A cunning
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of the
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was diagnosed as the cause of death.


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Léon Ehrhart
(Musica et Memoria) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrhart, Leon 1854 births 1875 deaths 19th-century French composers 19th-century French male musicians Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Conservatoire de Paris alumni French male classical composers French opera composers French Romantic composers Musicians from Mulhouse Prix de Rome for composition