Louis Charles Félix François Gregh (16 March 1843 – 21 January 1915) was a French composer and music publisher.

Life

Gregh was born in Philippeville, now

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. His family was of

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origin. As a composer, he wrote operettas, ballets, numerous popular songs, and over 150 works for piano for two, four, and six hands. He died in Sainte Mesme,

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(1873–1960) was a philosopher, literary critic and poet, member of the

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Publishing business

Gregh registered as a music publisher with SACEM in February 1873 after having bought the catalogue of the Parisian publisher Claude Heu.Anik Devriès &

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: ''Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français'', vol. 2: ''De 1820 à 1914'' (Geneva: Minkoff, 1988), p. 199. He grew by acquiring, by auction, parts of the dissolved publishers Léon Escudier (1882), Egrot (1884), and Jochem (1899). He was also the French representative of the publishers

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. His business was quite successful, and he only gave up in old age in 1907, when he sold it to Rouart, which in turn was taken over by

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in 1953.

Selected compositions

Stage works * ''Un Lycée de jeunes filles'' (operetta, 1881) * ''Le Présomptif'' (opera bouffe, 1884) * ''Le Capitaine Roland'' (operetta, 1895) * ''Arlette'' (ballet) Vocal music * ''Le Bon pasteur'' (L. Capet) (1876) * ''La Cage du pinson'' (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * ''Je n'ai rien osé lui dire. Récit-naïveté'' (words: A. Queyriaux) (1876) * ''La Leçon de charité'' (Capet & Carel) (1876) * ''Lettre d'une pensionnaire'' (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * ''Minuit à Venise. Barcarola'' (A. Queyriaux) (1876) * ''La Plainte de l'exilé'' (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * ''Les Roses mortes'' (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * ''Connaissez-vous mon amie?'' (Villemer & Delormel) (1877) * ''Le Pays du bon vin'' (''Toast à la France'') (with choir

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, L. Labarre &. Queyriaux) (1877) * ''En troïka!'' (G. de Loyat & A. Queyriaux) (1878) * ''L'Étoile de la France'' (L. Raimon & J. Dorsay) (1878) * ''Fatma. Réponse à la Ballade arabe'' (Henry Drucker) (1878) * ''L'Immensité'' (Jules Ruelle; Italian translation: Cesare da Prato) (1880) Piano music * ''Danse slave'', Op. 1 * ''En poste. Grand galop di bravura'', Op. 2 * ''Chanson béarnaise'', Op. 3 * ''Le Chant du Séraphin'', Op. 4 (1875) * ''Les Bergers-Watteau'', Op. 5 * ''1ère Mazurka de salon'', Op. 6 * ''Grand marche solennelle'', Op. 7 (1876) * ''Les Joyeux papillons. Capriccio'', Op. 8 (1877) * ''Élégie-Étude'', Op. 9 * ''Élégie-Pastorale'', Op. 10 * ''Les Farfadets. Scherzo galop'', Op. 11 * ''Pastorale Louis XV'', Op. 12 (1878) * ''Le Retour des moissonneurs'', Op. 13 (1878) * ''Perles et Fleurs. 2eme Mazurka brillante du salon'', Op. 14 * ''L'Immensité. Suite de valses'', Op. 15 * ''Rêverie'', Op. 16 * ''Le Chant du souvenir'', Op. 17 * ''L'Oiseau moqueur'', Op. 18 * ''Les Phalènes'', Op. 19 * ''La Mandoline'', Op. 20 * ''Au petit trot'', Op. 21 * ''Aida grande marche'' (Verdi), transcription, Op. 22 * ''Bergerette. Pastorale Florian'', Op. 23 * ''Grande valse romantique'', Op. 24 * ''Les Noces d'or'', Op. 25 * ''La Gaditana'', Op. 26 * ''Promenade matinale'', Op. 27 * ''Matinée de mai. Caprice'', Op. 28 * ''Parais à ta fenêtre! Sérénade'', Op. 29 * ''Coquetterie. Air de ballet'', Op. 30 * ''Valse de Salon No. 4'', Op. 35 * ''Je pense à vous. Valse'', Op. 42 * ''Répose'', Op. 53 * ''Fête printanière'', Op. 67 * ''Avant-printemps'', Op. 96 * ''Nuits algériennes'', Op. 98 * ''Voyages en rêve'', Op. 108 * ''Dora. Polka brillante'' (1877) * ''Études de mécanisme et d'expression'' (1877)

References

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