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Also known as Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel

French composer (1869–1937)

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Born
1869
Died
1937
Works
40

Top works

  • De l'analgésie chirurgicale par la voie rachidienne
  • Some relations between techniques of feeding and training during infancy and certain behavior in childhood
  • Trio
  • Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, op. 2
  • Aunt Caroline's will

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Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1869-04-05
Active to
1937-08-23

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Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (April 5, 1869 - August 23, 1937) was a French composer. Born in Tourcoing, France, Roussel's earliest interest was not in music but mathematics. He spent a time in the French Navy, and in 1889 and 1890 he served on the crew of the frigate Iphigénie. These travels affected him artistically, as many of his musical works would reflect his interest in far off, exotic places. After resigning from the Navy in 1894 he began to study music seriously with Eugène Gigou

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Born
( 1869-04-05 ) 5 April 1869, Tourcoing Nord , France
Died
23 August 1937 (1937-08-23) (aged 68), Royan , France
Occupation
Composer

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1869-04-05
date of death
1937-08-23
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Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel ( French pronunciation: [albɛʁ ʃaʁl pɔl maʁi ʁusɛl]; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His early works were strongly influenced by the Impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, while he later turned toward neoclassicism.

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