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Charles Levens (24/09/1689 - 11/03/1764), a French composer; born in Marseille, died in Bordeaux, France. He was chapel master of the cathedral of St Etienne de Bordeaux in the 18th-century and wrote at least two requiems. Charles Levens, a native of Marseilles, was one of a group of composers who traveled from city to city in France during the eighteenth century, working mostly in Bordeaux. Roughly contemporary with Rameau, he does not much stylistically resemble that master here; the nearest
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- Lifespan
- 1689–1764
- Nationality
- FR
- Role / Field
- Composer, Choral conductors
- Gender
- Male
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Bordeaux
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Marseille Cathedral
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Movement
- Baroque music
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- name in native language
- Charles Levens
- date of birth
- 1689-09-24
- date of death
- 1764-03-11
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