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Étienne Méhul
French composer
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Born | 22 June 1763 Givet, France |
Died | 18 October 1817 (aged 54) Paris, France |
Étienne Nicolas Méhul (French:[etjɛnnikɔlameyl]; 22 June 1763 – 18 October 1817) was a French composer of the late classical and early romantic periods.
He was known as "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution".[1] He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic".[2] He is known particularly for his operas, written in keeping with the reforms introduced by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Mehul, Etienne Nicolas.
Life
Méhul was born at Givet in Ardennes to Jean-François Méhul, a wine merchant, and his wife Marie-Cécile (née Keuly). His first music lessons came from a blind local organist. When he showed promise, he was sent to study with a German musician and organist, Wilhelm Hanser [de], at the monastery of Lavaldieu, a few miles from Givet.