Varney, Louis, 1844-1908

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Name (Latin)
Varney, Louis, 1844-1908
Date of birth
1844-05-30
Date of death
1908-08-20
Occupation
Composers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44486677
Wikidata: Q445083
Library of congress: n 81028028
Sources of Information
  • His Princesse Bébé ... 1902.
  • Wikipedia, October 22, 2020(Louis Varney; Louis Varney (30 May 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana--20 August 1908, Cauterets, France) was a French composer; Varney wrote forty operettas, all of them noted for their musical elegance and good taste, sometimes closer in style to opéra-comique, amongst the most notable are; Fanfan la tulipe (1882), Babolin (1884), Les petits mousquetaires (1885), L'âge d'or (1905), all very popular in their time, some were even presented abroad, but nowadays all but forgotten; Les mousquetaires au couvent is the only one to have survived total oblivion, and is still occasionally presented in France)
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Wikipedia description:

Louis Varney (French: [vaʁnɛ]; 30 May 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana – 20 August 1908, Cauterets, France) was a French composer.

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