Edmond Audran

Edmond Audran (* April 11th 1842 with Lyon - † August 17th 1901 with Tierceville in Seine-et-Oise)

Biography

Edmond Audran was raises ecclesiastical School of song founded by Louis Niedermeyer - famous the École Niedermeyer from which are resulting also Gabriel Fauré, André Messager and Claude Terrasse and where Saint-Saëns itself taught. Edmond Audran began his career as choirmaster of Saint-Joseph (Marseilles) until in 1877. He creates the Mascot in 1880 in Marseilles, on a booklet of Henri Chivot; it was a resounding success. He is requested by Paris where is given the Mascot , on December 29th, 1880. It is immediate glory: one trisse the duet now famous of the " Sheep and dindons". It composed thereafter many Opérette s.La Mascotte was its best succé among these many works

Principal works

the Enquiring one of spirit (1864)
Large Mogol (1877)
Weddings of Olivette (1879)
the Mascot (1880)
Gillette de Narbonne (1882)
gold Apples (1883)
Dormeuse waked up (1883)
Pledge of love (1886)
the Cicada and the ant (1886)
Been engaged of the greens posts (1887)
the Well which speaks (1888)
the Small Sling (1888)
the Girl with Cacolet (1889)
the red Egg (1890)
Miss Helyett (1890)
the Uncle Célestin (1891)
Fancy goods (1892)
Holy Freya (1892)
Mrs Suzette (1893)
My Prince (1893)
the Removal of Toledad (1894)
the Duchess of Ferrare (1895)
the Headstock (1896)
Mr Lohengrin (1896)
the Small women (1897)
the Sisters Gaudichard (1898)

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